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Yeah, the National Enquirer of science. Wake me up when Science runs it. BTW, the article is only available to the suckers who'd pay for that drivel.

I can't find the current issue of Nature online, but here's a bittorrent link of the April 26th issue to give you an idea.

And The Enquirer is a freebie.

Torrent File Here

>> Item 8 states that the majority of the traffic on P2P is pirated material .... While no one is going to argue the amount of pirated content available on P2P networks, given (a) that many Linux releases use BT as a distribution medium (Fedora, Ubuntu, CentOS, OpenSUSE, etc.) with images up to a DVD-ROM's worth of data (4.5 Gb), (b) the amount of video-based material (movies and television) that is out there, whose files are no doubt larger than audio MP3 rips, is it fair to assume that the music industry's concerns are a relatively small portion of the overall P2P traffic? Going to a popular tracker site such as http://mininova.org/, the largest BT swarms are typically found for the prior night's TV shows. Item 9 (sales decline directly related to pirated content) has been contested for some time; the industry has reduced its number of releases, the majority sellers are now the big-box stores who carry little in the way of back-catalog material in favor of chart-topping new releases, and the rise of sales in DVDs (sell-through DVD prices comparable to new-release CDs appearing as a better value).

• mininova search
• pirate bay search
• torrentspy search.

Good Parallels Desktop 3 torrent here

The site where the video is posted is annoying and crappy. Here is a torrent for the video. http://www.mininova.org/get/756266.

For an interesting look at the Monsanto history, GM foods, risks and impact across North America, I recommend you watch the documentary "The Future of Food" (torrent).

Description:

THE FUTURE OF FOOD offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade.

From the prairies of Saskatchewan, Canada to the fields of Oaxaca, Mexico, this film gives a voice to farmers whose lives and livelihoods have been negatively impacted by this new technology. The health implications, government policies and push towards globalization are all part of the reason why many people are alarmed by the introduction of genetically altered crops into our food supply.

Shot on location in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, THE FUTURE OF FOOD examines the complex web of market and political forces that are changing what we eat as huge multinational corporations seek to control the world's food system. The film also explores alternatives to large-scale industrial agriculture, placing organic and sustainable agriculture as real solutions to the farm crisis today.

IMDB link.

You can download Adone's Creative Suite here.

Current cosmology is anything but settled. The following interesting documentary shows the perspective of astrophysicists and cosmologists that believe the mainstream view is flawedhttp://www.mininova.org/tor/360930. There definitely are quite a few observations that do not fit the mainstream cosmology.

"because even if you completely disagreed with the man, you'd never compare him to the run of the mill candidate. You'd have to disagree with him for entirely new reasons. :)"

They all got wiped out by a 1986 Supreme Court ruling, which effectively said the usury laws had to be whatever was highest in whatever state the financial company was in. Suddenly, loads of financial companies opened offices in South Dakota- which has no usury law at all. They can now charge whatever the market can bear- some companies now charge up to 520% interest on loans.

"If *everyone* would learn to adjust their expectations about what constitutes a minimal acceptable standard of living so that they can live without debt within or - gasp - below their means - our culture would be wealthier..."

The reality is that with the advent of Bit Torrent and swarming technology in general we're all rapidly becoming "bandwidth hogs" whether we're downloading licensed material or not. I know that, for my part, I have personally created a few (usually involving the installation of a good BT client and mentioning a few good sites.) ISPs are getting away with banning heavy users because they presume it's for illegitimate purposes (and I suppose that, for the most part, they're correct at this point.)

The major content producers may shift their business models from distribution via traditional broadcast, satellite or cable technologies to an Internet-based approach. If that truly happens, there will be heavy pressure applied from the big boys to make the Comcasts and Verizons and AT&Ts of the country get with the program and beef up their networks. What we as consumers can't do (because we aren't the cable company's customer, content producers and their attendant advertisers are) big media can. And that'll benefit all of us indirectly, because when Internet capacity reaches the point where it can provide video delivery as easily as local cable networks currently do, the concept of "bandwidth hog" will go the way of the Dodo.

you pay, you get added crap. you *cough* and you get the movie without crap. interesting dilemma.

No dilemma. No dilemma at all. The only reason there isn't more downloading going on is because there aren't more people that know how to do it. I mean, my goodness, if everyone that had a broadband connection knew how to install a BitTorrent client, head over to TorrentSpy or Mininova or The Pirate Bay and download stuff and knew about codecguide.com's Codec Packs so they could play all that media without any problems on their Windows boxes, why, I think we'd see a lot more people watching crap-free entertainment.

You see, these are people that have long been accustomed to selling whatever they please, because they knew we had no choice but to accept it no matter how they chose to present it. If we wanted a movie, we took whatever they threw at us. That's changed, for now, and lawsuits, the DMCA and the rest aside, I don't think they've fully come to grips with that.

don't you love it, when you but a DVD, you get all the bonus commercials you HAVE to see before you can start the movie?

