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This is gonna be a long wait....

corywoolf

corywoolf

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I took this screenshot earlier today after waking my computer from sleep. I got a nice estimate of the download time left.
 

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That's nothing - I once had a 63 GB torrent going. You don't want to know how long that took me to get. Mind you, it was at a much faster txfer rate than you've got going there. 😉
 
~Shard~ said:
That's nothing - I once had a 63 GB torrent going. You don't want to know how long that took me to get. Mind you, it was at a much faster txfer rate than you've got going there. 😉
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I think we all have to know, what torrent requires 63GBs.😛
 
Daveway said:
I think we all have to know, what torrent requires 63GBs.😛
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The entire collection of episodes of the 4th Doctor from Doctor Who. Tom Baker played the 4th Doctor from 1974-1981, so 7 years' worth of episodes.

I actually downloaded every single episode of Doctor Who from 1963-1989 (it's the longest running sci-fi show ever). So, in total, I grabbed about 180 GB from torrents to complete my collection. 😱 😎
 
~Shard~ said:
The entire collection of episodes of the 4th Doctor from Doctor Who. Tom Baker played the 4th Doctor from 1974-1981, so 7 years' worth of episodes.

I actually downloaded every single episode of Doctor Who from 1963-1989 (it's the longest running sci-fi show ever). So, in total, I grabbed about 180 GB from torrents to complete my collection. 😱 😎
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That's like...downloading my hard drive! And then some!

What was the format? And have you managed to watch all of them?
-Chasen
 
rendezvouscp said:
That's like...downloading my hard drive! And then some!

What was the format? And have you managed to watch all of them?
-Chasen
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They are all AVIs, most of them excellent quality since they were taken from the remastered DVDs, although the early episodes are hurting, missing, or reconstructed.

I used to watch the show religiously, so I have in effect seen every episode over the years, give or take. But as for this new collection of mine, I watch them here and there, and have barely scratched the surface. But I'll eventually get through them all again. And then of course the new season starts up in a month as well... 😎
 
Yeah, imagine if you were lost and some punk pirated your state of being from right under your nose! Oh the pain!
 
Well since these are broadcast shows. And you are allowed to record shows. Is it really wrong to share them🙄 ?
 
Unfortunately, it's still illegal. Simplistically, when shows are broadcast, the network pays for them and then covers the cost through advertising. 😱
 
jessica. said:
Is this even something that should be discussed at MR?
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pdpfilms said:
Surprised no one's given the good 'ol morality smackdown yet.
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There are no issues with discussing this whatsoever when it comes to Forum rules. As long as no direct links/sites are provided, this discussion is perfectly fine. There are many, many threads on topics like this (just do a search for "torrents") and until someone with bad judgment crosses that line, threads like this are fine in the Mods' books. 😎
 
velocityg4 said:
Well since these are broadcast shows. And you are allowed to record shows. Is it really wrong to share them🙄 ?
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Thank you, and I took the time to block out the torrent names, but gave you enough letter to imagine what it could be. 😀
It sounds like I didn't even have to censor it after all.
 
sorry to resurrect this, but what are the best torrent apps out there?

I've been using Bits on Wheels, but its a total memory hog now that it has 3-Dish features. Transmission is good, but I never really match the speed that I can get with BOW.
 
fowler. said:
sorry to resurrect this, but what are the best torrent apps out there?

I've been using Bits on Wheels, but its a total memory hog now that it has 3-Dish features. Transmission is good, but I never really match the speed that I can get with BOW.
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Personally I use Transmission, but another good client which is non-resource hogging is the official Bittorrent client.

If you want some more choices, go to MacUpdate.com and search Bittorrent.
 
I did, but didn't really feel like testing each one out.

I always hear people talking about Azerus, or however you spell it.. not so much good though.
 
I recommend Azureus - I have never had any issues with it, and it is extremely powerful. Some call it a resource hog, but my G4 iMac with 1 GB RAM has never experienced any type of slow down when Azureus has been running (which is 24/7 a lot of the time 😉).
 
velocityg4 said:
Well since these are broadcast shows. And you are allowed to record shows. Is it really wrong to share them🙄 ?
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I have no problem at all torrenting shows for a season that is still being broadcast. If I miss an episode of Earl, Lost, The Office, etc., then I don't feel too bad grabbing it off of a torrent site the next day. The iTunes Store does exist for some of those, yes, but the video quality is ridiculously low. (Still, I usually just buy episodes of Office if I miss them anyhow.)

Downloading the entire season of a show, especially when it is out on DVD, however, is a scummy thing to do. If you're going to spend that much time downloading and watching the episodes, then it is worth paying for.
 
I once downloaded a torrent on my desktop and forgot about it, 6 days later i uploaded 50GB worth of the file which was around 150mb 🙂
 
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