Category: Life

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  • Logic Fails MPAA.

    Quote from a press release from the MPAA.

    “There is no better example of how theft dims the magic of the movies for everyone than this report today regarding BitTorrent providing users with illegal copies of Revenge of the Sith. The unfortunate fact is this type of theft happens on a regular basis on peer to peer networks all over the world.

    “Fans have been lined up for days to see Revenge of the Sith. To preserve the quality of movies for fans like these and so many others, we must stop these Internet thieves from illegally trading valuable copyrighted materials on-line.

    So Bittorrent is killing the movie industry!
    But what’s this? Quote from CNN:

    LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — The final chapter of the “Star Wars” movie saga grossed a record $50 million from its first 24 hours in North American theaters, the highest box office tally for a single day, according to studio estimates issued Friday.

    So… Star Wars Episode III has garnered the highest revenue of any film? But wouldn’t that logically mean… that if Bittorrent is to be considered a cause to affect sales, that it would be one to increase these revenues? Even though that doesn’t seem plausible, it certainly is more likely than the MPAAs clear lack of logic.

    I would also like to affirm that Bittorrent has been widely used for legal transfers; as it provides a means with those lacking the necessary and expensive resources to spread their works about (ie. independant film makers, musicians, etc.) Clumping all its heavily documented legal uses with those that this organization disproves of clearly shows their ignorance on the issue.

  • Proxy Stats

    According to the logs, there’s been 25,260 requests through the proxy since it was initially set up a few weeks ago. A good 4,000 of those have been requests for eBaum’s world. Gamesloth.com came in second, AddictingGames.com third, and Newgrounds fourth. 236 requests for a Japanese oriented porn site. Sigh.

    The first four I don’t mind so much; but porn? C’mon, do that on your own connection: not mine.

  • Web SSH Terminal

    I now added a link to the right under “My Subsites” for a java-based SSH Terminal. Handy for those who want to access their home computers from restricted environments (port 22 must be open).

    This is the 5th day of 12 hour shifts at work, so I’ve had little time to progress on EYNTO. However, the show has spread about, and can now be found on Archive.org and soon on RantTV.

  • Good News.

    The show was rejected from Slashdot. This is good news actually, as it means I dont have to worry about bandwidth constraints and the bittorrent idea is no longer a necessity. I want to thank everyone who seeded 🙂

    I’m still working on a DVD ISO. Just need to sync the audio right to the video; create more imagery; and I’ll be done.

    Other good news: got a B in Math. Considering I had %40 throughout the year, this is most excellent news (I nailed the exam).

  • EYNTO a Success!

    I’ve had 10GB in bandwidth used up for the EYNTO Show in its first day! That’s very good: Its equivalent to 45 people downloading the Show! However; I have a limit of 100GB, and GoDaddy will literally bankrupt me if I go over by even a small amount.

    So I’ve implemented a PHP script that tracks the downloads and makes sure I don’t exceed my allocated traffic. Meanwhile, thanks to the help of an individual from another forum, I was able to get a 2nd mirror up. I’m now FXPing the files to Archive.org.

    I’m also hosting a bittorrent tracker. I see three seeders on it right now. Whoever you are: thank you. I know there’s little traffic now, but if ever this gets slashdotted or the like, it’ll really pay off. Thanks.

    Click here for download links.