So I just got BiT Torrent. And there's one word that comes to my mind. As Will Smith would've put it "Damn"!.
Its fast as hell.
I am not THAT net savvy. So the most I would download from the net would be some pdf files, or some other document files, or some pictures, or at the most a song from a site.
Then after a while I downloaded Kazaa, a peer-2-peer software (P2P). Its a sort of a platform, where people come and crap, and others interested in the crap, come and wipe it from there and take it home. No middle men, no banners. I downloaded 3 songs I liked. Then shut down my computer. For a month my computer wouldnt work. It was as though it had got AIDS, or syphillis. It just would'nt start. It had been infected.
I hated Kazaa since then. But maybe it wasnt Kazaa's fault. Maybe it was just some dickhead from a thirdworld nation trying to spam the world. But when you get out in cricket, you dont blame you're self do you( most of the times anyways), you blame the bowler, or the umpire. So that was my brief association with Kazaa.
Recently I was told there's another P2P software called Limewire. After hesitating I downloaded it. And whoa. It opened new doors that I never knew existed before. It was much faster than a website, and had EVERY SONG i could imagine. It was unbelievable. I was overwhelmed. It was like god telling me "Hey asshole, go download." So who wants to say no to god right? (Even if there isnt one)
BSNL(The internet connection I have), has unlimited download from 2-8 AM. So now you all know I am awake in the night.
I thought this was the best thing. But there was the next best thing. LIMEWIRE PRO. Now this thing costs like 10-15$. But I got it from my pal(stihor, you know who you are) for free. So now I log on. And I agree this is the BEST thing. Its so fast! Its like really fast. A 4 MB song in little over a minute. And I am like WOW. So I started downloading videos, you know like concert videos and episodes of SOUTHPARK. I'll talk about this addiction later, but right now I am talking about Limewre PRo. It was amazing. And I thought, naw man this is the best thing EVER. These things are cosmic(shruti are you listening) I think. Coz NOW I GOT BITTORRENT. And let me tell you this, I've not seen anything faster than this, maybe there is , and I'm sure of it. But I have not seen it yet. 32 MB file in less than 5 mins. And I go like WTF man this is INSANE!. But its true. So i'm on a rampage, downloading all the southpark episodes. The total has already crossed 1GB. Its amazing. I love technology. Let me know if something's faster than BIT tORRENT.