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Quickly Filling Up 150GB of Legal Media Files?

Fred Nowicki asks: "If you have ever used the P2P client Direct Connect (or DC++) to find media on the Internet, you know that the best hubs have ridiculous sharing requirements, i.e., over 100GB. It isn't too difficult to amass a collection of 100GB of illegal movies and MP3s with all the crap that's out there, but I'd like to play it straight: I want to collect 150GB of pure legal stuff. So here's my million dollar question: What is the best and fastest way for me achieve this? I want to offer interesting, neat stuff (movies, music, programs, etc.), not just Linux distros, mind you. One thing I've found so far is a mirror of the Prelinger Archives on archive.org, which offers over 37GB of wacky, interesting stuff on divx format (in MPEG-2, it's over 350GB, but that seems like cheating if I take that route). One downside of this site is that it's not a very fast connection (about 50KB/sec through their FTP via my cable modem -- I'd like a throughput of at least 100KB/sec). I've considered mirroring the Gutenberg project, but there are all sorts of redistribution issues with a bunch of their files, and I don't want to go through all that hassle. Come on, Slashdot. Give me some URLs!"

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  1. Collect first posts... by xenoweeno · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...much like this one.

  2. suck it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    suck it

  3. some good illegal file sources by Slashdotess · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Here are some good illegal sources:

    http://mydownloader.com - This one is nice, irc servers like criten, etc server up movies, warez, etc on fast college connections
    http://www.netflix.com - You can always sign up for an account here and rip DVD images, that sort of thing is picking up lately
    http://easynews.com - Get an easynews.com account and you can get warez as fast as you can say click. $10/6GB
    http://google.com - An interesting technique, get a directory downloader (like leech for mozilla) and search for mp3 apache index, sometimes people leave their servers wide open for leeching.
    Start an FTP, with a ratio or incoming directory, that way people will upload and download increasing your stash with no sweat on your part
    Another thing I can recommend is a SA Forums account (forums.somethingawful.com). For $10 you get access to a private bittorrent directory you can get about 3-4 gigs a day on /easy/. $10 one time fee.

    1. Re:some good illegal file sources by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      idiot. The SA forums are the worst place for stuff. I would go to fark.

    2. Re:some good illegal file sources by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      GOOD GOD you're a ratio lamer! DIE
      lol

    3. Re:some good illegal file sources by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Really, you dont want to go to the SA forums, they are a bunch of pedophiles, furre haters, perverts, sinners, animal rapers and anus lovers.
      Furthermore, the movies stuff your talking about is a lie, sure you get the once in awhile post to another site that has maybe one torrent, but otherwise its a useless source for that type of thing.

      so in closing if you get an account there you might as well just go shove your face in www.fist.tk or www.goatse.cx

    4. Re:some good illegal file sources by rela · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Allistar, if you are one of the people posting these AC Somethingawful-ims, I will have to hurt you. :)

    5. Re:some good illegal file sources by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      hoorj for the anus

      don't get sucked into the vortex

    6. Re:some good illegal file sources by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      hay dood you talking about pele's vagina?

    7. Re:some good illegal file sources by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      lol dood

      i heard oddjob found a bus up there one day

      you'd be sure to find 150gb of "legal" media files up there dood

    8. Re:some good illegal file sources by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      fark is 10000000000000 times better

      farking cool

  4. Re:WERE good illegal file sources by gorjusborg · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    At least they were good sources.. up to about 4:40pm today.

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  5. SPACE SHUTTLE BREAKS UP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    NO SURRVIROS! :(

    http://www.yahoo.com/s/56666

  6. Star Wars porn, and lots of it! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Here. The downside is that other people will refuse to download stuff from you because they think you're a manic Star Wars fanboy pervert.

  7. Body part remains by codepunk · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    CNN just showed a clip of human remains being recovered...

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  8. hay guys by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    what's going on in this th

  9. Re:how about tucows? by AyeRoxor! · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "Sig:(This is where pathetic losers with no lives mention something about their karma, fans, or journal)"

    You forgot one. It's also for people who are nobody special to make themselves feel better by insulting complete strangers, usually entire classes of them.

  10. Free stuff from Britain's best new band by danboid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    tRANSELEMENt are the new champions of the British underground. As a live act they play heavy, melodic and unusual punk- some people call it psychedelic punk but it's anything but retro sounding. On record they do almost everything from electronica to hip hop to mock- operas but mash everything up in their inimitable way. Their first studio album is released this month and it has already received many rave reviews from the British music press.

    You MUST download their 'Live in Lincoln' show from February of last year. It was professionally recorded and the sound quality is as good, if not better, than many commercial live albums. Many have claimed it to be one of THE must- have albums of 2002. There is a link to it on the tE MP3 page and you can also get it off Furthurnet.

    In addition to this they've also just released their latest album online in MP3 format and last year they released a complete VCD for free too! At the moment the VCD is not available for download anywhere but if anyone out there has got some spare server space going then drop the band a line.

    dan

    www.transelement.co.uk

  11. Lowtax? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    More like BLOWTAX!!!!!!!!11

  12. actually by Slashdotess · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    they suck. fyad4life!!! lol hello.jpg is a faggot!!