These names anyhow: Bits and they come in torrents? To which clients? When I read these strange combinations, I cannot but put my imagination in overdrive to find all kinds of picturesque images , even see with my mind's eye these little elves running up- and downward on a ladder going into space serving clients with torrents of data. Marta
On Aug 30, 2007, at 09:03 AM, Michael Robertson wrote: > Sorry Lee, > Knew I would put my foot in mouth at some point. Would not know how > to set upload speed for "BitTorrent Clients". > Is this something that can be done with Safari Prefs? > On Wednesday, August 29, 2007, at 07:43PM, "Lee Larson" > <leelarson at mac.com> wrote: >> On Aug 29, at 11:08 AM, Michael Robertson wrote: >> >>> Could care less what the upload speed is, since I hardly ever send >>> anything out >> >> Don't be so hasty! Upload speed can have a great affect on download >> speed. This is because downloads come in packets of about 1500 bytes >> and each one has to be acknowledged after it's received. A really >> slow upload speed can get in the way of a fast download speed. >> >> One place you can see this is with BitTorrent. Most of the BitTorrent >> clients let you set the maximum upload speed from the program. If you >> set it too high, and start downloading a popular torrent, you can >> easily choke your download speed when your upload sharing kicks in >> because the upload bandwidth is choked. > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >
