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Posted: 10/28/2010 10:52:56 PM EDT

I guess they got shut down?

Posted: 10/28/2010 10:54:51 PM EDT

[#1]

I haven't used Limewire in years.

You need to find the Forum with 2 million members.

Posted: 10/28/2010 10:56:17 PM EDT

[#2]

lol

limewire? fer realz?

I also herd atari isn't making any more games.

Posted: 10/28/2010 10:59:02 PM EDT

[#3]

am I really that far behind the times?

Posted: 10/28/2010 11:02:11 PM EDT

[#4]

eDonkey is so 2003

Posted: 10/28/2010 11:02:49 PM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:

am I really that far behind the times?

You have no idea.

Posted: 10/28/2010 11:04:38 PM EDT

[#6]

Virii....

Posted: 10/28/2010 11:06:47 PM EDT

[#7]

heres a link to the court papers.
http://download.limewire.com/injunction/Injunction.pdf
read for your self

Posted: 10/28/2010 11:09:36 PM EDT

[#8]

it used UPnP which is a big time security risk for both home and corporate networks. I block that shit to keep out the nasties.

Posted: 10/28/2010 11:16:58 PM EDT

[#9]

tis a shame. with all the vastness of the intertubes, some of the more obscure shit could only be found there.

where will I find my russian interracial transgendered gay goat porn music now?

Posted: 10/28/2010 11:18:17 PM EDT

[#10]

welcome to 5 years ago.
Torrent

Google it.

ETA: who started up the Way Back Machine?

Posted: 10/28/2010 11:19:23 PM EDT

[#11]

I've downloaded some software using a torrent, but someone had to literally walk me through it. I just cannot get my head around how it works.

Posted: 10/28/2010 11:21:09 PM EDT

[#12]

limewire was good for music.

Posted: 10/28/2010 11:21:55 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:

I've downloaded some software using a torrent, but someone had to literally walk me through it. I just cannot get my head around how it works.

I hate torrents, I will take the Forums format any day over them.

Posted: 10/28/2010 11:22:50 PM EDT

[#14]

I miss Napster too!

Posted: 10/28/2010 11:24:28 PM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:

I've downloaded some software using a torrent, but someone had to literally walk me through it. I just cannot get my head around how it works.

But you can figure out limewire... they're just as easy or complex to figure out.

download this client

http://www.utorrent.com/

Now search using Google for anything you want. simply add the word Torrent to your search.

click the torrent link on whatever site you find and the client opens up and downloads your file.

Posted: 10/28/2010 11:25:31 PM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:

welcome to 5 years ago.
Torrent

Google it.

ETA: who started up the Way Back Machine?

pfft. Im sure I still have napster, winmx, and morpheus installed on one of my real old laptops. If I ever get around to pulling the drive on it im sure thered be much nostalgic entertainment to be had on its whopping 20 gigs of space

Posted: 10/28/2010 11:29:07 PM EDT

[#17]

Limewire was just a client for gnutella & BitTorrent...

Not it's own network....

There's something strange about using BitTorrent for a 3mb file (like an MP3) though....

Posted: 10/28/2010 11:30:30 PM EDT

[#18]

Seriously, Limewire is no more? I guess I am way behind the times, too. I just used them within the last couple of weeks, and didn't have any problems. Of course, I have noticed they keep sending me prompts that it needs to be "updated", but I haven't bothered. Should I simply delete it all together from my computer?

Posted: 10/29/2010 12:00:44 AM EDT

[#19]

I gave up on Limewire years ago, too much crap and spyware/viruses

Posted: 10/29/2010 12:03:48 AM EDT

[#20]

personally i hate torrents.

for a while ive been using sites like rapidshare etc and finding links through forums. its way more organized than torrent sites and limewire ever would have hoped to be

Posted: 10/29/2010 12:12:55 AM EDT

[#21]

Wut? Anyone want to trade something for some Flooz?

Posted: 10/29/2010 12:20:11 AM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:

Seriously, Limewire is no more? I guess I am way behind the times, too. I just used them within the last couple of weeks, and didn't have any problems. Of course, I have noticed they keep sending me prompts that it needs to be "updated", but I haven't bothered. Should I simply delete it all together from my computer?

