[Mldonkey-users] Re: I spend all my time downloading corrupted rejected chunks.

[Sven Hartge]

lenny bruce <address@hidden> wrote:

> why does it have to download the chunk to discover that it's wrong?
> why can't the other server tell us the hash for the specific chunk
> first?

Your mldonkey _already_ knows the hash, but it can't verify this, until
the chunk is complete. So you everytime have to download a whole chunk,
because *one* toggled bit in one byte changes the hash.

> why do people archive stuff in ace format? (okay, a mac-only complaint)

Better compression for executables and multimedia stuff (except mp3,
jpeg, etc.). Just like rar.

S°

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