Posts made by MrMazda

NICE! It'd be interesting to see about having some of these pictures perhaps in a higher resolution in order to be able to have them printed to a poster of some sort to use as art work. There is a certain level of artistic element to them. Me likie.

With respect to the quality of the torrent, there is one thing that I see coming into play here. A lot of our users don't seem to necessarily understand the difference in the quality of the torrent (e.g. video compression, frame size, frame rate, sound quality, etc) versus whether or not the content of the torrent is appealing to them personally. This in and of itself creates the potential for a flawed rating system just for the simple fact that there are a number of users who will give a torrent a bad rating simply because the content of the torrent doesn't appeal to them, rather than rating it based on the actual quality and technical standards of the torrent.

Perhaps this point is something that also needs to be addressed when taking the whole rating system into account. For example, if I were to rate torrents based on their personal appeal to me, all torrents from censored for example would receive a rather low rating, whereas a torrent that for example may be a VHS rip (with obvious lower quality) may receive a higher rating based on its content. Where exactly does one draw the line with respect to the rating system?

As well, the other thing to take into account when rating a torrent is the file format. A flash video file (.flv) generally would tend to have a lower overall quality (especially if ripped from a tube site such as XTube) than a torrent that is either in DVD-R format (.iso or .vob) or was converted directly to a video file such as a less compressed AVI file or a better compressed MPEG video for example. Perhaps if this rating system is left to moderators, a definitive answer with respect to the technical standards needs to be set. If the rating system that is currently in place remains in effect, this is something for all users to take into account when rating a torrent for its quality.

Just my two cents on the topic of the rating system.

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That is just too funny!

I wish I had a teacher like that :lolp:

It's about time… Only how many more states to go now?

@geographer:

To combat the impression that moderator geographer is a douchebag that doesn't like uploaders and doesn't appreciate their contribution to GT.ru, I've been brainstorming this night about some ways to maintain a balance between rewarding uploaders for their torrents and dumping the site with trash. And I've come up with some ideas which lead to a steady compromise, and also solve a few other problems.

Now who would say something like that? It would truly take either an act of douchebaggery or an act of f***ery to make such a comment. I'd sure like to know the user who made that implication because they're wrong wrong wrong about it.

too funny

WOW! That's kind of scary when you think about it. I wonder if that will actually fly.

It's a sad reality, but unfortunately it is true that there are a lot of people who should get tested, but don't.

Hmmm… Maybe we should start a "straight cure" program and see how well that flies in society :lolp:

@notquiteme:

i wonder why some people are hellbent on us not having the same rights as they do.  if for the visitation rights alone, i would think that most of the legislators will understand that we're more than just boyfriends, we're partners.  and i would definitely call my partner my next of kin.  why can't people understand that?

Sadly, most people (especially the uneducated or under-educated) are afraid of things that they are ignorant[nb]Ignorance is the lack of education or knowledge of a particular subject.[/nb] about. This is a big part of why homophobia is most often found in males, and is not found anywhere near as frequently in females.

This is very true… Although, if we underwent some intense surgery, we could be the next best thing... Cyborgs :lolp:

@ultmate:

Millions of people would be in heaven but at the same time, those modified engineered cells will probably cost a fortune for they would have to be (I believe) made for each individual as no human reacts the same or has the same type of virus with the same level of mutation, right?

Sadly, that is the reality. There are two different main "types" (or strains as it were) of HIV. Type 1 is more common in gay men, which originated in North America. Type 2 on the other hand is more common to heterosexuals or inter-Venus drug users, which originated in Africa. The other down side is that even in a case where the same strain is passed from one person to another, it can mutate when it reaches the new host body, largely due to the way that it replicates its DNA in order to infuse with the CD4 cells. The problem there lies that such mutations can cause a resistance to certain treatments. Logically, this would suggest that it could also mutate to develop a resistance to this "treatment" as it were.

Don't get me wrong though, that being said, it is still possible to find a cure. The cure on the other hand due to the nature of the virus can be rather complicated all unto itself.

Such a hard choice to decide between S&M and Older Men… In a perfect world, it would be S&M with Older Men :lolp:

Another point to add is that with the mass volume of torrents, and the number of torrents that contain collections, it is sometimes possible for moderators to make a mistake and overlook something. As well, the other thing to take into account is that we do also have users with auto-approval status. The problem that this presents is that sometimes users with auto-approval do not always follow the rules as closely as they should. This sometimes results in torrents reaching the list of torrents visible to all users that do not follow the rules.

Again as Uwe suggested, please report such torrents because it helps us enforce the rules. It is never a problem to report a torrent if it is in violation of one of the rules.

@tjm7077:

Spintendo, you can still do this if you use utorrent. It's in the 'peers' tab down at the bottom. Granted, you have to actually connect to the torrent to see the details, but it's not as if you have to keep downloading it if you don't like the stats — just stop the torrent and/or delete it.

Actually, this will not give you the complete list unfortunately. Using the "Peers" tab will only provide you with a list of the peers for which you are presently connected. Depending on the torrent, it may not always be possible to connect to all of the peers in the swarm for a number of possible reasons. Again as I said, although it is gone for now, this does not necessarily mean that it will be forever that way. I cannot say for sure as there is no set plan, however it is something that can be discussed among the staff as a possibility to implement in a slightly different manner.

Before the several price increases in the last few years, if you bought the equivalent of a Tim Horton's XL and paid with a $5 bill, you got a nickle back. For those that don't know, a nickle is $0.05. This was the reason for the band name "Nickleback". The funny thing is though that at a place like Tim Hortons, you can get that same size coffee for the CURRENT price in the same province in Ontario for only $1.80… See where I'm going with this? Same amount of coffee, only it's $1.80 VS $4.95. That's what I call a rip off.

I wonder if their packages are as impressive as their form

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Part of why I'm glad I've been a "Timmy's Hoe" as it were because I'm addicted to my THC (Tim Hortons Coffee). I've never found the price at Starbucks to be worth what you get for it.

@ballard1:

Hi guys,

is it possible to get the statistics back?
Now that all users of the tracker are ANONYMOUS anyway it shouldn't matter. The stats wouldn't show any identifiable data.
I find the seeders/leechers stats quite useful to monitor an upload from another computer.

Thanks,
B.

That may be something that is implemented in a slightly different way, however as we are in a transition process making security changes up the wazoo at the moment, I cannot say whether or not that will actually come to happen.