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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Raymondo on April 30, 2012, 02:14:28 PM
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fuck 'em ! who needs shitty torrents anyway ???
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Let us be honest my euro friend. You can't live outside the US and not have a VPN anyway. ;)
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I use demonoid anyways 8)
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Let us be honest my euro friend. You can't live outside the US and not have a VPN anyway. ;)
Why is that? Wouldn't you have greater need of a VPN in the US? What with your privacy laws (or lack of) and everything.
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I use demonoid anyways 8)
I wish I could give an invite to IpTorrents
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Why is that? Wouldn't you have greater need of a VPN in the US? What with your privacy laws (or lack of) and everything.
No. We got privacy laws. Look up most of the recent court cases.
Anyway, other countries need VPNs to access some usa only media sites and services ;)
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fuck 'em ! who needs shitty torrents anyway ???
This is a note to our friends across the pond, friends who may be freaking out about the news of The Pirate Bay potentially being blocked in the United Kingdom. While the news may come as a shock, especially in a country that’s so outspokenly against ACTA, all hope should not be abandoned.
In fact, there’s an easy fix, one that clearly demonstrates the futility of uninformed government officials trying to regulate something they don’t understand. Simply put, if you want to “unblock” TPB, just switch DNS servers.
Much like defeating SOPA measures with IP addresses (instead of domain names), users who want to access TPB but can’t, you might want to think about switching your DNS server, something that is easier than the idea may suggest. However, thanks to a quick how-to by Torrent Freak, you’ll see it’s not that complicated at all. In fact, all you need to know in order to do such a changeover is the IP address for the DNS server you’d like to use:
For the two main alternatives, these are:
- OpenDNS: 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220
- GoogleDNS: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
You can configure an alternative DNS server on a per-computer basis, or for your whole network. The first one is the quickest, probably easiest solution, the last one has the huge advantage that all devices on your network will use the new DNS automatically, without the need to configure them all.
From here, TF points to different pieces of documentation, explaining how the configuration process works. Over at OpenDNS, the Windows Vista configuration page is about as easy to follow as one can make it. There are step-by-step screenshots, just in case you can get confused.
For those of you who might be worried that such a bold move would attract the authorities, as Torrent Freak points out, “there’s nothing illegal about using an alternative DNS server.” While this may not be true in an authoritarian country like China, England and its United Kingdom are not quite at that level of citizen control, at least not yet. Of course, if you get caught downloading files in a manner that’s deemed illegal, it won’t matter what kind of DNS server you used.
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Can one not get around this with proxy servers?
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Isohunt, for all your torrent needs. If you still use torrents that is.
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Can one not get around this with proxy servers?
Off course you can.
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Can one not get around this with proxy servers?
Proxy servers are usually slow due to high traffic and low bandwidth. Just swap out your DNS server IP addresses, quick, simple, effective.
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This is a note to our friends across the pond, friends who may be freaking out about the news of The Pirate Bay potentially being blocked in the United Kingdom. While the news may come as a shock, especially in a country that’s so outspokenly against ACTA, all hope should not be abandoned.
In fact, there’s an easy fix, one that clearly demonstrates the futility of uninformed government officials trying to regulate something they don’t understand. Simply put, if you want to “unblock” TPB, just switch DNS servers.
Much like defeating SOPA measures with IP addresses (instead of domain names), users who want to access TPB but can’t, you might want to think about switching your DNS server, something that is easier than the idea may suggest. However, thanks to a quick how-to by Torrent Freak, you’ll see it’s not that complicated at all. In fact, all you need to know in order to do such a changeover is the IP address for the DNS server you’d like to use:
For the two main alternatives, these are:
- OpenDNS: 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220
- GoogleDNS: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
You can configure an alternative DNS server on a per-computer basis, or for your whole network. The first one is the quickest, probably easiest solution, the last one has the huge advantage that all devices on your network will use the new DNS automatically, without the need to configure them all.
From here, TF points to different pieces of documentation, explaining how the configuration process works. Over at OpenDNS, the Windows Vista configuration page is about as easy to follow as one can make it. There are step-by-step screenshots, just in case you can get confused.
For those of you who might be worried that such a bold move would attract the authorities, as Torrent Freak points out, “there’s nothing illegal about using an alternative DNS server.” While this may not be true in an authoritarian country like China, England and its United Kingdom are not quite at that level of citizen control, at least not yet. Of course, if you get caught downloading files in a manner that’s deemed illegal, it won’t matter what kind of DNS server you used.
So they blocked it ONLY on DNS level? OMG.
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I use these guys for Netflix on my PS3 and 360, (Canadian content sucks) but it works just as well for my PC.
http://unblock-us.com/
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How is that democracy?
How is that "free" ?
The list of free countries gets shorter and shorter every day.
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Let us be honest my euro friend. You can't live outside the US and not have a VPN anyway. ;)
Haha, serious ?
It's the US that is the most notorious for spying their citizens, keeping track on every word typed on internet, raiding peoples homes for wrong words etc.
Sorry to brake the illusion but you really should open your eyes.
You live in one of the worst countries what comes to freedom and human rights.
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I'm calling Big Dicked Bob to do a exorcism on them right now.
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Haha, serious ?
It's the US that is the most notorious for spying their citizens, keeping track on every word typed on internet, raiding peoples homes for wrong words etc.
Sorry to brake the illusion but you really should open your eyes.
You live in one of the worst countries what comes to freedom and human rights.
Yep.
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Isohunt, for all your torrent needs. If you still use torrents that is.
I still think Games, movies are downloaded faster with Torrents - Isohunt for that matter is very good
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Torrents hahaha ::)
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I don't understand what you guys are talking about.
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Haha, serious ?
It's the US that is the most notorious for spying their citizens, keeping track on every word typed on internet, raiding peoples homes for wrong words etc.
Sorry to brake the illusion but you really should open your eyes.
You live in one of the worst countries what comes to freedom and human rights.
Are you stupid? I'm taking about accessing media site and services.
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I still think Games, movies are downloaded faster with Torrents - Isohunt for that matter is very good
Depends. It's definitely faster these days than it used to be. I remember starting using torrent circa 2000-2001 and the down speeds were shite. Took days to get a 700meg xvid. Switched to NewsGroups (Newshosting) for 6 bucks a month and I get guarenteed max down speeds with up to a 1000 days retention. I don't notice 6 quid a month and I'm pretty secure. More secure than torrents anyway. Saying that, I think the use of torrents are more prolific since it's free so your chances of getting a slapped wrist are quite diminished. Practically zero. I still use torrents on my work laptop, personal laptop and iMac. Just newsgroups on my main PC.
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Just get a proxy i download all my HD movies, video games and software from torrents.
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Just get a proxy i download all my HD movies, video games and software from torrents.
Yep. Doesn't make much difference in the end.
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I turn on computer, check my bank balance, realize I have no money, go to getbig, type a few moronic things, turn off computer.
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I turn on computer, check my bank balance, realize I have no money, go to getbig, type a few moronic things, turn off computer.
LOL typical getbigger.