From: wil@nowhere.at.all.ru.ca.fr.uk.us   
      
   In article <510eae62$0$63316$c3e8da3$3a1a2348@news.astraweb.com>,   
    JF Mezei  wrote:   
      
   > Incorrect. You start to seed the minute you have one verified part and   
   > anyone else in interested in that part.  So you could have only 1% of a   
   > file and be seeding to 20 people.  (this happens especially when a   
   > torrent has just been posted).   
   >   
   The modified version of the client I use can _pretend_ that you're   
   uploading when you're not. For the record, you're not "seeding" when   
   you're uploading parts of an incomplete download; that's called   
   "peering," or, to the zealots, "leeching."   
      
   > And more importantly, you could have any x % of file, be seen in the   
   > torrent and not be downloading anything. Beware of folks who stay at 37%   
   > for any length of time.   
      
   That too is a controllable setting. These guys, they're fighting a   
   losing war, even if they create casualties (TSI customers, say) along   
   the way.   
      
   --   
      
   Fine then, I'm drinking coffee and rolling cigarettes and looking   
   out at the hot baked street and a lady just walked by wiggling it   
   in tight white pants, and we are not dead yet.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)