I like HTTP because it's the most user friendly. I coudn't figure out how the ftp worked. It wasn't working for some reason. The other stuff I don't know what they are.

User friendly? Have you looked through the RFC?

What about CVS? Maybe I'm just being daft, but I think it uses its own download protocol.

CVS=Concurrent Versions System
Used to update source codes and such.

FTP = File Transfer Protocol
FTP is designed for transfering files so I will stick to that for downloads. Though HTTP is not too bad. I guess that is what I will be using here from now on.

Just don't even think about using passwords over FTP. FTP sends them out in _clear text_. Passwords smell good to a sniffer.

Hence using SFTP (secure)

"Passwords smell good to a sniffer." -- LOL

I have really bad nasal congestion (stupid allergies), so I can't sniff things very well. Maybe that's why I can't steal passwords from FTP. :)

My favorite download protocol?

Probably Kazaa :)

No! K-Lite! Stupid spyware. Stupid RIAA.

Too bad using Kazaa-Lite can let Sharman Networks sue you for one of the same reasons they're suing the RIAA... mainly using an unauthorized client (the other part has to do with diluting their service by spreading fake files...)

Are there any file sharing programs that ARE allowed? :-D

FURTHUR shares only legal tradeable band stuff, for instance grateful dead and phish live fan recorded material. Shares it in complete shows only tho. Anyway, it isn't the networks that are illegal, it is the content shared on them. DIE, RIAA, JUST DIE!!!!!

True. But they're shutting down the networks and terrorizing the people. :'(

I think of it this way--if you want to get a song, you can request it on your fav. radio station and record it when it plays. That's legal... If you want a movie or a video clip... use a VCR and a tape. And, with the proper software, you can just as easily put it on the computer. Isn't that legal also? Isn't that pretty much the same thing as getting it of a P2P file sharing network?

Very true.....I guess they're not considered illegal because they don't get the distribution of a P2P-50,000 people can't record a single song in one day if you use the radio method (unless you're sitting at your radio all day with a tape recorder)-the sound quality isn't as good.....same with the videos-you don't get the same distribution. BTW, I don't like the RIAA either with all their stupid copy-protection measures that prevent people from keeping music on their hard drive (like me), or at all in general (probably no one does except for their members).

No! No! No!
Please, that is not legal!
I am not saying there is anything too wrong with recording stuff off radio / TV. But to keep the recording for more than X hours (a couple of days I think) is illegal. I believe you may download to evaluate as well - ie delete after a couple of days and decide whether to buy the songs or not.

Also, if you like the music / show then go out and buy the CDs / DVDs between your friends and copy them between yourselves. Admittedly a little cheeky - but at the cost of CDs etc, I think it is fair play.
Randomly downloading stuff from people you don't know instead of paying for the stuff is a just plain wrong.

I'll go with HTTP.

Thats because its very, um, HTTPish.

Http is the best.

i like http cuz i can look at each file's description w/o having to look thru a readme file about how 2 install it (if it's even there!).

Plus, screenshots are cool.

sry about my ignorance, but i don't really know much about anything on the list besides http and ftp(which i do use sometimes)

Huh? It wasn't talking about the site, I mean FTP is down atm, and as far as I know there never was RSync support.. or SCP, SSH, or the others...

what i'm saying is:

i like the mess of a web page... it's more interactive and provides more info for me.

i just used examples.

as i said, i don't really know much anything about the other protocols, i've only used http and ftp, really. i'm not completely sure about the speeds, either. they vary a lot, but generally, http is faster for me.

http , it is the easiest to use and it doesnt lag like FTP did on my primary computer