Yo people! Looks like you're all having fun here.
Well anyway, I'm not trying to butt in your friendly discussion here, but I want to clarify, or rather, make sure something is a known fact for all parties: the "Awaiting sources" status indicates that Limewire has 'given up' on the download, meaning that it won't try looking for new files anymore: LW likes (=needs) to be babysitted a lot and requires the user(s) to check up on it as often as possible.
"Why?" you (would) ask me. I'm not a developper/techie and certainly not an expert in the matter, but from what I've read here, Limewire devs decided to abandon the auto-search-for-new-sources feature because it slowed down the Gnutella net. How? By constantly bombarding the net with search messages from a gazillion hosts.
Result? Now we have to re-search for the files manually whenever we get the dreaded "Awaiting Sources" status in downloads. This results in a faster network and some frustrated users (much like Hilander), who wait for their downloads to leave the "Awaiting Sources status without knowing that they have to re-run a search for the file again to have a hope of achieving that.
Yup, it can be frustrating, but it's for the good of everyone.
As for graffin, I have to say this: I can't really say much about Kazaa since I've used it only a little on a friend's machine (poor *******) and, now that I have my own comp, it is incompatible with Macs (thank Gawd
). I, for one, am very very satisfied with Limewire (click the 2nd example on Lord's post to see how satisfied I am) and it's speeds are far superior to Kazaa's from what I've witnessed, as it takes advantage of virtually my entire bandwidth (how faster than that can you get?) while Kazaa went rarely above 10KBs (might have been that it was not configurated for optimal performance but I doubt it).
And the search results? That is not Limewire's fault: it's the users'. No, not all users, but some will intentionally rename a file and add a truckload of "popular" keywords to ensure that when you type in to find the trailer for the new Spiderman movie you get some stupid old porn instead. Limewire, and just about any other client on the Gnutella network cannot do anything about it. The devs just make the programs. The users then serve the files they want.
What you could do, is: if you notice an IP adress that has given you only false files then ban it. Ban the damn host. And good riddance to the lecher.
'k, at present I will let you continue your joyous conversation. Enjoy the Olympic Games everyone (they're being held in my home country so you'd better
)