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DontFeedTheTrolls
03/29/09

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Let's not forget using SSL where possible. ie: [thepiratebay.org]
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Curves
03/28/09

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What is the "porn" of which you speak? Is that something new on this thing called the interwebs?
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kborer22
03/28/09

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check your link for "portforwarding" it SHOULD BE PORTFORWARD.COM not portforwarding.com, CHANGE THAH LINK!
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IN THE FACE!
03/29/09

@kborer22: Port forwarding is for chumps, if you have a router that fully supports it and you are aware of the exploits (and how to cover them) you should really just use uPNP. Vuze with uPNP enabled rocks. But I cannot stress enough the fact that very few routers fully/correctly support uPNP, check out DD-WRT and see if you can flash it onto your existing router (But don't use v24 sp1 or 2 they are really buggy, go for one of the higher RC's or one of the newer betas they are way better).
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Michael Kim
03/28/09

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You should NOT promote decreasing seeding or stopping seeding as soon as the torrent is downloaded. If everyone did that, no one would be getting fast torrents. Instead, you can set the seed to stop or slow down at a certain seed target (percentage of the amount downloaded). If you seed 200% and stop the seed, that would be much more constructive than stopping seeding altogether as soon as the download is done.
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dtemp
03/28/09

@Michael Kim: Yeah seriously, at least 100%. I can't believe you suggested that John, do you understand how the system works?
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crackle
03/28/09

@dtemp: word. this is terrible advice. I'm sure he'd realize the mistake he made after he wrote this, but I also think that this is a slip of his bittorrent behavior: a leech! :)
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AreWeThereYeti
03/28/09

@crackle: So he's a leech if he takes bandwidth without giving back, but you're not when you take movies without paying?
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hodayathink wants WWFRD back!
03/28/09

@AreWeThereYeti: Burn.
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John Mahoney
03/28/09

@Michael Kim: @diamonddnice: Thanks to everyone who pointed out that it's at the very least pointless and at the most, dumb, to worry about your sharing ratio on public Torrent sites on Torrents that already have hundreds of seeders.

I'll reiterate:

"I know this may seem contradictory to point #1, but you're not in this for the geek cred. You're in this for you."

Also I'm not going to even address the inconsistency of calling certain individuals out for being more selfish than others in their methods of acquiring movies and music for free.
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Michael Kim
03/28/09

@John Mahoney: Well, disregard the acquisition of potentially copyrighted materials, that's a different discussion. We're talking of the whole etiquette of sharing. No one is worried about sharing ratio on public torrents. It simply doesn't matter as to the performance of your torrents.

HOWEVER, if no one shared, then torrents wouldn't exist... period. You must be the guy that takes a penny but never gives one, eh? The world could probably use a little less of you.
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John Mahoney
03/28/09

@Michael Kim: Way to extrapolate a tip to help mainstream bittorrent users not get sued into a general statement on my personality and morals in life. Woe is the internet sometimes.
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GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
03/28/09

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Any tips on where to find some good porn torrents?

As for my favorite Torrence, I have to say it's Kirsten Dunst in Bring It On.
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ZLevee
03/28/09

@3RandomBagsOfCr@p_GitEmSteveDave: That is an amazing film, especially after hitting the pipe. Mmmmm Eliza Dushku. And it's equally amazing how shitty all the sequels and copycats were.
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GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
03/28/09

@ZLevee: Something about cheerleaders...... But yeah, Bring It On Again, Bring It On:All of Nothing, Bring It On:Fight To The Finish, Bring It On:Fly High and Cheer Hard, etc... stunk.
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badhatharry
03/28/09

@3RandomBagsOfCr@p_GitEmSteveDave: And actually, if you want to find some good porn torrents and Torrence, Boogie Nights will fit that bill.

(Dirk Diggler is originally from Torrence)
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IN THE FACE!
03/29/09

@3RandomBagsOfCr@p_GitEmSteveDave: If you'd prefer a quick stream over having to download try:

For amateur content: [www.xtube.com]

For longer more professional streams (and a LOT of Hentai): [www.redtube.com]
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