Torrent Question

[JustSomeDude]

It seems like alot of the good torrent sites are cutting back and limiting their searches and what they host. Anyone know of any good torrent forums or places to get quality files?

w0rd.

[highpsi03]

btjunkie.org

[Survivalism]

thepiratebay.org if its still up

I believe IPtorrents is invite only.. which i may have a few invites for it if you want one.

[Wrider]

I use pirate bay regularly. The key is to wait for a few reviews to say it's legit then dl it.
Survivalism if you're willing to part with one I'll take it.

[Survivalism]

I use pirate bay regularly. The key is to wait for a few reviews to say it's legit then dl it.
Survivalism if you're willing to part with one I'll take it.

Send me a pm with your email, just dont leech off of this website please :D

[TurboGizzmo]

hosting (rapidshare/hotfile) or newsgroups or IRC :)

[brennahm]

torrents.to

[Zach929rr]

hosting (rapidshare/hotfile) or newsgroups or IRC :)

keepin it old school.

[TurboGizzmo]

keepin it old school.

Keeping it safe school :)

[csmith]

What exactly is torrent? Just a vehicle to move large files?

[Nick_Ninja]

What exactly is torrent? Just a vehicle to move large files?

A torrent is a file sent via the BitTorrent (http://www.techterms.com/definition/bittorrent) protocol. It can be just about any type of file, such as a movie, song, game, or application. During the transmission, the file is incomplete and therefore is referred to as a torrent. Torrent downloads (http://www.techterms.com/definition/download) that have been paused or stopped cannot be opened as regular files, since they do not contain all the necessary data. However, they can often be resumed using a BitTorrent client, as long as the file is available from another server.

Torrents are different from regular downloads in that they are usually downloaded from more than one server (http://www.techterms.com/definition/server) at a time. The BitTorrent protocol uses multiple computers to transfer a single file, thereby reducing the bandwidth (http://www.techterms.com/definition/bandwidth) required by each server. When a torrent download is started, the BitTorrent system locates multiple computers with the file and downloads different parts of the file from each computer. Likewise, when sending a torrent, the server may send the file to multiple computers before it reaches the recipient. The result is a lower average bandwidth usage, which speeds up file transfers.

[R1-Laubinero]

demonoid

[Aphrodite]

No idea what to said Ninja.

[Zach929rr]

Keeping it safe school :)

Touche. One of my buddies queued me in on the newsgroups a few years ago. Said he was getting like 1mb/s+ from some New Zeland site, but it was like $15/mnth. I never got involved in it.

I do definitely remember the days of Hotfile though. All about who you knew and what you had to share.

[TurboGizzmo]

Touche. One of my buddies queued me in on the newsgroups a few years ago. Said he was getting like 1mb/s+ from some New Zeland site, but it was like $15/mnth. I never got involved in it.

I do definitely remember the days of Hotfile though. All about who you knew and what you had to share.

+1 on who you know, then you can get in on top sites and FTP (SFTP) stuff.

News groups cost, but also some ISP come with a month cap that people dont normally know about.....

[csmith]

A torrent is a file sent via the BitTorrent (http://www.techterms.com/definition/bittorrent) protocol. It can be just about any type of file, such as a movie, song, game, or application. During the transmission, the file is incomplete and therefore is referred to as a torrent. Torrent downloads (http://www.techterms.com/definition/download) that have been paused or stopped cannot be opened as regular files, since they do not contain all the necessary data. However, they can often be resumed using a BitTorrent client, as long as the file is available from another server.

Torrents are different from regular downloads in that they are usually downloaded from more than one server (http://www.techterms.com/definition/server) at a time. The BitTorrent protocol uses multiple computers to transfer a single file, thereby reducing the bandwidth (http://www.techterms.com/definition/bandwidth) required by each server. When a torrent download is started, the BitTorrent system locates multiple computers with the file and downloads different parts of the file from each computer. Likewise, when sending a torrent, the server may send the file to multiple computers before it reaches the recipient. The result is a lower average bandwidth usage, which speeds up file transfers.

:wtf: Alright, so.. Large files / lots of computers + lower bandwidth = torrent.

[TurboGizzmo]

:wtf: Alright, so.. Large files / lots of computers + lower bandwidth = torrent.

Its like clustering for downloads.....once you download a torrent you should let it seed for a little bit so that you help someone else finish the download by sharing parts of your already completed download.

This can get you in trouble because the whole time you're downloading a torrent youre sharing bits and pieces of the download with others also downloading.....movie companies will also download a torrent just to get the list of people (IPs) downloading so they can send you lovely letters.


Of course there are many legit uses, like getting a Linux iso of a new release or even a microsoft server iso. If it was just released that means A LOT of people are downloading and sharing meaning you can get it fast because everyone is download a different pieces and sharing it across internet to fill in the gaps, this reduces the load on a single download server.

[Aphrodite]

Sounds like tha Kazza program I used to use years ago?

[csmith]

I feel wrong for never having used this.

[TurboGizzmo]

Sounds like tha Kazza program I used to use years ago?

Kazza (from what i remember) is downloading a file directly from someone....so i share a bunch of mp3s people are grabbing them directly from me so if i go offline your download stops.....Torrent is spread among tons of people, with each of them helping fill in pieces and parts of the download.

[Devaclis]

You are evil people! Don't you know that torrents are used to illegally distribute stolen/pirated software and copyrighted files?

Jerks!

;)

Forget torrents. Go back to the newsgroups. /oldschool

[Zach929rr]

alt.sex.movies

clickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclick

[TurboGizzmo]

Forget torrents. Go back to the newsgroups. /oldschool

Nothing old school, i used them yesterday and assume i will today :P

We just need some FTP space and requests :bat:

[Mista Black]

+ 1 for newsgroups

the way of the past... the way of the future...

[TFOGGuys]

www.publicdomaintorrents.com

all legal...lots of really bad karate movies :lol:

[kevplus2]

Kazza (from what i remember) is downloading a file directly from someone....so i share a bunch of mp3s people are grabbing them directly from me so if i go offline your download stops.....Torrent is spread among tons of people, with each of them helping fill in pieces and parts of the download.

most p2p clients are now based on gnutella (or g2), which is decentralized peer to peer. like torrents, you download chunks from multiple users, speeding transfers and increasing the difficulty to track the dl. good clients (like shareaza, not the adware infested crap like kazaaa) allow you to do both torrents and p2p

the early clients (like kazaa and napster) were centralized/semi centralized and therefore easier to track.

be sure to at least use peer block (or similar) if using gnutella or g2 clients

[Wrider]

Thought I'd update this and let you know I have an IP torrents invite if anyone else wants one.

[JellyBean]

torrent-finder.com is like a search engine for all the torrent sites. It is what I use and I like it.