its the eviction tonight so look out for ep4 on friday morning

Its getting to be a real pain now - can't rely on the live show and Tuesday nights golden veto hasn't even shown up on #big-brother yet.

Feel a tad exposed with BT. files What are the newsgroups like - any idea ?

Not sure why you would feel exposed with Bit Torrent downloads to be honest, it can do no more harm than an IRC download can.

I would suggest you go to www.suprnova.org, click TV Shows, then Big Brother, scroll down to the bottom of the page, scroll down to the bottom of the IFRAME and download the file from there. It was a little slower than I've known it to be when I downloaded on Wednesday evening but I would imagine that would be because a lot of people would have been after it at that time.

I've found that the episodes can usually be found on the torrent network much sooner than on the IRC network. So far, I've not found one episode to appear on IRC before it appears on the torrent network.

Its not a virus issue StuL - I'm pretty well equipped there

The reason the exposure is greater is because its inherent in BT that you upload as well as download - the problem there being twofold as I understand it.

1) the act of uploading exposes your IP and necessitates the use of Peer Guardian/Protowall/Blocklist Manager etc which whilst good aren't foolproof.

2) By uploading you cease simply to be an end user but an active part of the distribution process in what is seen by these companies as 'copyright theft'.

When using IRC and I should think newsgroups, while you may possibly be downloading , you are not distributing and not sending out your IP to potentially hostile IP's whose purpose is to identify you and match your IP with a date and file.

As much as I enjoy BB USA and would happily pay for the rights to see it (I already subscribe to Real One) I'm not so sure its worth appearing on radar for. Sort of difficult to enjoy it if my missus loses her connection as a result and concentrates on taking it out on my wedding tackle

Now I will say, that I am not a tekkie, and am probably over cautious - but this is my understanding of the overview and anyone blindly considering BitTorrent and thinks it is the same as downloading any other file needs to more fully understand the process.

Cor blimey - who knew I had so many words in me

Slants has episode 3 on irc right now. The server info is on page 3 of 4 in another thread.


[22:18] <Slants> [\big brother 5\*.*]
[22:18] <Slants> ..
[22:18] <Slants> big.brother.501.pdtv-lol.avi 697 mb
[22:18] <Slants> big.brother.502.pdtv-lol.avi 346 mb
[22:18] <Slants> big.brother.503.pdtv-lol.avi 350 mb
[22:18] <Slants> End of list
[22:18] <tomandjerry> queues
[22:18] <Slants> Total Number Of Queues Currently: 4/20
[22:18] <Slants> Queue 1: north.shore.105.pdtv-lol.avi350MB was queued by jayway.
[22:18] <Slants> Queue 2: big.brother.502.pdtv-lol.avi346.8MB was queued by Nightwish.
[22:18] <Slants> Queue 3: the.apprentice.postshow.reunion.cnn.larry.king.[carl8506].avi253.7MB was queued by Victoria.
[22:18] <Slants> Queue 4: the.casino.103.pdtv-lol.avi348.4MB was queued by Ziggy1974.
[22:18] <tomandjerry> sends
[22:18] <Slants> Total Number Of Sends Currently: 4/4
[22:18] <Slants> Send 1: the.4400.101.dsr-lol.avi700.7MB is 75% done at 34122 cps. Eta: 1hr 26mins 58secs. Sending to: jayway.
[22:18] <Slants> Send 2: big.brother.501.pdtv-lol.avi697.9MB is 81% done at 99591 cps. Eta: 22mins 10secs. Sending to: Nightwish.
[22:18] <Slants> Send 3: for.love.or.money.304.pdtv-lol.avi350.4MB is 39% done at 40178 cps. Eta: 1hr 32mins 39secs. Sending to: wintermute.
[22:18] <Slants> Send 4: dead.like.me.s01e01.pilot-ftv.mpg754.4MB is 44% done at 54159 cps. Eta: 2hrs 14mins 24secs. Sending to: Trod.
[22:18] <Slants> Instant Send is at: 4.9MB
[22:18] <Slants> Minimum CPS is: 15000

Coljj are you about?

Sent you a pm at midnight.

Thanks Mirage

*hint* 25 minutes and counting *hint*

(extra letters)

Coljj - cheers for reminder re #survivor-central & slants

Thanks loads for the info on codecs etc, i had trouble with mine on the second episode too, googled it and found this thread which had the solution *thumbs up*

Last night's episode is now available from http://tvt.milfclan.com/. It is the 5th episode

Also available for those that use newgroups at

alt.binaries.tv.big-brother

and probably at

alt.binaries.multimedia