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.
14. "RE: not enough room in prison, san" In response to Reply # 11
>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.
8. "the OiNK ratio requirement is like 0.25... and you get the first 5gb fre..." In response to Reply # 0
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
-------------------- Why do you choose to mimic these wack MCs? Why do you choose to listen to R&B?
"There are obviously many things which we do not understand, and may never be able to." Leela
26. "k, riddle me this then" In response to Reply # 8
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.
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
-------------------- Why do you choose to mimic these wack MCs? Why do you choose to listen to R&B?
"There are obviously many things which we do not understand, and may never be able to." Leela
13. "I use newsgroups most of the time" In response to Reply # 0
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.
19. "RE: i dont pay for nzbs. binsearch.info is your friend!" In response to Reply # 17
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
27. "RE: unlimited service is a must" In response to Reply # 24
>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.
25. "i never had the email addy thing" In response to Reply # 21
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..
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