If everyone switches to Morpheus...
See, the problem with Aimster is the fact that it's really extremely slow. Right now, I just ran a search for files containing 'tk' and it just sits there and idles with no results even though it SAYS it found 180 or so. The interface for the program is rather weak and it just doesn't have the functionality that may other programs have, it seems.
The program of choice for me is Morpheus. I've found several tickling files with it, but if we can get everyone to switch over from Aimster, there will be a TON more results for searches. The interface is a lot better and the program itself is of greater quality.
In terms of Kazaa, from what it seems like, Kazaa and Morpheus both use the same servers or something because half of the files I download are from '(name)@kazaadownload' or something to that effect. Morpheus is a lot better of a program. So far I've managed to find and download the entire series of Family Guy episodes save for around five or so. When I try to download something with Aimster, it's either "Busy... trying again in 60 seconds" or "Searching for file..." or some lame-ass excuse like that.
As far as not being able to get Aimster to work, I don't know about that. It was rather simple to set up. It's just so slow that you can't really be sure if it's working or not. Just now with that search I did, it took it about 5 minutes just for it to display the results and I'm on a cable modem. Then I actually tried DOWNLOADING the files and all it came up with was "Searching..." It doesn't take a linguistics expert to come up with the word "lame".
I urge all of you to download Morpheus. You won't see immediate results, but once more and more of the thousands of us switch over to it, the selection of files will grow exponentially. This will come with the added benefit of using a superior program with much better of an interface. Even if you don't use it for finding tickling files right away because not everyone has switched over, you can still find just about anything else you'd want to with it. Just recently, I found a segment of a Kids in the Hall episode where all of them sing the "Do... a deer... a female deer... ra... a drop of golden sun... mi... a name I call myself..." etc. song after a kid loses his dog. Trust me on this one, people: Morpheus is the way to go.