Midnight Oil

Subject: Re: [powderworks] Re: downloading files from dimeadozen?
From: Chris
Date: 14/11/2012, 8:56 am
To: Powderworks

For what it's worth:

Bittorrent is a communications protocol, not a culture.

Yes, Bittorrent is popularly associated with the distribution of pirated material. That's not something that's inherent in the system, though - avoiding Bittorrent because it's associated with piracy is much like avoiding Italian restaurants for fear of the mob.

Dime is a safe, legal community of people sharing music and video. It's tightly regulated - inappropriate material is swiftly removed. There's no shady ads and no risk of being infected by viruses or spyware.

Long story short: it's sensible to be afraid of shady looking "torrent sites". It's not sensible to be afraid of Dime.

- Chris


On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 3:04 AM, miss <miss_penelope_loves_you@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
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Thanks Gary for all the information. I may install it on a pc that I never use anymore. I don't feel safe using torrent sites on my every day Mac.



--- In powderworks@yahoogroups.com.au, "Gary Badger" <garybadger67@...> wrote:
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> Try this:
>
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> 1. Download and install a bit torrent client if you don't already have
> one. I recommend uTorrent http://www.utorrent.com/
>
> 2. Log in to Dime
>
> 3. Read this:
> http://wiki.dimeadozen.org/index.php/DimeFAQ:DIME%27s_Cautions_for_New_Users
>
> 4. Find the show you want to download
>
> 5. On the page for that show, click the link above the description, to
> the right of the heading "Torrent file"
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> 6. Download the .torrent file, then open it up in uTorrent
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> 7. Let uTorrent do its thing
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>
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> Once the torrent has finished downloading see if you can work out what to do
> from there. If you're stuck ask again.
>
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> Dime has a Yahoo Group that can be helpful
> http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/bt-dimeadozen-org/
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> Cheers,
>
> Gary.
>
>
>
> From: powderworks@yahoogroups.com.au [mailto:powderworks@yahoogroups.com.au]
> On Behalf Of miss
> Sent: Tuesday, 13 November 2012 8:14 PM
> To: powderworks@yahoogroups.com.au
> Subject: [powderworks] downloading files from dimeadozen?
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> Can someone please inform on how you go about downloading files from
> dimeadozen? I have just registered and have no idea how to go about it. Any
> info would be appreciated.
>