No more btjunkie :-(

[Mark A]

I came into this thread fully expecting the forum member btjunkie to be dead. Then reading the op I briefly believed it was some sort of loving eulogy about turning off his life support before my brain actually registered what I was reading.

Should point out that I'm not actually mad despite what the emoticon suggests, obviously its a good thing no one has died and its just some retro pirating service going down the toilet instead.

Edit - it would seem there isn't even a member called btjunkie... Who the hell am I thinking of then?

I did as well . I'm also pretty sure I have seen that name around the forums. It might be slightly different though.

EDIT: gt_junky is who we were thinking of

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/member.php?u=48728

 

[ScarySquirrel]

looks like piratebay is down as well

I really hope not!

It's not working right now

 

[the shadow]

It will be back

 

[robgmun]

looks like piratebay is down as well

At some points it goes up and down like a whores draws. I'll only worry if the downtime is more the 24hrs

 

[arekgreenman888]

Anyone seen this site: http://torrentz.eu/ Its even better than btjunke...

 

[MikeHunt79]

how is piratebay still going then?

They're in Sweden but even so I've heard of some pretty crazy ideas about how they can stay online even if they do get raided

 

[RomanNose]

They have the website distributed over many servers and they have front facing proxies.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Another one bites the dust

 

[RomanNose]

Another one bites the dust

No confirmation of anything yet. Hold your horses.

 

[Evoss]

Torrents are terrible to d/l anyway. Much faster, secure, anon ways to do it.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

No confirmation of anything yet. Hold your horses.

have you visited the site?...

 

[the shadow]

have you visited the site?...

it's back up

 

[RomanNose]

have you visited the site?...

We were talking about the pirate bay as it is down..

 

[Deleted member 77746]

oh ok

 

[the shadow]

oh ok

long live PB

 

[ScarySquirrel]

Torrents are terrible to d/l anyway. Much faster, secure, anon ways to do it.

I find Torrents really quick usually, although I do use other methods as well depending on what I'm after.

 

[DampCat]

Christ I thougth you meant gt_junkie, the forum poster and I was sad. Then I realised you didnt, and I wasn't.

 

[DampCat]

This is what I find funny about the NZB Elitists. Other than the constant speed, there really is NO benefit over Torrents.

big whup. You still use it for the same end result right? Again elitists are funny.

There is, though, isn't there.

Constant, maxed connection.
SSL Encryption.
Huge retention.
No Upload
Doesn't require other people to be seeding - more likely to get stuff that's old or obscure.

I'm pretty bad at analogies, but I'm fairly sure there's no fundamental difference between a Ferrari Enzo and a Fiat Panda. God damned elitists.

 

[George Hincapie]

Piracy is nothing but rebellion.

Is it?

I download movies often. I wouldn't pay to go and watch them, but the fact that I can download them for free and watch them on my mobile during the daily commute appeals. The studios have lost nothing because I would never have paid in the first place.

I download TV shows every week. I like the fact that I can download an entire Season of a new show from the US and just plough through it.

I don't do it to rebel, I do it because it's free, it's convenient and I can.

 

[mattyprice4004]

kat.ph works well for me at the moment, has quite a lot of stuff too.