I've bought a lot of DVDs over the past eight or nine years. Lots of them. I like movies, I do. But I have to say, watching purchased DVDs has become similar to the experience I get at the local movie house: i.e., disappointing and not what it used to be. And both groups complain that sales are down. Cripes, what does it take to give these people a clue? The media companies dis their customers when those customers have alternate means of receiving their products (in this case, means that provide no revenue) and they expect sales to increase? Give me a break.

It would surprise me if Sony executives ever got down from their ivory towers (or whatever the obviously isolated spot where they store their upper management) and spoke directly with typical consumers of their products to see what, if anything, said people like about Sony products. Oh, I'm sure Sony's marketing drones have plenty of "focus groups" and "surveys" and all the rest of the trappings of modern marketeering ... but they don't seem to be paying much attention upstairs.

Media Marketing Rule #1 should be "if the customer BUYS THE DISC it should PLAY."

This is not rocket science. This is about good business. It's about continuing to have a business.

Check out the comments for the latest 'Lost' (TV Show) torrent: they demonstrate the truly global and truly generous character of bittorrent. At this point, there are more than 100 comments, all from people giving thanks and saying where they're from. There are even people from both sides of Cyprus!

http://www.mininova.org/com/658107

I have a problem with anyone who says that there's no disagreement about an issue. If you're interested in why third-world countries aren't developing at all, and if you'd like to see a different perspective on the issue, I'd recommend The Great Global Warming Swindle.

YouTube abridged documentary
Torrent of full documentary

Please don't hurt my karma too bad, I just think it's nice to consider all sides of an issue.

Heart,
Your Mom

Here's the torrent (no registration required). Please seed the file when the download it's complete so you may help others getting it fast.

http://www.mininova.org/get/640860

I watched a movie called the corporation not so long ago,

Torrent (via mininova) available here. Everyone watch this - it's great.

http://www.mininova.org/get/591697

Enjoy the TRIAL before you BUY.

This issue has of course been fully dealt with here.

Just visit:

http://www.mininova.org/cat/8
http://thepiratebay.org/tv

And download whatever episode you want in H.264 HD with optional subs

A crime without victims

I've already passed this subject.

The MPAA has done everything possible in order to NOT get any of my dollars. Nearly every film out is some formulaic droll foisted on a demographic that I am generally not a part of. Nor are any of my friends or family! So not only do they not generally OFFER things for which I can throw hard earned money away, the things they do offer that hold some interest are generally of such low quality acting (Keanu Reeves can NOT act), awful script (The last major blockbuster movie with decent dialog I can't even remember), and then they are charging way too much for it. I know a DVD costs like twenty five cents to make, including the box it comes in. I'm not spending $17.99 on some movie with no plot, no acting, no dialog, and no continuity, even on the rare occasion it IS about something I'm even remotely interested in, which is INCREDIBLY uncommon.

I'm also definitely not going to a theater to watch it once, get way over charged for soda and popcorn, and probably sit by somebody who doesn't turn off their phone, smells bad, is partying loudly with a six pack of beer (which I myself have done at some of these movies, in an attempt to improve their observed quality), or is making out with another teenager in ways that are not only illegal to be watching, but so badly done as to be more embarrassing than erotic.

I generally enjoy documentaries and WELL MADE films. They are almost NEVER available at the theater, and are also extraordinarily rare at Blockbuster, Hollywood, or any of the other cookie cutter corporate rental chains that do not offer any services for individuals like me whatsoever.

If movie makers want to make money again, they are going to have to start making decent movies. It's unbelievable to me that crappy sequels like X-men 3 make as much money as they do, but when the alternative is crappy sequels to "Bridget Jones' Diary", I can't actually say I'm even mildly surprised.

This entire rant can also be copied nearly verbatim for the RIAA and why I don't purchase many albums from corporate labels anymore, either. Just substitute the words movie and album, and swap theater with concert venue, most of which are also shitty corporate owned parks that also over charge for shitty unhealthy beverages.

If you want to see a GREAT movie you've never even heard of, check out http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00000IQC5/ sr=8-1/qid=1167268342/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-4951360- 3451255?ie=UTF8&s=dvd. It's got a great script, plot, dialog, and acting.

This is a shameless plug, but if you want a great album check out http://cdbaby.com/cd/leperkhanz/.

Otherwise, trolling http://www.mininova.org/ and http://btjunkie.org/ are going to yield better music and movie offerings than any local corporate theater or rental house.

rhY

I don't generally see porn movies on the p2p sites.
There are a few which have general keywords coming up in the search clouds, but on the whole its tv shows and general movies which are big (and on some its languages, like "French").

Take a look at one such cloud which does include adult keywords, but they are dwarfed by big budget tv.

BBC The Blue Planet: The Deep .torrent

Huzzah!

http://www.mininova.org/tor/474784

I had the same problem, but was able to find a workaround and everything worked after that.

