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BT doesn't need extra files for the purpose of error checking/reconstruction it has its own error checking built in.
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BT doesn't need extra files for the purpose of error checking/reconstruction it has its own error checking built in.
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I've had plenty of failed torrents and if they had pars they would have worked. I don't understand your logic of, it doesn't have a filesafe so it is better. I very rarely actually need to download the pars, they get auto-paused.
Torrents can't be corrupted. Provided the original seed isn't that is, obviously.
Torrents do unbelievable amounts of error checking and hash checks that it just isn't possible.
If you've ever had a "corrupted" torrent then there's a problem with your PC drivers and/or hardware.
Torrents do unbelievable amounts of error checking and hash checks that it just isn't possible.
If you've ever had a "corrupted" torrent then there's a problem with your PC drivers and/or hardware.
Most corrupted torrents are corrupted because people failed to fix the Rars after dling from Usenet
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It's not possible for a standard BitTorrent transfer to give you a corrupt file (unless the original was corrupt). That's why PARs aren't necessary.
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I love this term, since it actually doesn't mean anything
"Affil Sites" as they are actually known are a lot of hard work to keep an account on, unless you are lucky enough to have access to a ratio:[unlimited] account or know a site owner.
Torrents are also hard work to keep a ratio depending of course on your upload speed or if you have a seed box.
All this talk about nntp vs torrents and how they are littered with fakes etc, put it into perspective. You are all comparing a indexing site with a public torrent site. Compare private with private and you will see content wise, they are both the same.
The way I see it, the biggest advantage of usenet is that you don't upload anything at all, with a torrent you do. If you did ever end up banged to rights for pirating something, with usenet they can only really claim damages of what you downloaded, with torrents there would be a case for the hundreds/thousands of other people you uploaded to. That's before you get to stuff like SSL encryption and guaranteed speeds, with no throttling.
I love this term, since it actually doesn't mean anything
"Affil Sites" as they are actually known are a lot of hard work to keep an account on,
Even sites/topsites (what is an "affil site"?) operate a system similar to BitTorrent with regard to ratio checking. If your U/D ratio ain't good then it won't let you download. Simple as that.
Therefore if a court wanted to prosecute users of these sites they'd have to go about it in a similar way as BitTorrent. I.e. the amount of upload is far more significant than the amount of download when it comes to determining a punishment.
The upload ratio being a disadvantage isn't really an issue because there are programs to fake your upload speed and put it to whatever you want. Gives you total control over the ratio. Will get you banned if you do something stupid like fake an upload of 1Tb/s, but if you keep it within reason, nothing will happen.
Pars are not fully magical. If there is too much corruption you can't repair the RAR files.
If there's that much corruption that it cannot be repaired then your connection quality is more of a concern than anything else.
I love this term, since it actually doesn't mean anything
"Affil Sites" as they are actually known are a lot of hard work to keep an account on, unless you are lucky enough to have access to a ratio:[unlimited] account or know a site owner.
Torrents are also hard work to keep a ratio depending of course on your upload speed or if you have a seed box.
All this talk about nntp vs torrents and how they are littered with fakes etc, put it into perspective. You are all comparing a indexing site with a public torrent site. Compare private with private and you will see content wise, they are both the same.
Oh I know, I had one for all of 3 months because I knew someone from an MP3 group that helped run one. This was ~5-6 years ago mind.
SSL Usenet ever since. I don't like torrents because they ruin the network for everyone else with bazillions of ACK's.
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Just some clarification from Newzbin -
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Also remove all that un-skippable crap and advertising at the start of every damn film you have to watch every damn time you put it in your DVD/Bluray player.
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