Brianv5
Low Level Functionary
Premium
join:2001-01-20
Keyser, WV
|  Works for me!
Lateley I've had trouble with a "tv" site for some files, just didn't seem to be online, but for the most part it works great. I like it more than any other p2p app. Since its not really an app.
Its hard to find anything but the most current things though, no one will leave their windows open forever. Catch 'em while you can.
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Anything can be tweaked! |
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c0mmander
join:2001-10-03
| thanks for "shining" the spotlight. a few of my favorite BT sites went down since then, in fact one has been under constant DoS attacks the past few weeks so they're provider pulled the plug on them. wouldn't surprise me if RIAA/MPAA was behind it all.
some of the sites that were shut down completely were not completely legit, but several were including the one that is now fighting those DoS attacks and searching for a new provider
RIAA/MPAA won't stop until they ban P2P, BT, MIRC, FTP, HTTP. |
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ryang
Premium
join:2001-04-01
Chicago, IL
| A little slow, but good
I've found that BT sites tend to have some pretty rare files, ones that I could never get anywhere else. Usually they go pretty slow, under 40k. But for very popular files BT can max out your download. Also your download if you don't throttle it.
And btw, nice speedometer I didn't know 08 mph came after 79:)
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My crap |
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bistro777
Donuts-Is There Anything They Can't Do?
Premium
join:2002-02-07
Englewood, CO
| reply to Brianv5
Re: Works for me!
From an article at cnn.com - - New file-sharing sites hide users' Ids - - Take a look at Filetopia, which claims “file sharing tool with public key encryption,” using a choice of strong ciphers and public key techniques for all communications and sophisticated techniques to protect your IP and thus make you truly anonymous and safe from attacks. From the article it appears that Blubster will soon be thinking along the same lines.
A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong. A model has a third possibility: it may be right, but irrelevant. |
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aztecnology
O Rly?
Premium
join:2003-02-12
Murrieta, CA
 ·Verizon FIOS
|  reply to ryang
Re: A little slow, but good
said by ryang  :
And btw, nice speedometer I didn't know 08 mph came after 79:)
Probably made in France...
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Doctor Four
My other vehicle is a TARDIS
Premium
join:2000-09-05
Dallas, TX
·AT&T U-Verse
| Newsgroup downloaders benefit, too
Thanks to Bit Torrent, I (and other people who download
from binary newsgroups) have found new releases and
other fresh material, often even before it has gotten
to IRC. I've even seen stuff get posted within hours of
its release, thanks to others using Bit Torrent. And
getting the stuff from newsgroups is relatively safe
WRT getting nastygrams from RIAA or MPAA lawyers - they
generally leave NG downloaders alone.
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"Kayura or Badamon, whichever you are, you should know that I will never give up this battle. By the will of the Ancient, I shall succeed!" - Shuten (Anubis) from the Ronin Warriors. |
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cyberthugin
join:2002-03-12
Kew Gardens, NY | Great
I think product is pretty good for sharing files, esp for new software builds. |
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sporkme
drop the crantini and move it, sister
Premium,MVM
join:2000-07-01
Morristown, NJ | Entropy
If you're concerned about privacy, Entropy looks insteresting:
»entropy.stop1984.com/en/home.html |
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marcussen
join:2003-02-20
Shawnee, OK
 ·Allegiance Communi..
| Sounds a lot like emule / edonkey
Emule and Edonkey has had a very similar way of sharing files for years, a hash (MD5) is produced of the file and of the individual chunks of the file, on a web site supporting edonkey links you just click and the file you get is guaranteed to be what you clicked on, it works well for large files (movies) but you have to give it time to work, a well spread movie may take several days or more. |
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wheelzoff
join:2001-02-14
Irving, TX
clubs:
| Very similar but for some reason files spread much better the way bit torrent does it. I can even seed 600mb files on my slow 30k/sec upstream in less than 24 hours, it takes days to do that on emule. By seed I mean if I stop sharing there are enough people sharing the file still that others can download, with emule I have to share for days to make sure they are spread enough so others can download while I'm offline.
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F walker
Hey Intern, Get Me A Campari
Premium
join:2003-04-10
Anchorage, AK
clubs: |  BT question.....
Doesn't WINMX use this technology already?.. if not how is it different from the way WINMX works? |
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Sankyuu
join:2003-07-01
Toronto, ON
| Good.
I like BitTorrent, mostly for downloading non-North American released Japanese Animation titles, which have been freely 'fan-subbed'. I think BitTorrent will be around for a long time, since it does not TECHNICALLY violate any sort of laws, if you do not sell what you download. That is why, in the case of anime, whenever a series is licensed, it is taken off of most Japanese-BT sites. Not even RIAA can smash BitTorrent, if it does not break any sort of laws.
