Food Torrents

One time on Usenet said:

Are there any sites with a decent collection of food torrents?
Can't stand the little 2" x 2" streaming video [censored]. I need the
real stuff that I can watch on a real TV.

The pickings are really slim out there.

What *is* a torrent? I saw that expression somewhere else recently,
and I'm devoid of clue...

--
Jani in WA

Sqwertz said:

Are there any sites with a decent collection of food torrents?
Can't stand the little 2" x 2" streaming video [censored]. I need the
real stuff that I can watch on a real TV.

The pickings are really slim out there.

-sw

FoodNetwork and TiVo

Little Malice said:

One time on Usenet said:

Are there any sites with a decent collection of food torrents?
Can't stand the little 2" x 2" streaming video [censored]. I need the
real stuff that I can watch on a real TV.

The pickings are really slim out there.

What *is* a torrent? I saw that expression somewhere else recently,
and I'm devoid of clue...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent

Scott said:

Sqwertz said:

Are there any sites with a decent collection of food torrents?
Can't stand the little 2" x 2" streaming video [censored]. I need the
real stuff that I can watch on a real TV.

The pickings are really slim out there.

FoodNetwork and TiVo

Definitely the wrong answers. 5 demerits for you.

-sw

Sqwertz said:

Scott said:

Sqwertz said:

Are there any sites with a decent collection of food torrents?
Can't stand the little 2" x 2" streaming video [censored]. I need the
real stuff that I can watch on a real TV.

The pickings are really slim out there.

FoodNetwork and TiVo

Definitely the wrong answers. 5 demerits for you.

-sw

Let's see, from all the wrong answers you've given lately I estimate
100+ demerits for you.

Scott said:

Sqwertz said:

Scott said:

Sqwertz wrote:
> Are there any sites with a decent collection of food torrents?
> Can't stand the little 2" x 2" streaming video [censored]. I need the
> real stuff that I can watch on a real TV.
>
> The pickings are really slim out there.
FoodNetwork and TiVo

Definitely the wrong answers. 5 demerits for you.

Let's see, from all the wrong answers you've given lately I estimate
100+ demerits for you.

My answers are never wrong.

-sw

Sqwertz said:

-sw (getting ready to watch Ratitouille)

Seen it in the theater. Definitely worth getting on DVD.

Sqwertz said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Definitely the wrong answers. 5 demerits for you.

Let's see, from all the wrong answers you've given lately I estimate
100+ demerits for you.

My answers are never wrong.

-sw

At least not today.

One time on Usenet said:

Little Malice said:

One time on Usenet said:

Are there any sites with a decent collection of food torrents?
Can't stand the little 2" x 2" streaming video [censored]. I need the
real stuff that I can watch on a real TV.

The pickings are really slim out there.

What *is* a torrent? I saw that expression somewhere else recently,
and I'm devoid of clue...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent

Thanks, Scott. I would have looked up "torrent", but I figured it was
too generic...

--
Jani in WA

Little Malice said:

One time on Usenet said:

A peer-to-peer file sharing network/mechanism where people can
trade recorded or copied TV programs, movies, etc... I would
also be interested in cookbooks, too.

OIC -- reminds me of the old days of WinMX, before iTunes.

Think old Napster - the one that was the subject of many
lawsuits. BitTorrent will be harder to bring down since it's
decentralized and is used for many legitimate purposes, too.

-sw

One time on Usenet said:

Little Malice said:

One time on Usenet said:

A peer-to-peer file sharing network/mechanism where people can
trade recorded or copied TV programs, movies, etc... I would
also be interested in cookbooks, too.

OIC -- reminds me of the old days of WinMX, before iTunes.

Think old Napster - the one that was the subject of many
lawsuits. BitTorrent will be harder to bring down since it's
decentralized and is used for many legitimate purposes, too.

WinMX became popular shortly after the Napster lawsuit, because
it too was peer-to-peer and decentralized. But eventually someone
must have threatened the folks who came up with the software
because their site suddenly dissappeared a couple of years
later. I finally gave in and started paying for my music...

