Peer 2 Peer and the Indian Community

Peer to Peer softwares allows users like you and me to download whatever that takes our heart's fancy. I've recently been stricken with the downloading bug and consequently an unhealthy chunk of my time is spent researching what movies/serials to download.

For some reason my modem is rather wonky and rejects downloads i make via Torrent applications such as Bit Torrent, Mini Torrent, Morpheus and their ilk. Instead i rely on Limwire which is not bad but i can't seem to find the files i want sometimes.


I did some research on Limewire and i found out that being a user requires me to participate in the sharing process. If I download stuff from other people then other people should be able to download stuff from me.

The Limewire developers are sneaky little bastards, they actually implemented a mechanism which tracks how many people are able to upload file from your PC. There is a system which calculates how "sharing " you are and thus the more sharing you are , the faster download speeds you acquire and the more files you are able to access.

You want free stuff? No problemo! Just share and all will be good. It's that simple!

For the most part the internet community works on the principle that knowledge should be shared, hence they sacrifice time and money to ensure that everyone is able to make full use of the internet without having to worry about giants like Microsoft taking advantage of us users. It's a noble idea and it works!

Why can't we implement this here. If people don't want to help one another, then maybe they should be forced to. The Malaysian community at large suffers from virulent strain of Malaise. Maybe we need motivation to help one another, something that forces us to lend an helping hand because there are genuine,tangible benefits.

Like anyone else, i'm pretty clever when it comes to suggestions but extremely poor when it comes to implementation. Does anyone have any idea how we can manufacture a "sharing" environment and with it a "sharing" community?