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Title: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sat, 28 September 2013, 02:18:56
Mine was a 2gb file that took 8 months (http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/016.gif)
Title: Re: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: meiosis on Sat, 28 September 2013, 02:30:48
Ergodox manual?
Title: Re: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sat, 28 September 2013, 02:44:54
Quote from: Meiosis on Sat, 28 September 2013, 02:30:48
Ergodox manual?

there's an ergodox manual that's 2gb?
Title: Re: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: yasuo on Sat, 28 September 2013, 02:46:50
6GB can 1month/3week+-
Title: Re: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: mauri on Sat, 28 September 2013, 02:57:02
I downloaded sg-1's all 10 seasons for about 3 years or so.
Title: Re: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sat, 28 September 2013, 03:22:03
Quote from: mauri on Sat, 28 September 2013, 02:57:02
I downloaded sg-1's all 10 seasons for about 3 years or so.

wtf?

that shouldn't take 3 year?

did you download pieces, and then watch and delete?
Title: Re: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: mauri on Sat, 28 September 2013, 03:51:56
Quote from: tp4tissue on Sat, 28 September 2013, 03:22:03
Quote from: mauri on Sat, 28 September 2013, 02:57:02
I downloaded sg-1's all 10 seasons for about 3 years or so.

wtf?

that shouldn't take 3 year?

did you download pieces, and then watch and delete?

I don't leave my computer open at nights or when I'm gone, unless I know I will be back shortly. Also I can't torrent if I'm trying to play something so most of the time it was on pause. There weren't that many seeds either, the start especially was bit rocky, 10-100kb/s. The whole shebang was 80 gigs.
Title: Re: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sat, 28 September 2013, 04:03:35
Quote from: mauri on Sat, 28 September 2013, 03:51:56
Quote from: tp4tissue on Sat, 28 September 2013, 03:22:03
Quote from: mauri on Sat, 28 September 2013, 02:57:02
I downloaded sg-1's all 10 seasons for about 3 years or so.

wtf?

that shouldn't take 3 year?

did you download pieces, and then watch and delete?

I don't leave my computer open at nights or when I'm gone, unless I know I will be back shortly. Also I can't torrent if I'm trying to play something so most of the time it was on pause. There weren't that many seeds either, the start especially was bit rocky, 10-100kb/s. The whole shebang was 80 gigs.

Ah.. ic... sounds like you need fios.
Title: Re: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: tinlong117 on Sat, 28 September 2013, 04:41:35
13 months. A jap porn.....


P.S. The funny thing is, after I downloaded it for 3 hours, dad discovered it and deleted. :(
Title: Re: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: Tym on Sat, 28 September 2013, 04:44:55
With my torrent speed of 0.1KB/s then anything I download...  :'(
Title: Re: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sat, 28 September 2013, 04:46:47
Quote from: tinlong117 on Sat, 28 September 2013, 04:41:35
13 months. A jap porn.....


P.S. The funny thing is, after I downloaded it for 3 hours, dad discovered it and deleted. :(

why would you download pr0n to your dad's computer.

How did he miss it for 13 months... and then find it 3 hours after completion..


this is so crazy....(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/8dcf9699.gif)
Title: Re: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: tinlong117 on Sat, 28 September 2013, 04:50:48
Quote from: tp4tissue on Sat, 28 September 2013, 04:46:47
Quote from: tinlong117 on Sat, 28 September 2013, 04:41:35
13 months. A jap porn.....


P.S. The funny thing is, after I downloaded it for 3 hours, dad discovered it and deleted. :(

why would you download pr0n to your dad's computer.

How did he miss it for 13 months... and then find it 3 hours after completion..


this is so crazy....
Show Image
(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/8dcf9699.gif)

that's date back to 2007 or 2008. And the torrent client I used won't display the correct file name before the file is finished.

P.S. My computer(s) hadn't got any internet connection.
Title: Re: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: rowdy on Sat, 28 September 2013, 04:55:11
I have a 569.4GB file in my torrent list atm.  I haven't started it yet, as it exceeds my monthly download allowance by, oh, only a factor of about 5 (assuming I download nothing else for those 5 months).

(http://i.imgur.com/PqIIyRS.png)
Title: Re: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: tinlong117 on Sat, 28 September 2013, 04:56:22
Quote from: rowdy on Sat, 28 September 2013, 04:55:11
I have a 569.4GB file in my torrent list atm.  I haven't started it yet, as it exceeds my monthly download allowance by, oh, only a factor of about 5 (assuming I download nothing else for those 5 months).

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/PqIIyRS.png)


Poor aussie.
Title: Re: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: rowdy on Sat, 28 September 2013, 05:13:18
Quote from: tinlong117 on Sat, 28 September 2013, 04:56:22
Quote from: rowdy on Sat, 28 September 2013, 04:55:11
I have a 569.4GB file in my torrent list atm.  I haven't started it yet, as it exceeds my monthly download allowance by, oh, only a factor of about 5 (assuming I download nothing else for those 5 months).

