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Re: mrs. johnson and Choson by Zsenicorpse 08/17/2006, 12:32am PDT
Choson wrote:

The irony is that I've used soulseek exactly three times this year and kind of think it sucks now. Oink is currently my main music destination, but it helps that I don't have to worry about dumb ratio ideas and I don't attempt to post on forums that are stupid (or in general). I also disagree with Ray's belief that the multi-album torrents edict is bad, even while I got my giant ratio from seeding those, but that may be due to a difference between our downloading styles. For all the "complete" discographies I got from Oink, I probably could have gotten the same effect by doing some research and just downloading a few key albums. But of course, Ray's nuclear fallout-resistant RAID-6 setup versus my Maxtor hard drive in a $15 enclosure is a good indication of the difference in our collecting habits.


There are some things I got that I could not - and indeed would not - have gotten without Giant Torrent Love. Like the 5 GB Ayumi Hamasaki album/single torrent that lived on theppn, or the Ronnie James Dio discog at Demonoid, or things like the 15-CD History Of House Music. But the discogs I'm looking for? Hey, Demonoid probably has them now. Or Pirate Bay does.

My bread and butter is the arcane, elderly, and international at this point, however, and I don't know what they're pitching up on Oink these days but I'm guessing things like the two Ennio Morricone/Chico Buarque albums are not among the current selections, and neither are Hungarian prog, Amr Diab mashups, or Gae Bolg. But those things DO live on Soulseek and I am happy to run into them all accidentally and spuriously. I also like how Soulseek is good about humoring my "let me see a bunch of stuff similar to this" browsing habits by neatly organizing groups of albums and songs by "personalities". Also good: impulsive song grabs. Like when I HAD to have SOS Band's "Do It Now (Do It Right)" - it was maybe 15 minutes from inception of crazy desire to acquisition of desired item, including boot-up time.
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thepokerbay.org by Ray of Light 07/03/2006, 3:23am PDT NEW
    Why in fuck's name would card players need their own torrent site? NT by Souffle of Pain 07/03/2006, 6:18am PDT NEW
        Re: Why in fuck's name would card players need their own torrent site? by Ray of Light 07/03/2006, 7:00am PDT NEW
    UPDATE: infested with fags by Ray of Light 08/15/2006, 10:57am PDT NEW
        So it's like oink then. NT by Creexul :( 08/15/2006, 3:08pm PDT NEW
            I was going to say "worse :(" by Ray of Light 08/15/2006, 7:02pm PDT NEW
                It's not like a torrent site can stop crappy things without a rule overhaul! by Worm 08/15/2006, 7:42pm PDT NEW
                    A preview of oink's next deleted post by Ray of Light 08/15/2006, 9:13pm PDT NEW
                        here's a gem of a reply by Ray of Light 08/15/2006, 9:30pm PDT NEW
                            So, does your invite tree get purged if you get banned? by Worm 08/15/2006, 10:38pm PDT NEW
                                I was counting on you to reinvite me NT by Ray of Light 08/15/2006, 11:25pm PDT NEW
                                    Oink Underground by Worm 08/16/2006, 12:27am PDT NEW
                                        I once had a big argument with someone around here about how Oink by Zsenicorpse 08/16/2006, 1:47am PDT NEW
                                            mrs. johnson and Choson NT by Fussbett 08/16/2006, 1:57am PDT NEW
                                                Re: mrs. johnson and Choson by Choson 08/16/2006, 8:38am PDT NEW
                                                    Adventures in Soulseek by Johnny Merzbow 08/17/2006, 12:31am PDT NEW
                                                    Re: mrs. johnson and Choson by Zsenicorpse 08/17/2006, 12:32am PDT NEW
                                                        Re: mrs. johnson and Choson by Choson 08/17/2006, 9:04am PDT NEW
                                                            Oink is now my last resort by The Happiness Engine 08/17/2006, 11:29pm PDT NEW
                                                                Re: Oink is now my last resort by Choson 08/18/2006, 1:55am PDT NEW
                                        Thread status: tiring to moderators by Ray of Light 08/16/2006, 10:55pm PDT NEW
                                            log by Ray of Light 08/17/2006, 12:55am PDT NEW
                                                YOU WALLOWED BACK TO YOUR UNMODERATED FORUM TO POST THIS by Creexul :( 08/17/2006, 2:50am PDT NEW
                                                    Hm I meant presence. THIS MISTAKE WOULD NOT BE MADE ON A MODERATED WEBSITE FORUM NT by Creexul :( 08/17/2006, 3:17am PDT NEW
                                                THREAD LOCKED by Fussbett 08/17/2006, 8:47pm PDT NEW
                                                how many minutes until lock? by The Happiness Engine 08/17/2006, 11:42pm PDT NEW
                                                    I posted this YESTERDAY by Ray of Light 08/17/2006, 11:50pm PDT NEW
 
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