Limewire the program will keep working even though limewire the company is gone...

There just won't be new versions....

Posted: 10/29/2010 12:34:46 AM EDT

[#23]

There just won't be new versions....

Hell, they must have just updated in the last couple of weeks. I've used it off and on for the last couple of years, but recently it become very problematic. So, I uninstalled it from my computer and reinstalled the newest version, which was less than 2-3 weeks ago. Within a week, it was prompting a new "update".

Posted: 10/29/2010 12:40:03 AM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:

personally i hate torrents.

for a while ive been using sites like rapidshare etc and finding links through forums. its way more organized than torrent sites and limewire ever would have hoped to be

+1

Posted: 10/29/2010 12:44:55 AM EDT

[#25]

So what can I use to download music

Posted: 10/29/2010 1:01:36 AM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:
it used UPnP which is a big time security risk for both home and corporate networks. I block that shit to keep out the nasties.

UPnP was optional. You didn't have to use it. You could use manual port forwarding and open up just one port on your router.

Posted: 10/29/2010 1:09:09 AM EDT

[#27]

its way more organized than torrent sites and limewire ever would have hoped to be

What's not organized about Limewire? All I had to do was double-click the icon, type in the songs I wanted, and went from there. Seemed fairly simple to me...

Posted: 10/29/2010 3:12:35 AM EDT

[#28]

how have i been getting email from limewire over the last month?

Posted: 10/29/2010 3:14:52 AM EDT

[#29]

I used Limewire for single songs. What am I going to do now?

Torrent for everything else.

Posted: 10/29/2010 3:24:08 AM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:

I used Limewire for single songs. What am I going to do now?

Torrent for everything else.

Soulseek!!!!

www.slsknet.org is the real site

Posted: 10/29/2010 5:24:15 AM EDT

[#31]

Quoted:
limewire was good for music viruses.

Fixed that for you.

Posted: 10/29/2010 5:36:54 AM EDT

[#32]

Frostwire is a better (ad free) Gnutella client anyway.

Posted: 10/29/2010 5:40:59 AM EDT

[#33]

usenet!

Posted: 10/29/2010 5:48:03 AM EDT

[#34]

IBTL...

Posted: 10/29/2010 5:48:30 AM EDT

[#35]

60% of the fubar'd computers I fix (for extra money) have Limewire on them.

I never used it, but I will miss it.

Is there another overtly dangerous and virus-laden software alternative I can recommend to people?

Posted: 10/29/2010 5:59:02 AM EDT

[#36]

1. Sites like Rapidshare & Hotfile, a premium membership costs like $7/month and is well worth it, direct download from a file serving website, no uploading to the MPAA or RIAA. Use a program like Jdownloader to queue up a bunch of RARs. Lots of indexing sites that post new releases and links. Almost no virus or fake crap.

2. Usenet, costs money too (unless you have a good provider that doesn't block all the good stuff), a little harder to learn, but a wealth of data to pick from, some pay sites have up to a year of retention. Almost no virus or fake crap.

3. IRC. Old school, harder to search, but have been a backbone for the last decade. Almost no virus or fake crap.

My buddy loves usenet, I like my hotfile account.

Posted: 10/29/2010 6:17:56 AM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:

I used Limewire for single songs. What am I going to do now?

Torrent for everything else.

that's all I used it for too. that's pretty much the only thing I download anyway, an occasional song.

Posted: 10/29/2010 6:21:49 AM EDT

[#38]

Quoted:

I used Limewire for single songs. What am I going to do now?

Torrent for everything else.

that's all I used it for too. that's pretty much the only thing I download anyway, an occasional song.

Well shit man, I would probably just keep things on the up and up and drop 99 cents per song on Itunes.

Posted: 10/29/2010 6:27:36 AM EDT

[#39]

it's not really the .99 cents, but I want an actual mp3 that I can burn onto a CD

Posted: 10/29/2010 6:38:15 AM EDT

[#40]

Frostwire for single songs. If you are computer illiterate don't use it because you will get a virus, much like Limewire.

Vuze for the majority of everything else.