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Fan Area => The Hydlaa Plaza => Topic started by: LARAGORN on December 09, 2006, 03:56:23 pm

Title: BitTorrent, Inc. Acquires µTorrent
Post by: LARAGORN on December 09, 2006, 03:56:23 pm: This really sux, IMHO Utorrent was the best lightweight torrent app, bar none. I hope they dont mess with it too much.

http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=17278

Here is another discussion about the situation

http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=28580&start=0
Title: Re: BitTorrent, Inc. Acquires µTorrent
Post by: Datruth on December 13, 2006, 08:42:03 am: OHHH NO!!!

I love Utorrent... and i've been using it since.... and it's been bought out :'(

Darn you Bittorrent and your faulty client!!!

~~Datruth
Title: Re: BitTorrent, Inc. Acquires µTorrent
Post by: emeraldfool on December 13, 2006, 05:17:59 pm: I just grabbed the first torrent client I could find once I came across torrents. (It was a gradual progression: Wanted to play XCOM (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-COM) again, one of my favourite childhood games -> abandonware (http://www.abandonia.com) -> Warez -> TorrentSpy (http://www.torrentspy.com) -> Planescape) That just happened to be uTorrent. I heard BitLord or Azureus (sp?) was better though...
Title: Re: BitTorrent, Inc. Acquires µTorrent
Post by: zanzibar on December 14, 2006, 08:51:49 am: Wouldn't it be "Mu" torrent and not "U" torrent?
Title: Re: BitTorrent, Inc. Acquires µTorrent
Post by: ThomPhoenix on December 14, 2006, 02:19:46 pm: Indeed, the strange u in uTorrent is pronounced as "mu".
Title: Re: BitTorrent, Inc. Acquires µTorrent
Post by: Datruth on December 15, 2006, 12:20:35 am: Quote from: ThomPhoenix on December 14, 2006, 02:19:46 pm
Indeed, the strange u in uTorrent is pronounced as "mu".

Not by the community though, and that's all that really matters.

In fact it may be mu.

As spoken, it's always Utorrent.

Few will recognize what you are saying if you say, mutorrent.

~~Datruth
Title: Re: BitTorrent, Inc. Acquires µTorrent
Post by: LARAGORN on December 15, 2006, 06:55:46 am: It is actualy 'Micro' torrent

The 'U' symbol is greek (i believe) for micro
Title: Re: BitTorrent, Inc. Acquires µTorrent
Post by: zanzibar on December 15, 2006, 07:25:44 am: Quote from: LARAGORN on December 15, 2006, 06:55:46 am
It is actualy 'Micro' torrent

The 'U' symbol is greek (i believe) for micro

rflol (in my head)

U/µ is a greek letter of the alphabet called Mu. It's used by us to mean "micro" in some situations, but it did not mean micro to the Greeks.
Title: Re: BitTorrent, Inc. Acquires µTorrent
Post by: Marqsaynt on December 22, 2006, 06:36:18 am: All three are actually acceptable, Mu, "you", and micro. :P

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9CTorrent

Personally I always call it MuTorrent but that's just me. This is pure speculation but i would venture a guess that the "u" evolved largely from not having a Mu key on computer keyboards so, when people typed it they just substituted a u :)
Title: Re: BitTorrent, Inc. Acquires µTorrent
Post by: Radiant Memphis on December 24, 2006, 01:25:47 am: Glad I use azureus. Go Java!
Title: Re: BitTorrent, Inc. Acquires µTorrent
Post by: LARAGORN on December 24, 2006, 03:08:19 pm: I'm just going to continue using Utorrent, but not going to update until I am sure that no 'phone home' crap is installed.
Title: Re: BitTorrent, Inc. Acquires µTorrent
Post by: Radiant Memphis on December 25, 2006, 12:30:58 am: Quote from: LARAGORN on December 24, 2006, 03:08:19 pm
I'm just going to continue using Utorrent, but not going to update until I am sure that no 'phone home' crap is installed.
Well, I suggest at least for Mac users and I'm sure there is pobably a PC equivilant out there would be Little Snitch found here-http://7ref.com/GOg (http://7ref.com/GOg) Money well spent.