If it does, then let us all sell our DSL/Cable connections, and stop buying CD's and all forms of media all together, and send the world into economic chaos. |
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macmouse
Premium
join:2002-05-30
Saratoga, CA
| reply to wheelzoff
Re: Sounds a lot like emule / edonkey
Yes. This works because bittorrent makes one "list" or central server keeping track of everything. So pretty much instantly, you can get ahold of a list of all users and be able to fill up connections. With edonkey,gnutella,etc there is no central server, and thus it takes much longer for the message (and user "list") to be passed along.
Imagine the differences like this. A message being send across the "grapevine," from one neighbor to the next. "Did you hear? bob got a new car!". Vs an announcement being made on the local newspaper. Everyone picks up the paper and gets the whole information on the spot, instead of running around and getting bits and pieces together.
The benefit of central is speed, but the benefit of decentralized is it can't be shut down (and "no one" to blame). |
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russotto
join:2000-10-05
Collegeville, PA | Interesting speedometer
Goes from 70 to 08... |
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DenverDialup
join:2003-06-06
Littleton, CO
clubs:
| reply to bistro777
Re: Works for me!
Hmmm...From that article: quote:
The Recording Industry Association of America, which represents the major recording companies, said it would file several hundred lawsuits against individuals within eight to 10 weeks seeking financial damages of up to $150,000 per copyright song.
$150,000 per song?! You've got to be kidding me. And I thought making a college kid pay $15 grand for operating a "file sharing network" was bad...
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Sarick
It's Only Logical
Premium
join:2003-06-03
USA
 ·FrontierNet Intern..
|  This is nice, ? look out, may be dead end for P2P!
This is really good, I hate getting files I that don't work or aren't something I wanted in the first place. I don't file share so stuff so most of my downloads are directly from the web.
I'm concerened this might not have a chance to take off though. With the new FCC ruling allowing ISPs to regulate the content its my understanding that FILE sharing will become a lot harder.
It might not have been made obvious but there are companies urging ISPs to block file sharing request from entering or leaving their networks. Also Blocking web access to sites that promote or offer the file sharing software.
This bit tolerance might not have a chance to be widely appoved. |
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Speedy8
Premium
join:2002-08-22
Alliance, OH
clubs:
| Symmetric
I still think the only real problem with BT is most people having very low, 128-384k, uploading capabilities. If everyone had 3000/3000 symmetric connections imagine how fast BT would be. Everyone would be maxing out their connections and get files very quickly without stressing any single source at once. Ah yes in the fantasy "perfect world" everyone would have symmetric connections and every site would use BT for all of their file downloads.
But in reality it still works very well for getting new, and sometimes even a little bit older anime releases. I've been using it for that purpose for quite awhile, and occasionally other uses, including linux ISOs. Great piece of software, basically works the way way emule/edonkey has always worked, but seems to go much faster. |
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bartruji
join:2003-04-27
Tempe, AZ
clubs:
| Links Anyone?
and here are the links:
TV and Movies:
»bittorrent.kicks-***.net
»www.digitaldistractions.org/torrents.php
»metzia.hypermart.net/eps.shtml
»www.stefbeat.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Bittorrent
»scifi-epz.com
»www.torrents.co.uk/new_bt/torrents.php
»www.tvtorrents.com
»knowbuddy.dyndns.org/torrent
»www.watchen.tv
»www.sci-fi-torrent.cjb.net
Music:
»www.musiq-supreme.tk
»www.zophar.net/psf
Anime:
»aiorus.dyndns.org
»www.gotwoot.net/v1/index.php?page=downloads
»appleshare.no-ip.com
»zx.mellbin.org
»www.downloadanime.org
»www.creatures.org/bt
»www.fansub-support.net
»www.animejunkies.com
»a.scarywater.net
»anime.mircx.com
»www.animesuki.com
»www.animetorrents.com
»www.base0.net/bt
Games:
»gromsh.no-ip.org/bt.php
Manga:
»thehawks.org/hawks/bt
Assorted Torrents:
»www.zenith-net.co.uk
»btfiles.no-ip.com
»torrents.chilledcore.com/index.php
»debian.toxic.pl/sci3nc3/eletrex
»www.bytemonsoon.com
»www.softwarehole.com/torrents
»www.sharelive.com
»torrents.slash0.org
»bittorrent.bounceme.net
»www.0-mile.com/torrents
»efi.sytes.net:2525
»wwww.hotfire.net
»www.lickmytaint.com
»www.torrentse.cx
»www.suprnova.org
»candystore.tk
»isnot.ws
»www.torrentfiles.com
»www.filesoup.com
If you need more information »www.torrentzone.tk/ |
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etreer
@umbc.edu
| Music Link
Some music that is OK'd for distributing via BT is linked here:
»wiki.etree.org/index.php?page=Bi···ownloads
For guiding principles, see
»wiki.etree.org/index.php?page=TradeFriendly |
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