pigeon Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 If you want to avoid getting caught downloading stuff you need to get a Usenet account with SSL from Astraweb. It's impossible to see what your downloading because the connection is encrypted and you don't have to share. Thanks, I have signed up for the astraweb account and i got lucky they have an offer on for just $11 available here www.astraweb.com. :two_thumbs_up::two_thumbs_up: Worth it for peace of mind!
maggot_brain Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 Thanks' date=' I have signed up for the astraweb account and i got lucky they have an offer on for just $11 available here www.astraweb.com. :two_thumbs_up::two_thumbs_up: Worth it for peace of mind! I got the $11 offer too, it's really good. Works out about £7 a month for me. And you don't have to share, you can just download at full speed all the time! I'd register with nzbmatrix if I were you. To get VIP status and access all the nzbs you only have to pay a one-off fee of $10, but it's worth it.
Texy Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 I recently brought a new HP laptop. The installed version of Microsoft Office is only trial and unless I buy the full version, I wont be able to use Excel, Word etc I thought about downloading the 2007 Microsoft Office from pirate bay, but not so sure now don't give your money to microsoft... i got my office from pb....have no prob so far... after u dload...if it asks "do you want to update" just cancel that... that way it won't report to microsoft.
maggot_brain Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 don't give your money to microsoft... i got my office from pb....have no prob so far... after u dload...if it asks "do you want to update" just cancel that... that way it won't report to microsoft. I very rarely pirate software cos there's so much good free/open source stuff about. Why don't you just download OpenOffice.org instead of using Microsoft crap?
flamy Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 Thanks' date=' I have signed up for the astraweb account and i got lucky they have an offer on for just $11 available here www.astraweb.com. :two_thumbs_up::two_thumbs_up: Worth it for peace of mind! astraweb :reddy: GigaNews is where it's at
Texy Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 I very rarely pirate software cos there's so much good free/open source stuff about. Why don't you just download OpenOffice.org instead of using Microsoft crap? actually open office word sux compared to the new office word. It is miles apart.
pigeon Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 astraweb :reddy: GigaNews is where it's at I was tempted by giganews actually i gave the free trial a go but i find giganews has a nice fancy website and lots of extras that you never use after the first week. Get the astraweb discount package for $11 and you save like $19 from the giganews max package. I don't see any difference except the price!
maggot_brain Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 I was tempted by giganews actually i gave the free trial a go but i find giganews has a nice fancy website and lots of extras that you never use after the first week. Get the astraweb discount package for $11 and you save like $19 from the giganews max package. I don't see any difference except the price! Yes, Giganews can't compete now. For a $11 with Astraweb you get 20 connections AND ssl. Also Astraweb are going to increase their retention to 365 days too. Giganews is screwed, I used to be with them, but they're too expensive you have to pay $30 to get the same features as Astraweb.
Lurker Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 It would be fun to watch these very individuals who current engage in rampant plagiarism and copyright infringement when the day arrives when the skills these individuals bring to the work place or services they render are available over the internet through the very torrents they feast upon today. This is happening already, if you have not noticed :winky: In my current assignment I am working with a client whose employees do not have good knowledge of the software. Instead of doing it the right way (train-spend time-understand the tool etc), they are jumping online at the first drop of hat and pull out solution from some forums. Sometimes it works, sometimes it does not. But what is becoming an issue is do you need 10 solid technical people to get solutions? Or do you need 5 and you can glean the rest from Internet? xxx
pigeon Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 This is happening already, if you have not noticed :winky: In my current assignment I am working with a client whose employees do not have good knowledge of the software. Instead of doing it the right way (train-spend time-understand the tool etc), they are jumping online at the first drop of hat and pull out solution from some forums. Sometimes it works, sometimes it does not. But what is becoming an issue is do you need 10 solid technical people to get solutions? Or do you need 5 and you can glean the rest from Internet? xxx or just the one who can glean at a professional level! :shakehands:
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