attn: people who download bulk stuff

[Tzar]

torrent sites and programs is the idea here.

well i wanna put my internet connection to good use so i figure i start downloading the big stuff. what's the best stuff i need? program/site wise that is.

my mate uses a site called BitTorrent i think it is and a program with a blue frog on the logo to download. another mate uses mIRC and downloads off that.

help a brother out here.

[tracky]

azureus = bittorrent program

mininova.org = site

torrentspy.com
torrentsearch.com
torrentreactor.net

there's a heap of smaller torrent sites too (trackers), a lot of them are focused on a particular area. like my favourite myspleen.net which is cartoons and stuff, don't be afraid to sign up with myspleen either, never got any spam from them, they're just a couple of dudes who run a torrent tracker. i'm always skeptical about signing up for torrent sites tho, but if it's the only place you can find what you're after, just do it, maybe using a hotmail account or something. Usually u can get it unregistered if you look hard enough, it's more the rare stuff that you'll need to register for.

ps. IRC, I dunno about. I think it's the place to go for rare stuff, but i think usually people will want to trade. I dunno, never tried it, never needed to.

[Lex Diamonds]

www.thepiratebay.org

^ Best torrent site about. (y)

[Rancid_Beasties]

www.thepiratebay.org

^ Best torrent site about. (y)
FUCK YES!!! (y) :D

And Azureus is the king. I use up my 12 gigs limit every month in about 15 days thanks to that site and that program.

[tracky]

Yeah I always go over my limit too. I dunno what they've shaped my speed down to this month, but it's farking slow :(

[Tzar]

yeah, azureus, that's the one. i'll download that once i get this computer completely sorted out. and that pirates bay? i can't read foreign stuff!

but yeah.. i'll try whatever is user-friendly and won't give me spam. cheers blokes.

[TAL]

It's easy to change the language on piratebay.

[Tzar]

It's easy to change the language on piratebay.
yeah about 5 seconds after i posted that; i worked it out.

editing takes too much effort.

[wavin_goodbye]

yeah about 5 seconds after i posted that; i worked it out.

editing takes too much effort.


what language was it in for you? i just went (for the first time) and it's in english

[Tzar]

it was like... dutch or german or one of those european languages.

[jabumbo]

i've noticed a lot of torret sites are flooded with ton's of ads, and a lot of them are being closed off after a while


oh, and stay away from ABC (another bittorrent client) because its terribly slow

[Mallrat109]

Make sure you use the BitComet client.

[tracky]

having never tried it i can't really bash it (BitComet) but azureus is pretty damn good and i've never once felt the need to change.

Having said that, I've got a torrent going at the moment with following clients connected:

1x ABC user
2x Azureus users
2x BitComet
2x BitTornado
6x Mainline

[Rancid_Beasties]

Pirate bay only has one banner up the top. Plus the system of commenting on torrents mean that if a torrent has a virus in it then it will be commented on. Thus you are generally protected from viruses alot more than other sites. Also, alot of their downloads are very quick, especially albums.

[Tzar]

Pirate bay only has one banner up the top. Plus the system of commenting on torrents mean that if a torrent has a virus in it then it will be commented on. Thus you are generally protected from viruses alot more than other sites. Also, alot of their downloads are very quick, especially albums.
i just searched Slayer on piratebay.
they didn't have much. i mean, they had the discography but i don't want that much.

oh well..

[Rancid_Beasties]

i just searched Slayer on piratebay.
they didn't have much. i mean, they had the discography but i don't want that much.

oh well..
Thats the beauty of azureus, just download the discography and if its not zipped, you can tell it not to download certain albums/songs. To do this, right click on the torrent in azureus, click on show details, go to files then select the songs you dont wanna download and right click-> set priority->do not download. Piss easy :)

[Tzar]

Thats the beauty of azureus, just download the discography and if its not zipped, you can tell it not to download certain albums/songs. To do this, right click on the torrent in azureus, click on show details, go to files then select the songs you dont wanna download and right click-> set priority->do not download. Piss easy :)

awesome! i'm installing azureus now. if i need some help, i'll ask but i think i got the idea from my mate.

[Tzar]

what should i set my speed config at if i have 1.5MB?
set the Max Up at 1050kbps??? the Max Down is unlimited..

[Rancid_Beasties]

what should i set my speed config at if i have 1.5MB?
set the Max Up at 1050kbps??? the Max Down is unlimited..
Is it unlimited broadband? If so, just set max upload speed at unlimited..because its not like uploads eat up your download limit if you dont have one ;)

[Gareth]

having capped high speed is infuriating
i just make a list of shit i want to download and then sit under my cap until a few days before the end of my billing period.
and then i go nuts and whore as much as possible.
for some reason i've been able to go way over my limit doing it that way.

[tracky]

Mines uncapped but if you go over a limit (i got 10gig i think) they slow the speed right down (called shaping for the nerds, ie "glaven my ADSL connection has been shaped down to 56k nglaven"). You might wanna keep an eye on that tzar, make sure you don't go getting in trouble with the folks cause their high-speed internet suddenly becomes slow-speed internet and they ring up the ISP and they ISP will be like, well shit you've downloaded 400gigs what do you expect?! Then your parents will be like, WTF? You're banned. Maybe not, just a warning :)

[Tzar]

i think my limit is 20gigs.

[Mcmac]

yeah i got the same deal as rancid...and uploads do eat away at your 12 gig of highspeed which then turns into gay speed shit. and they call it unlimited (n) my mum wanted to get super unlimited which is like 20 fig but i sed its a rip off

[Tzar]

well im with TPG:
1.5MB umlimited downloads, 20gig cap = $49.95 a month which is nice. came with free modem.

[Rancid_Beasties]

Cable is faster ;)

Its 70 bucks, with 100 free local calls per month, and free modem etc.