--
Jani in WA

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Quoted message said:

WinMX became popular shortly after the Napster lawsuit, because
it too was peer-to-peer and decentralized. But eventually someone
must have threatened the folks who came up with the software
because their site suddenly dissappeared a couple of years
later. I finally gave in and started paying for my music...

--
Jani in WA

Paying for your music by subscribing or buying the CD?

I understand if you subscribe, pay a monthly fee, that the song is still not
yours. (But, of course, if you buy the CD, it is.)

Last week I wanted a song from an alburm. I went to Borders, listened to it,
and decided that $18.99 was too much to pay for one song.

Today I wanted another song from another album. Iwent to Borders, listened
to it and decided that $18.99 was too much to payfor one song again.

I'd pay up to $3.00 to download either one of those songs, but I wouldn't
pay 99 cents and it not be mine and I would have to keep on subscribing to
hear it again. But I guess they're doing something right. The wheel keeps
on turning/churning.

The last time I bought a CD that was for one song, was a few months' back.
DH insisted I buy it cause I liked it so much. But it really went against my
grain.

Dee Dee

One time on Usenet said:

"Little Malice" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

WinMX became popular shortly after the Napster lawsuit, because
it too was peer-to-peer and decentralized. But eventually someone
must have threatened the folks who came up with the software
because their site suddenly dissappeared a couple of years
later. I finally gave in and started paying for my music...

Quoted message said:

Paying for your music by subscribing or buying the CD?

I buy each song via iTunes, then convert them to mp3. They're usually
about 99 cents each.

Quoted message said:

I understand if you subscribe, pay a monthly fee, that the song is still not
yours.

Yeah, I think I looked into that once -- you can download the songs
and play them on your computer, but you can't put them on your
portable. That's a load of [censored] to me.

Quoted message said:

(But, of course, if you buy the CD, it is.)

To a certain extent, yes. But they still don't want you to rip them
into mp3s.

Quoted message said:

Last week I wanted a song from an alburm. I went to Borders, listened to it,
and decided that $18.99 was too much to pay for one song.

Today I wanted another song from another album. Iwent to Borders, listened
to it and decided that $18.99 was too much to payfor one song again.

I'd pay up to $3.00 to download either one of those songs, but I wouldn't
pay 99 cents and it not be mine and I would have to keep on subscribing to
hear it again. But I guess they're doing something right. The wheel keeps
on turning/churning.

The last time I bought a CD that was for one song, was a few months' back.
DH insisted I buy it cause I liked it so much. But it really went against my
grain.

I haven't bought an entire CD in years. It's just not worth the
money...

--
Jani in WA

"Little Malice" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

One time on Usenet said:

"Little Malice" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

WinMX became popular shortly after the Napster lawsuit, because
it too was peer-to-peer and decentralized. But eventually someone
must have threatened the folks who came up with the software
because their site suddenly dissappeared a couple of years
later. I finally gave in and started paying for my music...

Quoted message said:

Paying for your music by subscribing or buying the CD?

I buy each song via iTunes, then convert them to mp3. They're usually
about 99 cents each.

Quoted message said:

I understand if you subscribe, pay a monthly fee, that the song is still
not
yours.

Yeah, I think I looked into that once -- you can download the songs
and play them on your computer, but you can't put them on your
portable. That's a load of [censored] to me.

Quoted message said:

(But, of course, if you buy the CD, it is.)

To a certain extent, yes. But they still don't want you to rip them
into mp3s.

Quoted message said:

Last week I wanted a song from an alburm. I went to Borders, listened to
it,
and decided that $18.99 was too much to pay for one song.

Today I wanted another song from another album. Iwent to Borders,
listened
to it and decided that $18.99 was too much to payfor one song again.

I'd pay up to $3.00 to download either one of those songs, but I wouldn't
pay 99 cents and it not be mine and I would have to keep on subscribing
to
hear it again. But I guess they're doing something right. The wheel
keeps
on turning/churning.

