I'm addicted to torrents

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DaFinn

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Originally posted by: uhohs
200gb and 300gb hds are so small. :(

Yeah, tell me about it... just bought 3x 200Gb Maxtor DM10+ 2 months ago. And I need more :p
 

dugweb

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Originally posted by: DaFinn
Originally posted by: uhohs
200gb and 300gb hds are so small. :(

Yeah, tell me about it... just bought 3x 200Gb Maxtor DM10+ 2 months ago. And I need more :p

holy shiz you guys... what on earth are you downloading?

I thought I was a fairly active downloader, but I have less than 100 gigs

I would love to see your collections!
 

Fullmetal Chocobo

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What program are ya'll using for them? I've had bad luck with torrents so far...
 

dugweb

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Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362
What program are ya'll using for them? I've had bad luck with torrents so far...

azureus is what I use... seems to work pretty well, although I admit I have never tried any other bittorrent client
 

Eli

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I've downloaded like three torrents in my entire internet career.

meh, just don't do much downloading anymore.
 

DaFinn

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Originally posted by: dugweb
Originally posted by: DaFinn
Originally posted by: uhohs
200gb and 300gb hds are so small. :(

Yeah, tell me about it... just bought 3x 200Gb Maxtor DM10+ 2 months ago. And I need more :p

holy shiz you guys... what on earth are you downloading?

I thought I was a fairly active downloader, but I have less than 100 gigs

I would love to see your collections!

Well... truth to be told, I am using my machine for torrents and as a ftp/vnc server for my 3 brothers. Since I have unlimited 8Mb/1Mb connection, courtesy of my firm, it does see a lot of traffic. :p
 

0roo0roo

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Originally posted by: Goosemaster
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dvd-r is so small lol:)

lol..so true


DVD-DL is so small..lol


dontchya know it. i bet once we do get affordable hddvd-r it will feel small. heck. 25gb seems like "just enough" for today....
 

DaFinn

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Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
dvd-r is so small lol:)

lol..so true


DVD-DL is so small..lol


dontchya know it. i bet once we do get affordable hddvd-r it will feel small. heck. 25gb seems like "just enough" for today....

What U mean... my 200Gb external hdd seems like "just enough" :p
 

Fullmetal Chocobo

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Interesting... azureus is much better than that other crap I was trying... Time to fill up this terabyte. MWa ha ha ha ha...
 

uhohs

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i wanna get one of those buffalo terastations, but i'd fill it in a month and i'd be sad again. :(
 

Jmvars

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Me too. There are so much stuff that are just like "I don't want to buy it, but I want to try it."

And since I can't make purchases online... Yeah.

EDIT: HOLY SHIT this is a 7 year old thread...
 

kranky

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Is today "Thread Necro Day"? Second 5+ year old thread bumped today.
 

lxskllr

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I use bittorrent protocol for as much downloading as possible. It takes the load off the developer's servers, and puts it on the people using the service. Everything is better decentralized.
 

AyashiKaibutsu

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I use bittorrent protocol for as much downloading as possible. It takes the load off the developer's servers, and puts it on the people using the service. Everything is better decentralized.

Yea, if a legit download has a bittorrent option, I'll usually use it. Except when it's setup to eat all of your upload without being able to limit it then I avoid it (Blizzard I'm looking at you).
 

RavenSEAL

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I have a job now, I pay for stuff. If I work hard to do what I do and get paid for it, so should other people. #swag #inb4haters
 
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Arkaign

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Me too. There are so much stuff that are just like "I don't want to buy it, but I want to try it."

And since I can't make purchases online... Yeah.

EDIT: HOLY SHIT this is a 7 year old thread...

Hahaha :) Welcome to AT!

lol @ first thread being epic necro.
 

Red Squirrel

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I love torrenting too, just to get stuff to get it. I tend to do it in bursts. Like I'll download a couple 100 at once, let it go for a few months, let it seed for a while longer after they're all done, then turn it off. I have a VM running transmission and have traffic shaping setup on my pfsense box so it's out of sight out of mind.

I still have tons of stuff I did not even touch yet lol.

Tons of Linux distros too.
 
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