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/PqIIyRS.png)


Poor aussie.

TBH I have no idea what I'd do with that data even if I did download it.
Title: Re: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sat, 28 September 2013, 05:24:43
Quote from: tinlong117 on Sat, 28 September 2013, 04:50:48
Quote from: tp4tissue on Sat, 28 September 2013, 04:46:47
Quote from: tinlong117 on Sat, 28 September 2013, 04:41:35
13 months. A jap porn.....


P.S. The funny thing is, after I downloaded it for 3 hours, dad discovered it and deleted. :(

why would you download pr0n to your dad's computer.

How did he miss it for 13 months... and then find it 3 hours after completion..


this is so crazy....
Show Image
(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/8dcf9699.gif)

that's date back to 2007 or 2008. And the torrent client I used won't display the correct file name before the file is finished.

P.S. My computer(s) hadn't got any internet connection.

(http://www.freesmileys.org/emoticons/tuzki-bunnys/tuzki-bunny-emoticon-007.gif)
Title: Re: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: Tym on Sat, 28 September 2013, 05:27:04
Quote from: rowdy on Sat, 28 September 2013, 04:55:11
I have a 569.4GB file in my torrent list atm.  I haven't started it yet, as it exceeds my monthly download allowance by, oh, only a factor of about 5 (assuming I download nothing else for those 5 months).

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/PqIIyRS.png)


Cring, 100GB limit :'( Poor you

Thats the thing about the UK, our Broadband providers maybe ripping of the government to the tune of 1.2Bn Pounds, and this results in me getting 300KB/s down. But atleast we have some of the cheapest internets in the world.
Title: Re: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sat, 28 September 2013, 05:27:17
Quote from: rowdy on Sat, 28 September 2013, 04:55:11
I have a 569.4GB file in my torrent list atm.  I haven't started it yet, as it exceeds my monthly download allowance by, oh, only a factor of about 5 (assuming I download nothing else for those 5 months).

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/PqIIyRS.png)


Dang, I feel bad, I just dled 1TB yesterday.
Title: Re: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: vun on Sat, 28 September 2013, 05:45:11
Quote from: tp4tissue on Sat, 28 September 2013, 05:27:17
Quote from: rowdy on Sat, 28 September 2013, 04:55:11
I have a 569.4GB file in my torrent list atm.  I haven't started it yet, as it exceeds my monthly download allowance by, oh, only a factor of about 5 (assuming I download nothing else for those 5 months).

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/PqIIyRS.png)


Dang, I feel bad, this was just yesterday

(Attachment Link)

This thread can't possibly comply with the rules of the forum. Sure, there are legal downloads using torrents, but I would be genuinely surprised if you can find that many large legal files that anyone would want to download.
Title: Re: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: iri on Sat, 28 September 2013, 06:02:53
half an hour. was awful.
Title: Re: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: MKULTRA on Sat, 28 September 2013, 06:08:17
Quote from: vun on Sat, 28 September 2013, 05:45:11
Quote from: tp4tissue on Sat, 28 September 2013, 05:27:17
Quote from: rowdy on Sat, 28 September 2013, 04:55:11
I have a 569.4GB file in my torrent list atm.  I haven't started it yet, as it exceeds my monthly download allowance by, oh, only a factor of about 5 (assuming I download nothing else for those 5 months).

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/PqIIyRS.png)


Dang, I feel bad, this was just yesterday

(Attachment Link)

This thread can't possibly comply with the rules of the forum. Sure, there are legal downloads using torrents, but I would be genuinely surprised if you can find that many large legal files that anyone would want to download.
Lol.

36.2 GB, every episode of Dragon Ball.
Title: Re: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sat, 28 September 2013, 06:23:30
Quote from: vun on Sat, 28 September 2013, 05:45:11
Quote from: tp4tissue on Sat, 28 September 2013, 05:27:17
Quote from: rowdy on Sat, 28 September 2013, 04:55:11
I have a 569.4GB file in my torrent list atm.  I haven't started it yet, as it exceeds my monthly download allowance by, oh, only a factor of about 5 (assuming I download nothing else for those 5 months).

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/PqIIyRS.png)


Dang, I feel bad, this was just yesterday

(Attachment Link)

This thread can't possibly comply with the rules of the forum. Sure, there are legal downloads using torrents, but I would be genuinely surprised if you can find that many large legal files that anyone would want to download.

sigh... fine, took it off.
Title: Re: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: Photekq on Sat, 28 September 2013, 06:24:18
lotr trilogy in 1080p. i think it's about 70gb in total.
Title: Re: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sat, 28 September 2013, 06:25:21
Quote from: Photekq on Sat, 28 September 2013, 06:24:18
lotr trilogy in 1080p. i think it's about 70gb in total.

no the extended is much huger

250gb
Title: Re: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: Photekq on Sat, 28 September 2013, 06:53:20
Quote from: tp4tissue on Sat, 28 September 2013, 06:25:21
Quote from: Photekq on Sat, 28 September 2013, 06:24:18
lotr trilogy in 1080p. i think it's about 70gb in total.

no the extended is much huger

250gb
sure about that man?

