Posts made by raphjd

There are a lot of sites that you can get "regular" stuff from.

I would avoid public trackers that don't require registration, as there can be fake files, viruses and the like.  Not to mention that many of the big sites get watched by the bad guys.

I'm sorry but I can't allow these kinds of posts.

Think of what the forums would look like if everyone started posting "upload notices".  All the normal threads would get buried.

Also, the people that want to download music {as in the posts above} will look there anyway.

From TorrentFreak.com

Virgin Media CEO Says Net Neutrality is “A Load of Bollocks”
Written by enigmax on April 13, 2008

The new CEO of Virgin Media is putting his cards on the table early, branding net neutrality “a load of bollocks” and claiming he’s already doing deals to deliver some people’s content faster than others. If you aren’t prepared to cough up the extra cash, he says he’ll put you in the Internet “bus lane”.

Net neutrality really is the hot topic at the moment. Ignited by the Comcast fiasco, the concept of net neutrality has certainly been brought into the mainstream. Most ISPs are never quite forthcoming about their throttling, capping and otherwise interfering behavior, but that crowd certainly doesn’t include the CEO of Virgin Media, the UK’s second largest ISP.

In an interview with the Royal Television Society’s Television magazine, far from covering up their intentions, Virgin Media’s new incoming CEO Neil Berkett - who joined the Virgin Media Board just a few days ago - has launched an attack on the ideas and principles behind net neutrality.

“This net neutrality thing is a load of bollocks,” he said, adding that Virgin is already in the process of doing deals to speed up the traffic of certain media providers.

With around 3.5 million customers in the UK, and already traffic shaping due to lack of capacity, it’s a sobering thought that at the behest of “content providers” with deep pockets, Virgin is prepared to speed up their traffic, which would presumably have a negative impact on those at the bottom of the ISP’s priority list, namely bandwidth hungry file-sharers.

Berkett then turned on the BBC and their iPlayer service, telling them - and other public broadcasters like them - that if they don’t pay a premium to gain faster access to Virgin Media’s customers, their service would be put into “bus lanes”.

It just shows that some ISPs are happy to throttle just about anyone in the name of profit, it’s just that most aren’t as open about it as Mr Berkett.

I would never be a teacher, especially a PE teacher.

You piss off the wrong kid and you are in jail for kiddie fiddling.  No thank you.

Being a football jock, he's gonna have even more to think about.  If he's good enough to play in college, being gay will probably hurt his chances. If he wants to continue playing football, he will have to stay in the closet as the locker room isn't a friendly place for gays.

It's good that no one seems to be treating you badly.

To be honest, 99.999999999999% of all crushes end in disaster for the person with the crush, whether you are gay or straight.

He may have feelings for you, but he's just confused on what to do or how to handle it.  If he hasn't really been honest with himself, then now is the time he's going to start thinking about the ramifications of what being gay means.

I say ride it out and see what happens.  Don't push it, let whatever happens happen naturally. You may hook up or you may just end up friends.

I don't know about the rest, but 1 of the Egyptian cables has had a temp repair with 60% capacity restored.  This is added on top of the one cable that wasn't cut.

They are going to completely replace both the cut cables with the newest fiber optic cables.  According to various sites, the new cables will have 100 times more capacity than the old cables.

In another article on this topic, the same police will still be after people who pirate stuff from the internet.

Then again, does it surprise anyone that there are 2 set of laws, us and them?!

It must be noted that Carphone Warehouse also owns Talk Talk and several smaller ISPs, as well as AOL UK and it's own brand {CPW} ISP.

The videos you uploaded are not being seeded, so they can't be approved.

Once you start seeding them, the staff would be more than happy to approve them, one at a time.

hXXp://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23495134-5006787,00.html

DVD piracy too rife among police to prosecute

By Colin James | April 07, 2008

HUNDREDS of police officers across South Australia caught using their work computers to illegally copy movie DVDs will escape prosecution.

The activity - strictly banned under federal copyright laws - was detected during an audit conducted by the information technology branch of SA Police.

Senior police, including Commissioner Mal Hyde, have been briefed on the extent of the problem.

An internal email to police management said the audit had "identified a number of instances where commercial DVD movies have been copied to the hard-drives of police computers which potentially had been burnt to blank DVDs".

"This practice is potentially a breach of copyright and misuse of SAPOL equipment," it said.

"Branch managers are requested to take measures to ensure this practice must not occur and to remind members (officers) of the policies relating to the use of SAPOL computer equipment."

