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Bloopity Bloop
Joined: 26 Apr 2009
Location: Seoul yo
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 Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Btw, 40tb is just an arbitrary #... all I know is that I have a s***load of stuff. |
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Informer
Joined: 21 Sep 2006
Location: Bundang
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| Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Bloopity Bloop wrote: |
| Btw, 40tb is just an arbitrary #... all I know is that I have a s***load of stuff. |
Yeah i was thinking thats a ton of data 40tb 
I think it does get crazy at times. I used to want anything i could get my hands on. But that did take long to realize i had a problem.. lol
So now the only thing i download is HD movie and FLAC music. Thats IT!!! |
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jonpurdy
Joined: 08 Jan 2009
Location: Ulsan
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| Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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I've been a pretty steady downloader for almost a decade now and I probably have 40 terabytes or so of books, movies, comics, games, TV shows, and music archived on hard drives and DVDs.
I've been thinking about all the time I waste downloading things, looking for new files, burning data to media, getting ratios up on websites, and all the money I've spent on hard drives, seedboxes (from time to time), and Usenet (when I don't want to bother with all the BS involved with torrent communities), and I'm now beginning to think if it's worth it.
I've probably only read/watched/played/listened to less than a 3 or 4 percent of what I've downloaded. I find that I don't have time to bother with all this digital data outside of acquiring it. The ridiculous notion that I would somehow enjoy all this stuff later on in life is becoming crazier and crazier to me.
Doesn't all this downloading stuff just get tiresome? Maybe I'm just an extreme case, but I sometimes wish I hadn't gotten into this at all. I could have spent that time and money actually improving myself in some way, acquiring new skills, taking classes, making movies, etc.
Ah well, I'm just wondering if anyone here feels the same way. |
Absolutely. I never had anywhere near what you had but through high school and college I was always upgrading hard drives and downloading tons of stuff. But, everything I downloaded I was able to watch. Now, if I don't think I'll watch it again I just delete it. Plus, I don't watch very much new stuff anyway; only The Office and Kenny vs. Spenny.
I'm down to downloading about 1GB per month, plus I've only got about 300GB of media. I've also cut my iTunes library down to about 20GB (including FLAC/ALC material).
I spend my time studying Korean, riding the motorcycle, drinking, etc. instead of downloading. It feels very liberating. |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:01 am Post subject: |
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I'm a freaking packrat when it comes to Data.
I always download TV shows, Anime, and movies with the intent on watching them. I end up not having enough time and they sit on my hard drives. I want to delete them, but I think to myself, "I still want to watch these. Maybe I'll have time soon to get to them."
I got a 1TB drive filled with TV shows, comic book scans, Anime, and movies that I've been "meaning to get to". |
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Informer
Joined: 21 Sep 2006
Location: Bundang
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| Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:25 am Post subject: |
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| pkang0202 wrote: |
I'm a freaking packrat when it comes to Data.
I always download TV shows, Anime, and movies with the intent on watching them. I end up not having enough time and they sit on my hard drives. I want to delete them, but I think to myself, "I still want to watch these. Maybe I'll have time soon to get to them."
I got a 1TB drive filled with TV shows, comic book scans, Anime, and movies that I've been "meaning to get to". |
I have over 10 TB filled!!!  |
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Bloopity Bloop
Joined: 26 Apr 2009
Location: Seoul yo
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| Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 5:36 am Post subject: |
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| pkang0202 wrote: |
I'm a freaking packrat when it comes to Data.
I always download TV shows, Anime, and movies with the intent on watching them. I end up not having enough time and they sit on my hard drives. I want to delete them, but I think to myself, "I still want to watch these. Maybe I'll have time soon to get to them."
I got a 1TB drive filled with TV shows, comic book scans, Anime, and movies that I've been "meaning to get to". |
See, that's exactly how I am.
Well guys, thanks for your honest responses, I guess downloading easily gets out of hand and can deceptively become a top priority. |
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Mr. Pink
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: China
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| Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 6:15 am Post subject: |
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I have over 1000 DVDs burned back in Canada. I think over half of those are Korean Dramas I downloaded and burned for the wife. We watched probably 5 series, so like 30 discs. What a waste of time and money.
I have 3.5TB of stuff here at the house: just video. I'll be buying another 1TB drive in a week or so and replacing a 500GB drive.
