[kostas]

First legal action against 22 random individuals:

http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_d...d_str=20051116

[HKNewBi]

Remember, if you use BitTorrents, as soon as you start to download, you automatically become a member of the 'swarm' of uploaders. So you are distributing whatever you download.

It is possible with some BT clients to throttle the uploads to zero but given that BT file sharing is a zero sum game (ie for every bit you download someone has to have uploaded a bit) the BT concept would soon ground to a halt.

It is very likely that they will make examples of a few more people. According to the papers (take a pinch of salt here as who knows the intention of the article) BT traffic dropped 80% after the arrest. I have no idea how they can monitor this.

Also worth noting - it is a fairly difficult process to prove who actually did the downloading. So either get a wireless network card and see if you can tap into your neighbour's wireless broadband or make sure you sign up for BT accounts using your wife's email address. That way if they come knocking you are in the clear.

[HKNewBi]

Nero Vision Express, DVD Santa or ULead VideoStudio are 3 bits of software that will convert from AVI (and other formats) to DVD format and allow playing your files on your standalone player. There are a few other bits of s/ware that will do the same trick but these are 3 I have used.

DVD Santa is very straightforward and works well but doesn't allow for the creation of interactive menus etc that the other software can do.

[discobay]

Originally Posted by HKNewBi

... make sure you sign up for BT accounts using your wife's email address. That way if they come knocking you are in the clear.

I like your way of thinking

[JohanSWE]

id rather use disco's email when i sign up

[discobay]

ha ha ha ... ha ha!

[blackbird]

Lost..One tree hill...o.c.
wahh all so good!!

www.torrentspy.com

*ppl put up fake torrents that usually gets jammed at 80% 87.5% --something like that

check before you download!

[HKNewBi]

Originally Posted by JaredHK

Prison Break<<

KIA is this any good?

It isn't bad but read that with all the usual caveats. Plot lines become more and more ludicrous, dialogue ain't the stuff of Dickens, characters totally unbelievable.

It is basically about a guy who gets thrown into prison deliberately so he can get his brother, who is incorrectly jailed on death row, out.

If you can get over all the holes in the plot (like, how did he know he was to be sent to the same prison as his brother - one hell of a gamble, how come he spent no time on remand etc etc) then it is, as they say, a pleasant(ish) diversion.

It is up to episode 12 and I am still watching it so what can I say. No better or worse than 'Lost' in my opinion. Maybe more a reflection on local TV and the fact my broadband TV never works for more than 5 minutes at a go. Either that or simply too much time on my hands.

[jaetee]

Where are people finding "Prison Break"? Please direct us - saw a few eps in the US and got hooked.
BTW - any chance AXN will show up on Now TV anytime soon, or is is a Cable exclusive??

[tmk]

Originally Posted by s2000

hey, so you can watch the xvid 350mb files of Lost u dl fine?? I read that it can't play a lot of xvid files! Also can it always be upgraded with software so it's compatible with the latest codecs?

Thanks.

No problems playing Lost or any other file so far. I've only had Tvix a few weeks, but already planning on buying the new networked model due out in January.