Posts made by raphjd

Keep posting.  More debate/discussion is always a good thing. 

I have seen people seeding like… 200 torrents at the same time, which, obviously, doesn't help to make the figures round. The average upload speed on those was about... 2bits per second. bits, not bytes, nor megabytes.

My client is set to run 10 torrents at a time, but often times the tracker reads the torrents in queued mode as active. Last night it listed me as having 129 torrents seeding, but only 10 were actually active.

As in the post of mine you quoted, the issue is a serious one that needs honest and serious discussion.

To me, this all boils down to "BT traffic management" {see my sort of guide in the Guides - How To section} and fairness, for everyone.

How can a person who has just over seeded a torrent by 50 times, complain that other seeders on that same torrent aren't pulling their weight?!  As an example, when I first became a moderator here, I got 2 PMs from users complaining that others on the torrent weren't seeding enough.  When I looked at the torrent I found that both of the complainers seeded 80+% of the torrent's total traffic. This wasn't due to lack of trying on other members' part, as most were still trying to seed, but their upload speeds couldn't compete.

This kind of over seeding needs to stop in order for things to be fair for everyone.

If the power seeders want to seed more, they should go to the torrents that need the help.

Now don't get me wrong, I love power seeders.  I just think they need to be more conscious of how their seeding will affect others.

P.S. There is some problem with the attachments here.. I couldn't attach the picture , says it is too big , but it is only 80 K  Undecided

Hmm.  I could have sworn that was set to 192kb.

especially when my upload rate on my ISP is only half that of my download rate.

My current upload speed is 1/10th my download speed and soon that will change to 1/24th.

I can manage to stay above the minimum requirements quite nicely.

We have added some new information to your personal page {click your user name under the blue bar on the left}.

Below your Share Ratio box, you will see the following new items;

Current Minimum Ration - This is based on your current download amount. It will change as you download more.

Download Buffer - This is the amount you can download without seeding before you get a ratio warning. However, it is not wise to use it all as you may need it in case your computer crashes.

Also, Forum Posts count have now been fixed. All forum posts made on the old and new forums now count correctly. You can also click on the number and it will take you to a list of the forum posts you made.

Please upgrade to v2.8 as it has a number of bug fixes and improvements.

This is especially important for those using multi core CPUs as it now makes use of all the cores your CPU has, giving better quality and reduced encoding times.

FairUse Wizard v2.8
http://tracker.gaytorrent.ru/details.php?id=22023

Anyone posting commercial pictures in this section runs the risk of getting an outright ban. 

A "seed box" is a computer, usually in a data center, with extremely fast lines where you can put your files and use it to seed torrents from.

They are usually very small {10 - 20gb} and cost about £50 per month to rent.

The site might be running the videos directly instead of allowing them to download to your computer.

Please note that I wrote this guide for another site and pasted it here.

The rule of thumb is 1gb per hour of porn and regular movies with lots of action and PIXAR type films.  Regular movies and TV shows {without lots of action or Pixar type} are 500mb per hour.

While this guide tells you how to make a video into separate discs, this is not allowed here. So please adjust it accordingly.

the only thing you have to do , is search in that folder for all *.flv-files and copy them into another folder,

As stated, make sure you use "COPY" not "cut" otherwise you will get access/permission errors.

As with most private trackers {required sign ups} , we don't allow proxies to be used.

For this reason I doubt you will have much luck except with sites like ThePirateBay.

Some recent studies say that the average 18 - 19 year old males masturbate 7.07 times per week.  The average 20 - 35 year old male does it 6.85 times per week, with the number being reduced by 1.2 times per week for every 10 years of age after that.  I haven't seen a study that breaks down the difference between hetero and gay, though.

If you ejaculate at least 21 times per month, you are 38% less likely to get prostate cancer than a male who ejaculates only 7 times per month.  Ejaculating 7 times a month makes you 15% less likely to get prostate cancer than someone who ejaculates 3 or less times per month.

The ad was for their new deli style mayonnaise.  So it's probably the same one.

Mine is

7,542 kbps

723 kbps

There is already a thread for this.

Anyway, we don't ban for bad ratios, just remove your download rights until your ratio improves.

Anyway, this has been announced for 6 months in a few spots on the forums.  So you should have had plenty of time to work on increasing your ratio.

You complain that your upload speed is only half your download speed.  My upload speed is 1/10th my download speed and I manage.

This is really good news for gays in the UK.

Under current law, work and private pensions {ISAs and the like} are exempt from handing out widower's benefits.

Even some state pension benefits are exempt from paying out to gay widowers under current law.

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7324824.stm

EU backs gay man's pension rights

A gay man in Germany may be entitled to his dead partner's pension following a ruling by the highest court in the EU.

Tadao Maruko's partner died in 2005 but the pension fund refused him a widower's pension and the case was sent to the European Court of Justice (ECJ).

The court ruled that refusing a pension was direct discrimination if the partnership was comparable to marriage.

Mr Maruko's lawyers predict the case will have repercussions in EU countries where same-sex partnerships are legal.

"I'm happy. It's a very important step," lawyer Helmut Graupner told the BBC News website.

"This will help all those countries which have registered partnerships. It's the first time the ECJ has ruled in favour of same-sex couples."

The court based its ruling on an EU directive which states that there should be no discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation.

Although German law considers only heterosexual unions as marriage, the ruling makes it clear that any country in the EU that gives same-sex couples rights equivalent to marriage should treat the two as comparable.

The European Commission welcomed the decision, but emphasised that national governments rather than the EU were in charge of legislation on family law.

"It all depends on the law of the country. The right to a survivor's pension exists if the two regimes [marriage and gay partnership] are analogous," said commission spokesman Johannes Laitenberger.

European repercussions

Mr Graupner said the ruling would have significant repercussions for the UK and Scandinavia where same-sex partners had "mirror institutions" to marriage, rather than French-style civil contracts.

But he also suggested that indirectly it would help gay couples in countries where there was no equivalent to marriage.

"The next case may be one of indirect discrimination, from a country that excludes same-sex partners from the rights and obligations of marriage.

"The way out for such a country would mean they would have to provide the same benefits as other countries," he said.

GAY MARRIAGES IN THE EU

Full marriage recognised: Spain, Netherlands, Belgium

Legal partnerships similar {but not the same} to marriage: Germany, Sweden, Denmark, UK, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Hungary, Finland, Portugal

Civil contracts: France, Luxembourg

No provision: Austria, Baltic states, Cyprus, Greece, Malta, Romania, Bulgaria, Italy, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7503861.stm

Italian wins gay driving ban case

An Italian court has ordered the government to pay 100,000 euros (£79,919) to a man who had to retake his driving test because he was gay.

Danilo Giuffrida, now 26, told doctors he was homosexual during a medical examination for military service.

The information was passed to the defence and transport ministries.

Mr Giuffrida was told to repeat his driving test or have his licence suspended because of his "sexual identity disturbance".

Mr Giuffrida passed his test for the second time but his licence was renewed for just one year rather than the usual 10 years because of his homosexuality.

A court in Catania, Sicily, ordered the ministries to pay damages on the basis that Mr Giuffrida's constitutional rights had been breached and that homosexuality could not be considered a "mental illness".

The judge said the actions of the ministries showed "evident sexual discrimination".

Mr Giuffrida welcomed the sentence as "a step forwards for civil rights."