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BitTorrent Community After SuprNova Shutdown

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the community-is-a-strong-word dept.

prostoalex writes "Folks from MonkeyMethods.org have researched the BitTorrent world after many popular destinations (SuprNova among others) have been shut down. Since BitTorrent always relied on the presence of trackers and servers hosting them, MonkeyMethods decided to see whether the shutdown impacted the BitTorrent community. So has the shutdown of centralized SuprNova had any impact? "In this case, centralization is a feature, not a necessity. Just look at del.icio.us most popular and you'll see BitTorrent sites every couple days, as people uncover new places to find the files they're looking for.""

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  1. SLASHDOT MURDERED MICHAEL SIMS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    LOL! FITTING!

  2. Re:first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The fact of the matter is that you probably aren't an American. If you aren't an American, then that's your fault. So you are completely correct when you say that you do not have the right to watch programs that are not yet released in this country. If you want those rights, then you need to do something that will help you move to the U.S. and get a decent job.

  3. You losers, and don't even try to disagree by IBeatUpNerds · · Score: -1, Troll

    Fuck bittorrent. Firstly, someone, please, anyone, please identify anything once available via bittorrent that isn't available via ftp/http. 99% of things I download via bittorrent do work, but come in drastically slower than their ftp served (or http served) counterparts.

    I challenge the community to identify what they need that isn't available (but once was) from these sites that isn't a tracker for an illegal downloadable. Obvioulsy, free software does not count. Go ahead. Prove me wrong, please. I tend to get up too 200kbps (after it takes half a morning to warm up) with bittorrent where as I receive 300-400kbps with ftp or https download.

  4. fart porn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    now you can say you saw everything. i'm still hurting from laughing so hard, and no this is not safe for work

    http://www.uselessjunk.com/modules.php?name=News&f ile=article&sid=1087&mode=nested&order=0&thold=-1

    Who needs bittorrent? slashdot has you covered! works in firefox with the mplayer plugin. linux friendly too :)