[tracky]

That's a hell deal, tzar. I need to change, bad. I don't pay for mine at home tho, work does (perk) (y) but they wouldn't know if i'd changed, and they'd just keep paying me the $90/month for it

[Mcmac]

Cable is faster ;)

Its 70 bucks, with 100 free local calls per month, and free modem etc.

man i never get over 1.5 meg per second...never...and im on smtin like 100 meg per second..

[Tzar]

Cable is faster ;)

Its 70 bucks, with 100 free local calls per month, and free modem etc.

yes but some people cant afford to spend $70 a month of internet.
tracky - yeah i blew my load when i heard about it. it's going good. some random disconnections but not long/hard to reconnect.

[Rancid_Beasties]

yes but some people cant afford to spend $70 a month of internet.
tracky - yeah i blew my load when i heard about it. it's going good. some random disconnections but not long/hard to reconnect.
My parents can't, I have to pay for it out of my wages. But its worth it in the amount of cds/games it saves me from buying.

And Mcmac, 1.5mb/second is equal to a download rate of like 150 kb/second. I've forgotten the reason for that, but there is one. So that means Tsar is limited at 150 kb/s download, which is very good for adsl and very good if it stays that fast (if too many people are on cable then it slows down alot and adsl would probably then beat cable). However, with the connection we have, if you go on at like 3 in the morning, and download from an Australian Tucows site, you can get like 1000 kb/s steady download, which theoretically is a connection of 10 mb/second

[tracky]

Yeah it's megabits not megabytes

00110010 = a byte (8 of them)

0 = a bit (1 of them)

[Rancid_Beasties]

Yeah it's megabits not megabytes

00110010 = a byte (8 of them)

0 = a bit (1 of them)
Thats it, tracky knows where its at (y)

[Tzar]

My parents can't, I have to pay for it out of my wages. But its worth it in the amount of cds/games it saves me from buying.

good point. but i'm too much of a legitimist (that a word?).
i doubt i'm gonna download games. music - yeah i'll download albums only to hear them out. i'll still buy originals.

[tracky]

I buy games I wanna play online. It's not worth the hassle of trying to find a CD-key that works. Plus, I actually like supporting the game companies. I might end up working for one some day (if i ever get off my arse)

[Tzar]

I buy games I wanna play online. It's not worth the hassle of trying to find a CD-key that works. Plus, I actually like supporting the game companies. I might end up working for one some day (if i ever get off my arse)
dude i need an online game! last game i played full on was CS.
i'm thinking about BF2 but haven't quite got the funds. what else has aussie servers that are popular? besides CS..

[tracky]

my mate's trying to get my to upgrade my computer so i can join him in BF2, he loves it. I still play Soldiers of Fortune 2, but that is WAY old now and I only play it cause i can pwn some noobs

[Tzar]

BF2: i'll probably have to crank it on low settings.
the video card is only 128MB. shit, least it's better than my old geforce4.

[tracky]

BF2 just refuses to run on this computer and tells me to go out a buy a better graphics card :( GF4 not good enough these days :(

[Tzar]

what's the requirements for it?
hmm... time to do some google research.

[tracky]

You'll be alright. It was the 128mb gfx card it needed

[Tzar]

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Windows XP (32-bit) with Admin rights
1.7 GHz Intel Celeron D / Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon XP/ Sempron or greater
512 MB of RAM or more
8x or faster CD/DVD drive
2.3 GB free hard drive space or more
DirectX 9.0c compatible (see video)
DirectX 9.0c compatible

VIDEO
Video card must have 128 MB or more memory and one of the following chipsets:
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 or greater
ATI Radeon 8500 or greater

MULTIPLAYER
Multiplayer requires 1 set of discs per PC and a broadband (Cable, DSL, or a faster) connection.Internet or Network (2-64 players).

fuck yeah metal cunts!
my raedon is 9250 so it should be right...
time for some fucking BF2..........................and money to buy it.

[tracky]

In the meantime, get the demo

[synch]

my raedon is 9250 so it should be right...
time for some fucking BF2..........................and money to buy it.
Don't get your hopes up too much... You'll have to play with pretty low detail :(

[Tzar]

Don't get your hopes up too much... You'll have to play with pretty low detail :(
yeah i know "it'll be alright" - for low detail is kinda what i meant.

[Dr Deaf]

i use bitcomet and had used bit lord previously.

[Rancid_Beasties]

My video card is a radeon 9550 but it can't even run the sims 2 or gta san andreas properley. It makes no sense, because i can open heaps of programs at the same time, including memory intensive programs like video and audio editing software, and have no problems, and then close everything down and just run the game and it just dies. Even though I have a fair bit above what is required.

[Kid Presentable]

I play Super Blockeo Brothers on my Atari 2600. :cool:

[Rancid_Beasties]

I play Super Blockeo Brothers on my Atari 2600. :cool:
I play grand prix and boxing and occasionally pitfall :cool: :cool:

And even more occasionally fishing (y)

[Kid Presentable]

I play grand prix and boxing and occasionally pitfall :cool: :cool:

And even more occasionally fishing (y)

I'm sorry.

[Rancid_Beasties]

I'm sorry.
Why? :(

[Kid Presentable]

Why? :(

Oh, just feeling generally bad, it'll pass.

[Rancid_Beasties]

Oh, just feeling generally bad, it'll pass.
Cheer up mate (y) I find that cranking safety dance always makes me feel better :)

[Kid Presentable]

Cheer up mate (y) I find that cranking safety dance always makes me feel better :)

Yeah, I just motion towards the exits with a robotic look on my face and all's well. (y)

[Rancid_Beasties]

I don't get it, why dont they get hats? That was a big hit...you think they could afford hats for christsake (n)