IRC!

[NeVeRLiFt]

Finally - and this will anger the kiddies - IRC requires some intelligence and responsibility to operate. You have to do things technically right, and you can't act like a jerk or you will be banned. (All the users on my ISP were kicked off some networks a year ago, because the ISP was reluctant to find and discipline some infantile virus spreader. We were allowed back when the ISP did its job.) Even sending out a pile of text to someone (called "flooding") can get you kicked off because that's a hacker technique. In other words, you can't act like a jerk on IRC for very long. The opposite seems to be true on the file sharing networks.

Learn how to spoof your IP, Proxies and Wingates.... you can get on any Network and into any channel.

[MagmaManno]

I use Kazaa Lite (No spyware)...very solid little program...look for the LARGE files...600+ MEGS. All the movies I have downloaded have been great quality.

Magma

[MikeS]

"Learn how to spoof your IP, Proxies and Wingates.... you can get on any Network and into any channel."


Yup Somebody who was an op in my channel showed me how to get the key to a private chat room. The keys on dalnet aren't really that secure. So you can find out all sorts of useful info by joining the op only channels. Dump sites, ftp login etc

[cobolt]

when you try to join a specific channel on IRC and they ask for a specific nickname...where do you go to obtain that nickname?

thanks for any advice

[wee haggis]

I don't know a whole lot about IRC,but it seems to me that if you have to download the equivalent of 4 cd's to get LOTR then the cost savings are not so great (I'm asuming that most would use quality media).
Not just the CD blanks cost but the wear and tear on your burner,electricity etc.I know it might sound penny-ante and cheap but do most of the IRC Videophiles do this because its a hobby?
or
Because they don't want to spend the money at the movies or video store?

(personally I do it for both reasons.....but I take the 2 cd XVCD route and boy,do I get some fabulous results!)

[budgirl357]

I know it will take a while, but that/'s what I am shooting for! I know I have got alot to learn, but hell, I spend most of my time in front of my computer anyway, I might as well get thje most out of it. These Centropys and Video Vaults and Video Vans (and the rest of them) got it going on! Many props to you all!

Peace,
budgirl357

[tomreedtoon]

when you try to join a specific channel on IRC and they ask for a specific nickname...where do you go to obtain that nickname? :o

If you register mIRC (PLEASE pay the small price for the program, the poor guy's a starving foreigner and he's a hero for making this program!) you can set your standard "nick" and an alternative.

Then use your web browser and go to http://www.dal.net and follow the link for "nickserv". Basically, you register your nickname with a password, and confirm your identity by answering an e-mail sent to you. This makes sure no one can go on DALnet and use your nick.

When you go on DALnet, you have to sent them a message with your password. It's on the "status" screen. When it's sent, you're identified. Some channels, I believe #scifi is one, won't let you on without a registered nick.

There may also be channels that are "members only." You have to find the members somewhere else, and beg and ask real nice for permission to enter. Some of these folks don't let just anyone in; you might have to contribute your own movie file or other item to get access. I don't deal with this, 'cause I don't have time to hack passwords to programs or sit in movie theatres with a camcorder to copy the latest movies.

By the way, for those of you who were asking me to "train" them on using IRC, you can get a lot of data just by searching on Yahoo for "IRC help" and then messing with the program a while.