I would like to address the newbies in this thread, i.e. Whoisit, Mad Hatter and Catbox4.

First of all, Whoisit

The first thing you said in this thread was: You did go onto qualify what you wrote in a different post but, as you can see, what you said is inflammatory. It also seems to show your basic lack of knowledge of how LW, or any P2P app, works and the necessary precautions you should take to protect your PC.

Whether all this is true I really don't know but I believe most of you newbies do not put much thought into what you are writing and you fail to realise your comments are being read by a worldwide audience that only knows you through what you write.

Mad Hatter

You are obviously not a newby and you have gained your experience through trial and error (and possibly reading the LW manual and the stickies). But the one issue I have with what you said is: While this is true I get the feeling you condone (what I call) this reckless behaviour.

The reason we read is to learn, to understand and possibly to avoid dangerous situations. I feel that any newby that fails to read (or give a cursory glance) at a manual for new software is asking for trouble (and deserves that trouble when they get it).
Therefore, like Sphinx, I have no sympathy for anyone with the ability to read that just ignores their user manual, manuals are not written for the fun of it they provide valuble information and the "do's" and "don'ts" that should be observed.

Catbox4

I will refer you to my note to Whoisit and would further say that if he chose his words more carefully, which do cause offence, then there would have been no need for insults.

I believe that this forum runs much better if forum members understood that although we all speak and write in English we are from different parts of the world with different idiosyncrasies. Therefore, in order not to cause offence to anyone we should think clearly about what we want to say then write it down in plain English, because anything else is likely to be misunderstood.



UK Bob

PS. One other thing, regularly forum members like myself and spinx get fed up with continuing streams of newbies saying "LW gave me viruses" and other assorted comments when all they have to do is read the stickies to get the info they need.

Hi all, I downloaded a 228k file out of curiosity and found it wasn't nice, but my anti-virus software caught it before it did any damage. The program is AVG and is is FREE for private users from Grisoft at www.grisoft.com. Also free updates. This should help safe file sharing cheerio

Respect to you UKBobBoy01, for attempting to bring calm rational to this discussion !
Just want to note that although new to the forum, that doesn't mean we are new to Limewire, P2P systems or the computer in general !
Also - these formus ARE here for newbies to learn about these things - how else would that happen ? Everyone must start somewhere, right? If the comments make "Senior members " like Sphinx frustrated - then stay out of it unless you have something productive to add. Wouldn't you say that education, not degradation, is the way to go ?
That being said - everyone is made fully aware at the time of downloading and installing this type of software that they are at their own risk when downloading ANY type of file - regardless of size. You cannot blame Limewire for a virus that YOU may have downloaded. Limewire provides the means - the choice is ours. Use it WISELY !
One more thing - you are right about misunderstandings occuring largely because of our respective geographical locations; however I am more aware of that than most, being British and residing in the US. An insult is clearly insulting !
Live and learn all !