Let me get this straight. This is not an article from some research or study. Just some thing I ended up thinking yesterday.
I came across lots of threads of TE where people ask questions to solutions for setting up download rigs for downloading 24/7 nonstop. If you go through sections like Buying advice, Networking, Internet or Broadband, there would be some threads related to download rig or router for download or nas for home server with download capability or best connection for downloading etc. You get the drift.
And lots of people have mentioned that they own terabytes of data, backed up on two separate disks, have high speed connections downloading stuff like there's no tomorrow in sight. To top it, some enterprising souls have managed to use their poor mobiles as a downloading device.
I'm guilty too, having a standalone download device for my download needs. Who is a chronic downloader?
Answer these questions truthfully and you will find out if you are addicted to downloading stuff.
01 - You feel the need to download something if you see your torrent client list empty and just sitting idle.
02 - You search google for things to download because its the month end and you haven't used up your monthly data quota.
03 - You have a separate download rig. In case of its failure, you can download from your main rig or from your router too.
04 - You frequently buy > 1TB hard disks and end up complaining about space after around 6-7 months.
05 - You have more hard disks than your neighbours or their neighbours or anyone known to you in your apartment building or among your relatives.
06 - You dont delete stuff which you have seen and probably will never see in the near future. You have kept it because you forgot about it or in the hope of watching it in the coming years.
07 - You have plans for a media/data storage device in your house for streaming data to all devices.
08 - You are in search of a faster and cheaper connection since your download list is quite long and has more than 100 files in queue.
09 - You have more than one UL/ Limited high speed internet connection to your home.
10 - You spend hours on IMDB or other sites searching for a good tv/movie to watch. Then you head on to the usual sites to search and download their hi definition rips.
11 - Your very old stuff which you downloaded years ago in avi format was released in bluray recently and you put it in your download queue.
12 - You have watched more television programs than anyone else or heard more music than anyone else.
13 - You have loads of pr-- hidden in your drive. You see a new face and you start a search on google for those image sets.
14 - You are an anime/ manga/ all things japan fan. You know what OVA/OAV or AV/IV etc mean.
15 - Your friends always ask you what you keep downloading/ cant understand why you keep downloading/ stare at you in wonder when they know how much terabytes of space you have or come to you for copying stuff.
16 - You download more than 100GB data a month even with a 256k connection.
17 - You hate your ISP for their FUP limits. FUP limits according to you should be 500GB a month.
18 - You have an annual subscription to one or more filesharing sites.
19 - You have all the latest programs installed on your computer.
20 - You download stuff because there's vacant space lying unused on your hdd.
21 - You feel depressed when you don't have anything new to watch in your media player. The normal stuff on tv is not worth seeing.
22 - So what if I download too much? Mind your own business.
So how much did you tick from this list? 15 or more and you know what? - you're addicted to downloading.
Damn, I'm addicted. :|
Btw, the poll is private and even I wont know who voted what.
So do it truthfully.
I came across lots of threads of TE where people ask questions to solutions for setting up download rigs for downloading 24/7 nonstop. If you go through sections like Buying advice, Networking, Internet or Broadband, there would be some threads related to download rig or router for download or nas for home server with download capability or best connection for downloading etc. You get the drift.
And lots of people have mentioned that they own terabytes of data, backed up on two separate disks, have high speed connections downloading stuff like there's no tomorrow in sight. To top it, some enterprising souls have managed to use their poor mobiles as a downloading device.
I'm guilty too, having a standalone download device for my download needs. Who is a chronic downloader?
Answer these questions truthfully and you will find out if you are addicted to downloading stuff.
01 - You feel the need to download something if you see your torrent client list empty and just sitting idle.
02 - You search google for things to download because its the month end and you haven't used up your monthly data quota.
03 - You have a separate download rig. In case of its failure, you can download from your main rig or from your router too.
04 - You frequently buy > 1TB hard disks and end up complaining about space after around 6-7 months.
05 - You have more hard disks than your neighbours or their neighbours or anyone known to you in your apartment building or among your relatives.
06 - You dont delete stuff which you have seen and probably will never see in the near future. You have kept it because you forgot about it or in the hope of watching it in the coming years.
07 - You have plans for a media/data storage device in your house for streaming data to all devices.
08 - You are in search of a faster and cheaper connection since your download list is quite long and has more than 100 files in queue.
09 - You have more than one UL/ Limited high speed internet connection to your home.
10 - You spend hours on IMDB or other sites searching for a good tv/movie to watch. Then you head on to the usual sites to search and download their hi definition rips.
11 - Your very old stuff which you downloaded years ago in avi format was released in bluray recently and you put it in your download queue.
12 - You have watched more television programs than anyone else or heard more music than anyone else.
13 - You have loads of pr-- hidden in your drive. You see a new face and you start a search on google for those image sets.
14 - You are an anime/ manga/ all things japan fan. You know what OVA/OAV or AV/IV etc mean.
15 - Your friends always ask you what you keep downloading/ cant understand why you keep downloading/ stare at you in wonder when they know how much terabytes of space you have or come to you for copying stuff.
16 - You download more than 100GB data a month even with a 256k connection.
17 - You hate your ISP for their FUP limits. FUP limits according to you should be 500GB a month.
18 - You have an annual subscription to one or more filesharing sites.
19 - You have all the latest programs installed on your computer.
20 - You download stuff because there's vacant space lying unused on your hdd.
21 - You feel depressed when you don't have anything new to watch in your media player. The normal stuff on tv is not worth seeing.
22 - So what if I download too much? Mind your own business.
So how much did you tick from this list? 15 or more and you know what? - you're addicted to downloading.
Damn, I'm addicted. :|
Btw, the poll is private and even I wont know who voted what.
So do it truthfully.
h34r:].
