Not everyone knows that. Not everyone has used LimeWire for months. To new users we need information for veterans like yourselves to make us aware that it indeed is a temporary problem.
I am annoyed because I downloaded it, it worked for a day and a half, now its refusing to connect to anything. In three days its worked less then half the time, and the little time it was connected most downloads didn't finish

I also dont understand something ... if this peer-to-peer filesharing "does not use a central server like Napster" and "cannot be shut down" then why can't we connect?