The Monkey Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Ok, I'm real late to this one. But why is bittorrent useful to me? And is it easy to use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fungi Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Um, yeah, where to begin... It's the "new" style of file sharing where everyone connects to a "tracker" to find "peers" that are trying to share the same file(s), and share it directly with peers they connect to. I'm sure Wikipedia can do a better job of explaining. Let's just say that there are certain torrent sites that have loads and loads of valuable data. Some require you to upload a certain ratio of your DL to enforce the core of BT, which is that torrents only work if there are people to seed (provide the complete files). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Looks like you're late to the concept of search engines too! Ok, I'm real late to this one. But why is bittorrent useful to me? And is it easy to use? Just Fucking Google It Just Fucking Google It Just Fucking Google It But why is bittorrent useful to me? Because downloading in parallel from a cloud of peers may be faster that downloading from a single source? And is it easy to us There are bittorrent clients that reduce it to point and click. You do know how to click, don't you? http://torrentfreak.com/mac-bt-clients/ P.S. Happy Thanksgiving! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted November 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Looks like you're late to the concept of search engines too! Just Fucking Google It Just Fucking Google It Fuck Google. I prefer Lackey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riceboy Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 I'm glad you discovered it now though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Amazon is the moral alternative Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Glad I'm not the only one clueless about this particular topic. Guess a possible mitigating factor is my late start -- I graduated from university before Google even existed, in fact without ever accessing the public Internet. That's right whippersnappers, if you needed to know something back then you had to look it up in a book or find an actual human being with the required expertise. Crazy, I know. Erm, in regards to that last point, if any HC members did feel moved to (privately) point this old dog in the direction of locations where our common interests are pursued, I'd certainly be willing to try out some new tricks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Ten Sites for Free and Legal Torrents NewTeeVee esp. http://bt.etree.org/ http://wiki.etree.org/index.php?page=BitTorrent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atothex Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 It'll change your porn habits forever. Get utorrent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 I use less torrent, more rapidshare. For me the speeds are faster and the content more reliable. You have to know where to look for stuff but once you figure that out there is an amazing amount of material out there. I'm forever grateful to rapidshare for providing the entire history of Top Gear episodes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padam Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Should I mention Demonoid here, it is very good for getting music you might not find on other places. p.s.: I have an invitation code for somebody who desperately needs it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manaox2 Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Should I mention Demonoid here, it is very good for getting music you might not find on other places. p.s.: I have an invitation code for somebody who desperately needs it There are other better music torrent sites out there if you can find invites to private trackers. If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherwood Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Might I be able to "pick one up" from you? I'll upload needledrops, promise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manaox2 Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 Sorry, I don't have any to give right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuckledragger Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 /me points toward Casino. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherwood Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 Casino is not yet an option for me. I am not a cool kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atothex Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 Forgive my ignorance, but what's Casino? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duggeh Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 A place where people gradually lose their money for what they percieve as enjoyment. Theme parks are better on a cost benefit basis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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