The last time I bought a CD that was for one song, was a few months'
back.
DH insisted I buy it cause I liked it so much. But it really went against
my
grain.

I haven't bought an entire CD in years. It's just not worth the
money...

--
Jani in WA

I still don't get it.
Do you pay each month to subscribe to iTunes?

Dee Dee

Sqwertz <[email hidden]> dropped this
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Quoted message said:

Every movie that is currently, or has been in the theaters for
the last 5-20 years is usually available for download for free
(at the risk of getting hunted down by the copyright holders and
getting flogged to death).

-sw (getting ready to watch Ratitouille)

I usually don't download anything with a copyright risk involved but I love
the documentaries and biographies I find. I use UTorrent. Here is an
issue I come up with sometimes that I find irritating. After downloading
and then burning to DVD, the screen on the television is really odd. It's
like a perfect square. Now, I do not have a widescreen on the TV I watch
most television on and I've tweaked the TV settings to no avail. I need a
couple of new TVs but am waiting till after the first of the year. There is
a setting on UTorrent I have not tried. Any ideas?

Michael

--
Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their
food, and tyrannize their teachers.
- Socrates

to email: dog3 at charter dot net

Michael 'Dog3 said:

I usually don't download anything with a copyright risk involved but I love
the documentaries and biographies I find. I use UTorrent. Here is an
issue I come up with sometimes that I find irritating. After downloading
and then burning to DVD, the screen on the television is really odd. It's
like a perfect square. Now, I do not have a widescreen on the TV I watch
most television on and I've tweaked the TV settings to no avail. I need a
couple of new TVs but am waiting till after the first of the year. There is
a setting on UTorrent I have not tried. Any ideas?

Michael

Is this happening to all movies?
Are you converting from avi/divx to DVD format and if so what software
are you using?
It's probably an aspect ratio setting in the conversion software.
UTorrent settings have no effect on the aspect ratio.

Sqwertz said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

A peer-to-peer file sharing network/mechanism where people can
trade recorded or copied TV programs, movies, etc... I would
also be interested in cookbooks, too.

OIC -- reminds me of the old days of WinMX, before iTunes.

Think old Napster - the one that was the subject of many
lawsuits. BitTorrent will be harder to bring down since it's
decentralized and is used for many legitimate purposes, too.

-sw

I used to use napster then when that was shut down switch over to WinMX.
If I like most of the songs on a CD then I'll go ahead and buy the CD
but if not...

Michael 'Dog3 said:

I usually don't download anything with a copyright risk involved but I love
the documentaries and biographies I find. I use UTorrent. Here is an
issue I come up with sometimes that I find irritating. After downloading
and then burning to DVD, the screen on the television is really odd. It's
like a perfect square. Now, I do not have a widescreen on the TV I watch
most television on and I've tweaked the TV settings to no avail. I need a
couple of new TVs but am waiting till after the first of the year. There is
a setting on UTorrent I have not tried. Any ideas?

If you point me to a specific torrent that does this I can look
at it. Usually the format of the recording is outlined in the
torrent details, as well. I don't know what you mean by perfect
square - do you mean a shrunken 1:1 viewing aspect? I usually
use the traditional 4:3 TV's as well, but I do have an HD
Widescreen downstairs (is not hooked up to a DivX-capable
player).

It is most certainly not your BitTorrent client. I use Azureus
because it's so configurable, but that really doesn't matter as
long as the file comes down in tact.

-sw

One time on Usenet said:

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> I finally gave in and started paying for my music...

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Paying for your music by subscribing or buying the CD?

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I buy each song via iTunes, then convert them to mp3. They're usually
about 99 cents each.

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Quoted message said:

I still don't get it.
Do you pay each month to subscribe to iTunes?

Nope. You just buy as many or as few songs as you wish. You
have to download their software, but it's free and fairly stable.
If there is something you want that they don't have, you can ask
for it. So far, they've been very good about filling my requests...

--
Jani in WA