Topic: eMule & torrents

[diaw]

I have found eMule to be a very useful resource in terms of finding technical books over the internet.

I must have downloaded in excess of 150Gb of assorted technical & academic books over the past 2 months - many of which are either out of print, or just plain unobtainable in Thailand.

The common formats used are 'djvu' (very common for academic scanned books), or the older 'pdf' formats.

www.emule-project.net/

[admin]

What is the djvu format?

[diaw]

djvu format seems to allow a lot more compression than the older pdf format. In many cases, the files are 25% the size of an equivalent pdf.

It is also an OpenSource initiative as I understand things. Most of the academic scans seem to use this format.

There is a win$ plug-in for most browsers, as well as a standalone reader available for download. Linux seems to also support the format pretty well.

diaw...

[samvimes]

Any education related books on there Diaw?

[diaw]

Sam, give me a list of what you're looking for & I'll do a few searches. The trick to finding what you're looking for is how you search, but once you get the knack, you can find the most amazing stuff.

Author name/s, initials
Year
Publisher
Title

I can then point you in the right direction.

[Uncle Che]

I am working on trying to get it working right now, will report back with any success I have or dont have.

[diaw]

I'm currently doing a search for a mutual friend & I'm finding everything else but the books needed.

I'll document my search procedure via eMule so that other folks can get the knack of ways of scanning the many millions of books out there. I'll then move into a search via a bit-torrent & see if we can unearth the beasts that way. In any event, I'll list the logic & results. It'll help other folks in future. I won't admit defeat until I've tried every route I know.

The biggest constraint is how much search time the servers allow you - you have to strike correctly to prevent wasting the valuable 20sec per server.

diaw...

[Uncle Che]

What are the best tips for finding stuff? I am kind of bewildered by the choices on emule. Lots of servers to choose from? What does 20sec per server mean? Can you help us out a bit more, diaw?

[diaw]

I've got eMule re-loading after an ISP line-drop.

Give me a few minutes & I'll take a few screen-shots of the main search screen.

diaw...



 

[diaw]

Click on the above image.

Select the type of item you want to download... I usually leave it as any, if I'm scouting for books.

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Next, select method... The global (servers) grabs a bunch of servers, each allocating 20s of search time. An alternative is to use the Kad network, which is also pretty good.

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Name :  some information on the book you are searching for eg. Dover - publisher
Extension: pdf, djvu, zip

If you leave the extension blank, then you end up being swamped with mp3's & smut...

Hope that gives you some insights into eMule... it is an amazing resource... Once you've got that part smooth, we'll look at optimising down/upload speeds.

[Uncle Che]

thanks, diaw, that is awesome. I trying to use your techniques right now. Will report back later with any decent results.

[RobRoy]

Am using emule now to download some books...never tried it before so thanks for the idea!

[diaw]

Good luck, Rob.

There are a few tricks for getting the download speed up to a reasonable level - but mostly this depends on your connection.

diaw...

[samvimes]

Hi Diaw,

This is is the stuff I'm looking for or anything on Adult Education.

Author:    Jarvis, Peter
Title:    Adult and continuing education : theory and practice.
ISBN:    0-415-10242-1



Author:    Lakin, Michael, ed.; UNESCO, corp.
Title:    Adult education in a polarizing world.
Imprint:    Paris : UNESCO, 1997.


Author:    Cross, K. Patricia
Title:    Adults as learners : increasing participation and facilitating learning.
ISBN:    1-55542-445-7


Author:    Rogers, Jenny
Title:    Adults learning.
ISBN:    0-335-09215-2


Author:    Matheswarn, V. P.
Title:    Distance education : student support services.
ISBN:    81-261-2469-5


Author:    Pant, Anita P.
Title:    Good practices : gender equality in basic education and lifelong learning through CLCs ; experiences from 15 countries.


Author:    Tight, Malcolm
Title:    Key concepts in adult education and training.


Author:    Smith, Bernard
Title:    Momentum : an adult course in elementary English.
ISBN:    0133276368


Author:    Lewis, Marilyn, ed.
Title:    New ways in teaching adults.
ISBN:    0-939-791-68-4


Author:    Watkins, Karen E ; Marsick, Victoria J., jt. auth.
Title:    Sculpting the learning organization : lessons in the art and science of systemic change.
Type Of Materials:    Book
ISBN:    1-55542-576-3


Author:    Houle, Cyril Orvin
Title:    The design of education.
ISBN:    0-7879-0209-8


Author:    Belanger, Paul;     Federighi, Paolo, jt. auth.
Title:    Unlocking people's creative forces : a transnational study
of adult learning policies.
ISBN:    92-820-1104-6
Subject Heading:    1. Adult learning.