Police sources have told The Advertiser an official investigation, which could lead to criminal charges, will not be conducted because of the large number of police officers involved in copying DVDs.

Mr Hyde's spokeswoman, Roberta Heather, confirmed his senior executive group had been briefed on the results of the computer audit.

"A recommendation was made that identified work areas should remind members of the need to comply with SAPOL's policy in regard to the appropriate use of work systems and legislative requirements," she said.

Ms Heather said police computer systems regularly were audited "and appropriate action is taken where any breach of legislation or policy is detected".

The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft said it would write to Mr Hyde to seek an explanation.

Under federal laws, severe penalties can be imposed on video piracy.

Penalties include fines of up to $60,500 for individuals and up to $302,500 for corporations for each individual infringement, and up to five years' imprisonment.

The ratio is the main part of the system.

The bonus can be traded to get GBs to add to your upload amount, thus improving your ratio.

The bonus is really about encouraging people to keep seeding and helping those with slow internet speeds.

By "pack rat" I mean that you keep a lot of old stuff, especially documents in this case.

Since you don't have any joint finances/ownerships, it's going to be more difficult to prove the relationship.  You really should contact the UK consulate in your country or email the Home Office here in the UK and ask them what kind of proof they will need.

Your partner might have to get a place to live in England a few months before you can get a CU.  You will need to show proof of address in the country you want to get a CU.

When I came to the UK, the minimum length was 2 years.  We had enough stuff to show them for more than a decade, in the US and UK.

Have a look at this website;

hXXp://www.rbkc.gov.uk/birthsdeathsandmarriages/marriages/non_eu.asp

It has some really good info on CUs in England.

I came to the UK before CUs were available, so some things have changed.

I have a CU and am a Dual National {US & UK} now.

1. You need to make sure you get the right type of visa when you enter.  Ask the UK consulate for more info.

2. You have to remember that the UK is made up of 4 countries {England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland} and each has their own set of rules for marriage/CUs. Check the website for the country your partner lives in to see what rules they have for this. In no country in the UK, can you have a church "wedding".  You can however have a church "blessing of the union" ceremony, but you will still need to get the legal contract part done by the Registrar, Justice of the Peace or Mayor.

The Registrar and Mayor can only do CUs on public property {at leas in Scotland} in their area, so if you want to do your CU ceremony somewhere else, like a manor house, you will need a JoP.

Our CU was extremely simple {and the cheapest}, we went to the Registrar's office with our witnesses and he read a bit of rubbish about the sanctity of the union and then we all signed the form. That was still £285.

3.  see #2

4.  It used to be that gay partners couldn't work until they had permanent residency.  I was lucky though, we work for an international company and they did some sort of deal with the gov so I could work.

You must get your civil union in the country your partner lives, with the exception of the town of Gretna Green. For some historical reason Gretna Green can marry/CU people from anywhere in the UK.

You will need witnesses, who have known you for some time. I think it's 1 year, but it's best to double check that.

Expect at least a £1,000 in legal fees {visas, CU, etc}.

CUs were £100 more than marriage, but that was suppose to change the following April {2006}. This is the UK, so don't think they lowered the CU cost, they raised the marriage cost.

You will fair better in getting the visas if you are a pack rat, and you and your partner have joint finances/ownerships.  Sadly, gays still require more proof of their relationships than heteros do.  As Tony Blair once said about gay relationships and CUs "there separate but not equal".

There's a lot to this whole thing.  If you ask specific questions, it will be easier to answer then.

The problem is that conservatives claim we want special rights, when in fact we want the same rights they have.  I have yet to hear a GLBT person want "special rights" everyone I know wants equal rights.

The current situation in most countries is that heteros have the special rights; ie rights not granted to all.

Even in the UK with civil unions, we still don't have all the rights of hetero marriage, like work and personal pensions.  Tony Blair called civil unions "separate but not equal" to marriage.  Of course his backers said it was a slip of the tongue, but the result showed how really meant it.

My partner and I are what you could term "Gap guys".  Basically we dress in casual but smart clothes, unless it's something like a black tie event which is rare for us.

I love gay bars {though we don't go out much anymore}, but I can't stand the trendy gay bars.  Living in Aberdeen Scotland, there isn't a real gay scene, just a few places that are gay friendly, sorta.  This isn't a problem for us because were aren't flamers or the like.

Being a dual national {US & UK} and someone who has traveled the world, I have seen the people you are talking about and they make me sick to be around.

Well done. 

If you can download on to the computer, surely you can also use it to upload.