I just keep stuff because I never know what I am going to need and when. I really don't have enough time to watch most of what I download, so in the past couple months I've slowed the downloading A LOT. |
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Informer
Joined: 21 Sep 2006
Location: Bundang
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| Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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I have over 1000 DVDs burned back in Canada. I think over half of those are Korean Dramas I downloaded and burned for the wife. We watched probably 5 series, so like 30 discs. What a waste of time and money.
I have 3.5TB of stuff here at the house: just video. I'll be buying another 1TB drive in a week or so and replacing a 500GB drive.
I just keep stuff because I never know what I am going to need and when. I really don't have enough time to watch most of what I download, so in the past couple months I've slowed the downloading A LOT. |
I stopped burning dvds a long time ago.. now i just a new hard drive when needed.. takes up less space and time burning all those dvds. |
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proustme
Joined: 13 Jun 2009
Location: Nowon-gu
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| Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Has anyone considered Drobo backup devices? |
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Informer
Joined: 21 Sep 2006
Location: Bundang
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| Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Has anyone considered Drobo backup devices? |
Yes, but its too expensive and the transfer speeds are also too slow.
Best to go with a TowerRaid (8bay) sata -> esata from SansDigital. Depending on how you want to set it up. If you dont want to use raid then you can max it out at 16TB. of course overtime just buy hard drives when u need them and keep adding. |
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Informer
Joined: 21 Sep 2006
Location: Bundang
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| Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:07 am Post subject: 134 MEGS |
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Ok.. people.. this is real
134 megabytes per second.. no no.. its not mega bits.. its mega bytes. look at the size of the file i am downloading.. its 12 gigs and the approximate completed time next to the speed says 10 minutes. thats as real as it gets.
check out the screenshot!
http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/xx228/informer121/134MBS-qpr.jpg |
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Mr. Pink
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: China
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| Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 5:20 pm Post subject: Re: 134 MEGS |
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Ok.. people.. this is real
134 megabytes per second.. no no.. its not mega bits.. its mega bytes. look at the size of the file i am downloading.. its 12 gigs and the approximate completed time next to the speed says 10 minutes. thats as real as it gets.
check out the screenshot!
http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/xx228/informer121/134MBS-qpr.jpg |
Small b is bits.
Also, you were downloading that to your house. Do you have giga at your home?
Looks like you were maxing out your house line at 10-13MB/s. Still impressive from Korea to a seedbox. |
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Informer
Joined: 21 Sep 2006
Location: Bundang
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| Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 4:35 am Post subject: Re: 134 MEGS |
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Ok.. people.. this is real
134 megabytes per second.. no no.. its not mega bits.. its mega bytes. look at the size of the file i am downloading.. its 12 gigs and the approximate completed time next to the speed says 10 minutes. thats as real as it gets.
check out the screenshot!
http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/xx228/informer121/134MBS-qpr.jpg |
Small b is bits.
Also, you were downloading that to your house. Do you have giga at your home?
Looks like you were maxing out your house line at 10-13MB/s. Still impressive from Korea to a seedbox. |
Ok how about this speed? see pic
http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/xx228/informer121/156gbs-qpr.jpg |
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fusion
Joined: 17 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 7:07 am Post subject: |
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I'm a freaking packrat when it comes to Data.
I always download TV shows, Anime, and movies with the intent on watching them. I end up not having enough time and they sit on my hard drives. I want to delete them, but I think to myself, "I still want to watch these. Maybe I'll have time soon to get to them."
I got a 1TB drive filled with TV shows, comic book scans, Anime, and movies that I've been "meaning to get to". |
See, that's exactly how I am.
Well guys, thanks for your honest responses, I guess downloading easily gets out of hand and can deceptively become a top priority. |
substitute pron for "TV shows, Anime, and movies" and I'm right there with you 
I actually download some movies, shows, etc. that I have absolutely no intent on watching. It's just that it looks like a cool series that perhaps someone else I know would watch, or I enjoyed one movie in a certain genre and think why not just download as many vids in that category as possible. |
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spanky1off
Joined: 21 Aug 2006
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i downlaoded about 1500 dvd quality movies b4 this blu ray hi res stuff came along...after that i thought *beep* it..just download the films i wanna watch. tv i wanna watch and music i really want...no collecting of stuff i think i might want. sure was addictive tho, and if u have time on your hands and this is your hobby why the hell not
i just wonder if apple tv will be as big for hd video/tv on demand as it was for music downlaods on the internet. thats when i think alot of people will question whether the pay off for time spent downloading and cost of storage really is worth it. |
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