I'm tired of this uploading bullshit, my boy was telling me about these newsgroups. I'm about to take that option.

dunno what sites you are on...

most torrent sites will tell you how many people have downloaded a file. it may even have a spot for comments.
generally speaking, if a large # of people have dl'd the torrent and it's still up, it's legit.
if there are comments, there may be one that says it's not what you're looking for.

last, you just need to be smart about what you open (just like with email attachments).
if you dl'd an application or game, run it thru your antivirus.
most tv shows and movies will be standard mpg or avi, so they're ok.

I'm talking about your IP Address being in the open...

look at the RIAA going after grandmas and shit, 'taint goin nowhere

>look at the RIAA going after grandmas and shit, 'taint goin
>nowhere



That's another thing, I know the RIAA is making a swoop on these torrent sites now as well. I have a couple of really great torrent sites, but like I said, the really good ones, you have to upload. My dude was telling that I have to pay loot to check out these news bins sites, but I really don't care at this point. Plus I have vonage, and when I'm uploading, I can't use my phone.

>I'm talking about your IP Address being in the open...

Yeah,

I'm tired of that port forwarding B.S.

I dunno if that's worth it if so.

can't knock it till you try it. there's a good chance your isp gives you SOME newsgroup service (comcast has a 2gb a month limit... etc). look into it

5gb is like 50 albums, and by the time you have that much, you'll have MORE than enough seeded torrents to meet the 0.25 ratio requirement even AS you're downloading stuff.

honestly i don't even notice the upload requirements... it's had zero impact on me... except i need to switch azureus off before i play xbox live or it will be too laggy. OiNK torrents download so fast that you'll probably end up uploading more than you d/led just because you forgot to quit the program

you got one for me to come be a member and contribute?

"Either I'm one of the strongest people left ...
or y'all should stone me for even trying to steal breath" - Brother Ali


- B.

please help with this problem i have

a. im on an imac (i dont know if this is relevent, but...)
b. i have an oink account
c. i use azureus to dl
d. when i dl, the torrents usually finish very very quickly
e. however, the most they ever upload is 200k-1 or 2 megs. at the most!!!

so what am i doing wrong. i leave that shit open for days and yet nothing uploads. most of the torrents get 0 uploads, and the ones that do, like i said get very little uploaded.

this is really hurting my share ratio hard. and im more than happy to seed!
when i use bits on wheels for other sites (its blocked by oink) i sometimes uploads gigs at a time.

anyone know why this would be?

well first thing to do is
log in to OiNK
click on your username at the top left of the page
make sure Azureus is running
you will see a list of the torrents you are seeding
and the far right column will tell you if the torrent is 'clever' or not
if they're not 'clever' that means most users can't connect to you
you need to go into your router setup pages and find the port forwarding setting
or if you're not behind a router, look in the Network system preferences
make sure port 15000 (or whatever it's set to in Azureus) is open/forwarded to your comp

if that's already done then maybe your ISP is blocking bittorrent. in which case change the port or somthing

i get the same problem you do sometimes
i think it's related to who else is using the connection
like maybe they're using a program that's using Azureus's ports
actually it's happenign now and i don't know why

hmm
maybe my ISP has caught on
maybe i've been uploading too much personally
maybe i just need to reset the router

Mostly because the speeds I get are 1, consistent and 2, almost always faster than what I get from even the best-seeded torrents.

My ISP at home (Verizon) does offer usenet access, so check out if yours does before you pay. At school I use Newshosting.com which has been decent, and I use newzbin for NZBs (you pay for this too but it is really cheap, like 0.50/week and the selection is great--you should know that you see more posts when you are a member than when you're not logged in to the site if you're checking it out before you pay). tvnzb.com is also good for tv shows, and is free.

nzbsrus.com too. but binsearch is king.

i use the unlimited newshosting (15 a m) and grabit as my newsgroup client (shemes.com)

>nzbsrus.com too. but binsearch is king.
>
>i use the unlimited newshosting (15 a m) and grabit as my
>newsgroup client (shemes.com)


nabs,

i'm bout to mess with giganews.

i wasn't very impressed with giganews. there are better deals out there

i'm using usenet-news right now and i'm very pleased with the service. block accounts (like $30 for 100 gb with no expiration), great speeds, and they have a search function on the site

i can use 100 gb in a month

of course i can't speak on your situation, since you may not need that much space... so that deal would probably be ideal.

>i can use 100 gb in a month
>
>of course i can't speak on your situation, since you may not
>need that much space... so that deal would probably be ideal.

I just subcribed to Giganews, this mess is overwhelming. I'm still not sure why you need newzbins or binsearch. NABS, school me on that.

NABS,

You right man, that binsearch is tight, I also subscribed to newzbins as well. My boy taught me how to set everything up.

i 'member the days before ircspy, when you literally just went thru thousands of fserve's to find shit

>i 'member the days before ircspy, when you literally just
>went thru thousands of fserve's to find shit

oh man,

you took me back on that f serves. I remember when we would go through AOL and IRC, all the files would go to your email addy.

i was on there '99 - '00
first year in college with a T-whatever line, downloading EVERYTHING lol
CD-R's were expensive back then too, $40 for a 50-spindle

the worst was when that your download didn't finish, then you had an incomplete file
and you gotta find that one person again to resume it..

:D