The category page has links to RSS feeds (far right column). =-)

Just wish they were RSS feeds :(.

...BitTorrent is where the wonderfulness is at.

http://www.mininova.org/sub/272/added
http://www.mininova.org/sub/114/added

Just wish they were RSS feeds :(.

...BitTorrent is where the wonderfulness is at.

http://www.mininova.org/sub/272/added
http://www.mininova.org/sub/114/added

Just wish they were RSS feeds :(.

I see it in the same light as arresting automobile manufacturers for the hit-and-run death of an innocent pedestrian. Sure, the car was used as the lethal weapon of choice, and it was productive in doing its task, but it's not Chevrolet's fault that their Silverado 1500 was used to kill someone.

As long as you require anyone purchasing explosives to register in a database, we should definitely be able to keep the CIA from imploding buildings on national public television (AKA PRAVDA). I for one welcome our new false flag terrorist rocket builders. Tell me, can APCP melt steel at temperatures lower than where jet fuel burns, or did somebody buy a grip of thermite pre 9/11? Does anybody on /. sell enough thermite to remember any odd receipts in July of 2001?

http://www.mininova.org/tor/432225

Enjoy!
rhY

In my opinion the best site for new releases is isoHunt. There are no fake files on isoHunt and isoHunt torrents usually have many reliable trackers cross-referenced from BitTorrent sites across the internet.

For older files Mininova is the best. It has almost 150000 files. Everyone can upload, but there are good moderators who remove fake files. The site has a very fast, CSS-based layout without HTML tables.

I don't use private sites, because it's very hard to have a high ratio on those sites if you don't download 0-day releases. On public sites I have a 1.0-1.1 ratio after 3 hours of seeding. It's impossible on private sites because there are 8 times more seeders than leechers.

"most of what the RIAA says (and noticed I didn't say "all of what they say") is in fact correct under US law"

so was slavery at a time.

Shared culture is how humans evolve, culturally. If you want to pass laws that stagnate human development by all means pass them. I personally wont be following any of them as seeing things like When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (torrent) enhances my life and actually evolves my mind. People shouldn't have to pay for any education that they can get for free. Im sorry but thats h0w society evolves. You don't like it? feel free to stagnate.

Ermmmmmmmmm theres also torrents available... Don't think theres any DRM there *whistles quietly*

You can also just download the bittorrent. Free, no commercials, how can you go wrong?

Firefox on Ubuntu and you have a vmware appliance you can get from http://www.mininova.org/tor/408257.

You can also try using a vmware based Tor browsing appliance if you're really paranoid (segmented from host machine, routes traffice through Tor, doesn't save anything on the virtual disk when shutdown), like the one I'm seeding http://www.mininova.org/tor/408257.

And for anyone who wants to try a preconfigured Tor-based Firefox VMware appliance (making your surfing not only anonymous, but segmented from the host machine) you can find a torrent at http://www.mininova.org/tor/408257.

In case YouTube takes it down, or it (or I) disappears mysteriously.....

Direct Download: http://mihd.net/5.1061/Coast.Guard.Whistle.Blower. flv.html
Torrent: http://www.mininova.org/tor/409841

In case YouTube takes it down, or it (or I) disappears mysteriously.....

Direct Download: http://mihd.net/5.1061/Coast.Guard.Whistle.Blower. flv.html
Torrent: http://www.mininova.org/tor/409841

Well, it looks like the torrent is still available through MiniNova: http://www.mininova.org/tor/388815

The piratebay link is dead, here is one from mininova, http://www.mininova.org/tor/388815

I've recently gotten into DDR at home (offical and StepManiaX) thanks to my lovely modded Xbox and can't see myself ever miming (or whatever you'd call it with your feet!) along without getting the mat out.

I guess I'm just in the honeymoon stage - I'm going for the passes and generally getting shit hot for when I next go to the arcades and get laughed at my teenage girls.

Incidentally have you seen this http://www.mininova.org/tor/321635/ collection of songs? I can't see myself ever getting through all of these fellas.

http://www.mininova.org/tor/49932

I saw it a few months ago. very funny.

Torrent:

http://www.mininova.org/get/334001

Or magnet link
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:77YLI5AIAQSG3IYXFMRVOKVAXVBQOZ CQ

http://www.mininova.org/tor/334001

here is the vista torrent for 32-bit on minonova. enjoy!

grabbed from mininova. Can't verify the accuracy of the file yet (still downloading), but looks to be the real thing. If someone has the full file, or another source, and can post a hash, you can compare it with the hash that's for this torrent:
http://www.mininova.org/tor/334001
Hash= fff0b4740804246da3172b23572aa0bd43076450
Happy downloading for those who haven't jumped on this already. I'm sure it's at other sources as well, so if you found another and it has the same hash, be a pal and post back here so I know if I should get off this one. If the hashes match, then we should be good to go. If I'm wrong, I'm sure the good folks at /. will set me right... ;-)