solo201081 Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 I have never tried asking for one of these before on this site but its just a shot in the dark. would any one be able to spare me a demonoid invite i would be extremely grateful. heres hoping. :unsure: thanx solo2010 :happy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTerminator2004 Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 And what, exactly, is a demonoid invite? The name demonoid sounds vaguely familiar, but I honestly can't remember what it is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninja_lord666 Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 And what, exactly, is a demonoid invite?Demonoid is a BitTorrent tracker, supposedly set up by an anonymous Yugoslav known only as Deimos. The website indexes torrents uploaded by its members. These torrents can then be searched and the content shared using the peer to peer BitTorrent protocol. Demonoid is one of the largest BitTorrent trackers and its torrents are found on other BitTorrent search engines.I would then assume that a Demonoid invite would be an invitation to use Demonoid... Sorry, I don't know of anyone who has any sort of association with this; I didn't even hear about it until now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solo201081 Posted October 20, 2007 Author Share Posted October 20, 2007 Demonoid is a private torrent site you can upload anything and download anything on the site for free (although the content is not always legit) i have downloaded many movies, albums, games and programs from these sort of sites (including things like facegen and 3dsmax). take a look at www.demonoid.com. they only open registration once or twice a month and i seem to miss it every time. >:( :excl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTerminator2004 Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 I knew I'd heard of it somewhere... it was when I was trying out magnet (like torrent, only much much faster- it downloads at full speed, rather than 10kb/s), I saw a few files from there... (the program I was using, Gtk-Gnutella, could handle both types) (although the content is not always legit) i have downloaded many movies, albums, games and programs from these sort of sites (including things like facegen and 3dsmax). It's against the ToS to talk about illegally downloading software, so you probably shouldn't mention that again. I'm just going to assume you're going to use it to share a video you made, or something. And don't they say beforehand when registrations going to be? If so, you could always see when the next one is, and make sure you're not doing anything on that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solo201081 Posted October 20, 2007 Author Share Posted October 20, 2007 ooops i forgot about the rules wont happen again. its easily done if you know what i mean :blush: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poopgoblin Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Aren't P2P programs and Torrents in themselves legal? I've only ever heard of people getting busted for downloading copyrighted material, not actually having a program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonlissla Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Aren't P2P programs and Torrents in themselves legal? I've only ever heard of people getting busted for downloading copyrighted material, not actually having a program. No, downloading ILLEGAL stuff is illegal (duh). If you're downloading, say, a demo or something, you can't get caught. That's what I think though, because why would official gamingsites put up torrents as an alternative way to download mods and such? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTerminator2004 Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Yeah, they are perfectly legal, but because most people use them for obtaining illegal content, quite a lot of people think that the torrent providers themselves are illegal. The thing is, they're not really very useful for downloading demos, or whatever, because they are so slow- it is a lot quicker and easier just to download the things normally. In fact, it's much better to just download anything normally, for that same reason- the only reason people use them is because certain 'things' they may want to download aren't easily available for normal download. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vagrant0 Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Yeah, they are perfectly legal, but because most people use them for obtaining illegal content, quite a lot of people think that the torrent providers themselves are illegal. The thing is, they're not really very useful for downloading demos, or whatever, because they are so slow- it is a lot quicker and easier just to download the things normally. In fact, it's much better to just download anything normally, for that same reason- the only reason people use them is because certain 'things' they may want to download aren't easily available for normal download.Not always true, while the downloads can take longer to complete, they require less data transfer from a single file server, and can handle larger files than most free hosts will allow. This means that companies with large files can use p2p to distribute their products for less cost. Most MMO's with free trials distribute their software through a P2P client for that very reason. The download speed of a p2p is determined by the number of active seeders and peers. Because most of the people using p2p clients are just leaching, the speeds tend to be lower. But where P2P lacks speed, it makes up for file integrity. With a direct download, if the download becomes corrupted, you'll have to download it in its entirety over again. With P2P, downloads are broken up and reconstructed according to hash data on a server so that corruption is only possible if the original is corrupted. It also has the advantage of being able to download large files over several smaller sessions, which can be good for both dialup and continuous connections. Dialup users can download a few pieces at a time while they're connected, those with constant connections can download overnight or durring those brief periods where the computer isn't doing anything important (as well as running in the background at lowered rates when you are). As far as demonoid goes... Most of what they're related with are illegal downloads, which is why they keep tight control of their members. Honestly, I don't think there is anything hosted on Demonoid which is legal. Most people downloading legal stuff wouldn't need memberships for anything, they could just download it from the official source. And as far as security goes, most Demonoid torrents tend to have backup trackers on public sites, so if you're hoping to dodge the law, you'll only be disappointed. Most agencies can just aquire your IP and provider the moment you connect to the tracker since the trackers recieve, then send informaton containing all peers. You don't even need to download the file to get your internet shut down, you just need to connect to the trackers at any point in time. As many torent clients have their own DHT networks, even if you shut off all trackers but that one, you are still sharing your information with other users. Nevermind the fact that you need to eventually connect with those users to download anything. Long story short, as useful as P2P might be, using it for illegal transfers is never a good idea, no matter what steps you take. They don't have to catch everyone else, they just have to catch you. That doesn't mean police raiding your house, breaking through your wall and shooting your dog. It can however mean that your ISP stops your service and makes a log of your activity to report to the police. If you do it often enough where your activities are seen as suspicious (like downloading dozens of movies a week) the police can get a search warrent and confiscate your computer as evidence. Even small town cops love making the news for busting up a local bootlegging ring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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