(http://i.imgur.com/GfNJm8e.png)
Title: Re: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: Tym on Sat, 28 September 2013, 06:54:40
Photekq lol, Trilogy = 2 files :3
Title: Re: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: Photekq on Sat, 28 September 2013, 06:55:41
Quote from: Tym on Sat, 28 September 2013, 06:54:40
Photekq lol, Trilogy = 2 files :3
that's a screenshot of just the fellowship.. all three is about 70gb as i said in my first post. i'm just showing tp they aren't 250gb total
Title: Re: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sat, 28 September 2013, 06:57:52
Quote from: Photekq on Sat, 28 September 2013, 06:55:41
Quote from: Tym on Sat, 28 September 2013, 06:54:40
Photekq lol, Trilogy = 2 files :3
that's a screenshot of just the fellowship.. all three is about 70gb as i said in my first post. i'm just showing tp they aren't 250gb total

nawh, you got the weak sauce version..

the G00d version is 250gb.

6 disks 40gb each.

what you have is an "encode", you don't have the bluray, you got an MP3 essentially vs flac.
Title: Re: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: SpAmRaY on Sat, 28 September 2013, 08:09:18
Quote from: vun on Sat, 28 September 2013, 05:45:11
Quote from: tp4tissue on Sat, 28 September 2013, 05:27:17
Quote from: rowdy on Sat, 28 September 2013, 04:55:11
I have a 569.4GB file in my torrent list atm.  I haven't started it yet, as it exceeds my monthly download allowance by, oh, only a factor of about 5 (assuming I download nothing else for those 5 months).

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/PqIIyRS.png)


Dang, I feel bad, this was just yesterday

(Attachment Link)

This thread can't possibly comply with the rules of the forum. Sure, there are legal downloads using torrents, but I would be genuinely surprised if you can find that many large legal files that anyone would want to download.

ALL those Linux ISO's!
Title: Re: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Sat, 28 September 2013, 08:22:20
Of all time, I have no idea... I've been using torrents for like at least 10 years so I am sure some took ages back then. Currently often I get some obscure movies in HD, which take days with the one seeder coming and going constantly and low transfer speeds.
Title: Re: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: rowdy on Sun, 29 September 2013, 02:01:42
Mine is a legal torrent, from here (http://internetcensus2012.bitbucket.org/paper.html).

And still the biggest one listed.
Title: Re: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: IPT on Sun, 29 September 2013, 04:14:09
Nice try NSA.
Title: Re: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: dorkvader on Sun, 29 September 2013, 14:09:28
Quote from: rowdy on Sat, 28 September 2013, 04:55:11
I have a 569.4GB file in my torrent list atm.  I haven't started it yet, as it exceeds my monthly download allowance by, oh, only a factor of about 5 (assuming I download nothing else for those 5 months).

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/PqIIyRS.png)

I would offer to sneakernet it to you, but postage would kill it, even with a 640Gb laptop drive.

Longest torrent for me was recently: a Kali-linux ISO. I did not have internet at the time, and slowly downloaded it at free wifi hotspots over the course of a week or two.

Usually the largest problem for me is that there's like only one seeder for an obscure origami manual and he's only got 1/3 of it or whatever. Eventually I gave up.

(FWIW, the origami in question might have been "the last waltz" by Neil Elias. Copyright issues on abandonware are grey, and it's not been legally available anywhere for the past 40 years or so.)
Title: Re: What was your longest torrent ever?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 29 September 2013, 15:19:17
Quote from: dorkvader on Sun, 29 September 2013, 14:09:28
Quote from: rowdy on Sat, 28 September 2013, 04:55:11
I have a 569.4GB file in my torrent list atm.  I haven't started it yet, as it exceeds my monthly download allowance by, oh, only a factor of about 5 (assuming I download nothing else for those 5 months).

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/PqIIyRS.png)

I would offer to sneakernet it to you, but postage would kill it, even with a 640Gb laptop drive.

Longest torrent for me was recently: a Kali-linux ISO. I did not have internet at the time, and slowly downloaded it at free wifi hotspots over the course of a week or two.

Usually the largest problem for me is that there's like only one seeder for an obscure origami manual and he's only got 1/3 of it or whatever. Eventually I gave up.

(FWIW, the origami in question might have been "the last waltz" by Neil Elias. Copyright issues on abandonware are grey, and it's not been legally available anywhere for the past 40 years or so.)


oragami? ah... i remember this stuff.. I think I never got into it because the office got a computer too early, I was off playing lode runner.