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[Old Yeller]

Aren't public trackers pretty damn risky in today's day and age?

[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by Mike F

Wikipedia to the rescue

Unfortunately wiki falls short in this context.

Oh well.

[Phanuthier]

Basically Dis, you are downloading data (can be a movie or music or whatever) from other computers. Its fastest if you download from various computers, you grab data (not necessarily in sequential order of the file I believe, and you can be downloading info from various computer at the same time) from wherever its available and the fastest.

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan

Unfortunately wiki falls short in this context.

Oh well.

How is wikipedia falling short? It's a pretty thorough article.

Basically a torrent is a file (song, movie, computer program, etc) that isn't stored on a website, but a file that people share online through a special program. One guy shares it and then other people share it as well, the more people that are sharing it, the more people you can download a piece from and the faster you will get that file since it's just people sharing bits of the same file.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Since the article didn't tell me what files Bingo was looking for but only how the protocol works I thought it fell short in the context of my question.

So I guess he's looking for music or movie files from a site that uses this protocol.

thanks for the explanations.

[Bobblehead]

Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan

Since the article didn't tell me what files Bingo was looking for but only how the protocol works I thought it fell short in the context of my question.

So I guess he's looking for music or movie files from a site that uses this protocol.

thanks for the explanations.

So do you have it figured out? Or is there still a piece of the puzzle missing?

[Phanuthier]

Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan

Since the article didn't tell me what files Bingo was looking for but only how the protocol works I thought it fell short in the context of my question.

So I guess he's looking for music or movie files from a site that uses this protocol.

thanks for the explanations.

Any kind of data. Music, movies, books, software, programs, etc.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by Bobblehead

So do you have it figured out? Or is there still a piece of the puzzle missing?

No, I understand the concept.

Do these sites 'host' multiple types of files or are they specific to a ceratin one? (music here, movies there, tech stuff here)

[Phanuthier]

Anything Dis. For instance, a university student can download textbooks for use rather then buy.

[Bobblehead]

Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan

No, I understand the concept.

Do these sites 'host' multiple types of files or are they specific to a ceratin one? (music here, movies there, tech stuff here)

The torrent sites only host a little file called the .torrent file. It is usually a few KB. That will give the files that are included (which can be one or many) and the address of a tracker. When you open this file with a bittorrent client (like utorrent, bit comet, azuereus, etc) it reads the file and looks up the address of the tracker(s). The tracker then knows you want the file and puts you in touch of people who have already downloaded the file (called Seeds) or people who are currently downloading the file (called Peers). You then start receiving bits and pieces of the files from the peers and seeds (and are yourself a peer). Once it is complete, you are now a seed. You can then use the file as you wish, however it is good edicate to keep your client going until you have shared at least as much as you received (your ratio is greater than 1.0).

Probably clear as mud.

Edit: and any file on your computer can be in a torrent - music, video, documents, anything...

[FlamesPuck12]

Can anyone explain this to me?

Warning for new users: while P2P file sharing technology is completely legal, many of the files traded through P2P are copyrighted. Unless you live in Canada where users are shielded from P2P lawsuits, then downloading P2P files may put you at risk for a civil lawsuit in any other country. These lawsuits are usually class-action suits, filed against groups of users who blatantly copy and distribute copyrighted materials. Recently, the MPAA, the RIAA, and the governments of England and Australia took several thousand users to court, demanding that they pay thousands of dollars in copyright infringement penalties.

[Vulcan]

I'm having one of my typical Problems Between Keyboard and Chair.
I've downloaded BitTorrent6.0 and went to the Mininova site and downloaded a magazine to BitTorrent to see how it works but now I'm stumped. How do I open this file and how do I stop the upload? Any help appreciated.

[Bobblehead]

Originally Posted by Chobyhy

Can anyone explain this to me?
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Canadian Courts have ruled that Internet Service Providers do not need to reveal the names of people using specific IP addresses. Without the name there is no one for the copyright holder to sue, the courts won't accept John Doe lawsuits. This is on top of the fact that downloading music is currently legal as well.

Originally Posted by Vulcan

I'm having one of my typical Problems Between Keyboard and Chair.
I've downloaded BitTorrent6.0 and went to the Mininova site and downloaded a magazine to BitTorrent to see how it works but now I'm stumped. How do I open this file and how do I stop the upload? Any help appreciated.

Personally I use utorrent. Just upen that file with utorrent and it will take care of almost everything else.

[Vulcan]

Thanks Bobblehead, I'll give it a try.

[coaster]

Originally Posted by Bobblehead

The torrent sites only host a little file called the .torrent file. It is usually a few KB. That will give the files that are included (which can be one or many) and the address of a tracker. When you open this file with a bittorrent client (like utorrent, bit comet, azuereus, etc) it reads the file and looks up the address of the tracker(s). The tracker then knows you want the file and puts you in touch of people who have already downloaded the file (called Seeds) or people who are currently downloading the file (called Peers). You then start receiving bits and pieces of the files from the peers and seeds (and are yourself a peer). Once it is complete, you are now a seed. You can then use the file as you wish, however it is good edicate to keep your client going until you have shared at least as much as you received (your ratio is greater than 1.0).

Probably clear as mud.

Edit: and any file on your computer can be in a torrent - music, video, documents, anything...

That's as good a description as I've ever read. You can't be an engineer.
I use a site called pisexy.org. You need an invite for this as well. I have 2 if anyone is interested, but they are not accepting new users at this time(I don't think) You can keep the invite and try every week or so till they open up for new users. Keeping a good ratio is emphasized here too. They have a promotion going right now where 5 euros buys you 30 GB credit and enters you into a contest where you can win DVD Box sets, 100 GB credits and so on.

[Barnes]

www.ipodtvnova.com

Great for content formated for your iPod or any device that plays mp4s.

[Hemi-Cuda]

the best private tracker around is torrentleech.org. but since they're not longer accepting invites the next best solution is btjunkie.org, probably the largest public tracker site on the net

[greerb]

I use

torrentz.com
isohunt.com
thepiratebay.org

[gizmo24]

If you've got any what.cd invites left, I'd love one

mark.thomas.andrews@gmail.com

[PsYcNeT]

Anyone who loves high-quality custom rips of US animation and old school (80s/90s) animation stuff can hit me up for an invite to myspleen.net. As well, they have hard to find MST3K episodes, tons of US TV, and rare stuff
That site is AWESOME

www.myspleen.net