Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!honnetnews!news.gw.fukushima-u.ac.jp!news.tains.tohoku.ac.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: "Elbow" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Bittorent thingie... Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 00:50:50 +0900 Lines: 33 Message-ID: <2klej4F3n4o8U1@uni-berlin.de> References: <2kis8aF2sglqU1@uni-berlin.de> X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de reVIGDAYiWc4LkCKkUgQWAfJA02rLs8butZhAZtaYIk+/eRmT6 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:15113 "Haluk Skywalker" wrote in message news:2kis8aF2sglqU1@uni-berlin.de... > In my part of the world bittorent is not as much popular (frankly it is > unheard of). So I get by using Kazaa to dl southpark episodes and other > stuff. But I can't find much Japanese TV programs etc in Kazaa network. > > I googled for bittorent (I heard it here) and the first site I found > (www.bittorent.com) had some suspicious links (you know the kind that fires > up a security message and asks whether you trust the stuff from Mainpean - > GmbH). Now I don't trust anything German since WWI so I click no and > obviously nothing happens.. > > What is the safe way of getting bittorent software? Is it some sort of > subscription service or a free network? Do you recommend it? Or do you have > anything else to recommend? > > I have permanent connection to net (256Kbps ADSL) and I'm looking for > Japanese TV dramas etc. in particular. > > I use TorrentStorm, its pretty good for handling multiply files, it doesnt open every torrent in a new window (which is a pain in the friggin arse). www.uknova.com has some fantastic Brit TV downloads.