Can't get shockwave viewer to install in FC3
Peter Cannon
peter at cannon3.wanadoo.co.uk
Thu Nov 25 14:13:19 UTC 2004
On Thursday 25 November 2004 14:04, Paul Howarth wrote:
> Perhaps you're confused about what BitTorrent is? It's not a generic
> download tool. It's used to distribute large files (e.g. ISO images) by
> getting all the downloading clients to upload bits of the file to each
> other. It requires a special file called a "torrent" (typically having a
> filename ending in .torrent) that describes the segments of the files,
> contains checksums etc. and points the BitTorrent client to a server where
> it can find details of where to get the file(s).
Yes I've seen that explanation before I just didnt grasp the concept, my
mistake sorry to have wasted your time although when FC4 comes out I should
now have the tool to get it in a less demanding way.
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Regards
Peter Cannon
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