Digital Hoarder

[Rawkus]

I Totally agree with pepper hicks about his digitial hoarding. I used to buy shitloads of used cds and dvds and loved getting a good deal. Did BMG and columbia house a few times with all the loopholes but now i have stacks and stacks of burned data dvd's with seasons of shows, concerts, music just about everything. Can this turn into a legit hoarding problem? I wonder how bad pepper is, i think i could give him a run for his money with my collection.

[PapaBear]

If you have to have a special room or storage space for all your terabyte hard drives, then it's probably a problem. Less than that, no big deal.

[StanUpshaw]

I didn't hear the show, but from what you describe, I'm similarly afflicted.

When I was young, I was ridiculously obsessed with sports cards. I'd spend every dime I earned on cards, spent crazy amounts of time organizing them, collating sets, researching prices, etc. For various reasons, the card obsession ended in my mid teens, and that was right at the time when MP3 P2P first started. And so my obsessive digital collection began.

We were on dialup for the longest time, and I ended up monopolizing the phone line, my dad subsequently making me pay for a second line for my internet use. I downloaded whatever I had the bandwidth for. In those days, it was MP3s, comic books and porn pics. I'd spend the overnight hours gradually acquiring South Park and Simpsons episodes. I'd spend $50/month on blank CDs to burn it all.

When I got my hands on college bandwidth, I went hogwild. Every game, movie, TV show, porn, audio book or album I could find I would download and burn. I probably have around 2400 burned DVDs in various boxes, binders, spindles and oatmeal cylinders, most never touched again.

Then several years ago, two things happened. First, a bought a hearty cable connection and second, I discovered Usenet. This has brought about a capability for nearly on-demand access to a nearly comprehensive entertainment library. So that has pretty much quelled my hoarding impulse, and I haven't burned more than a 50 pack of DVDs in the last three years.

There are still a few specific things I feel the need to collect, but I manage to contain them on a half-dozen hard drives that can fit in a shoe box, compared to the closetful of discs I've amassed. I still can't make myself dispose of them. Too many memories.



BTW, all I really download is Linux ISOs. Those other things I mentioned are all bullshit.

[Chigworthy]

I've got rooms and rooms full of severed fingers.





(Just thought we needed to get the standard .net wordplay post out of the way)

[biggestmexi]

If you have to have a special room or storage space for all your terabyte hard drives, then it's probably a problem. Less than that, no big deal.

yeah, my pc.

it has over 4TB in it

[zentraed]

Then several years ago, two things happened. First, a bought a hearty cable connection and second, I discovered Usenet. This has brought about a capability for nearly on-demand access to a nearly comprehensive entertainment library. So that has pretty much quelled my hoarding impulse, and I haven't burned more than a 50 pack of DVDs in the last three years.

I've been on Usenet since the mid-90s. Finally got out of the burning habit since Giganews has such an insane retention level now. Never enough hard drive space.

[Philly Franko]

Whats usenet and what does it cost....I love collecting and have 8 track tapes and a Pioneer home 8 Track Player that still works...Cassete tapes ...albums in mint condition 45,s some 78,s ...CDs MP3 Players...Latest is a Zune 120 GB holds about 30,000 songs....I got 40,000+ songs on computer and more tha 20.000 on an external hard drive Yet I want more...How can I download XM 202 shows to archive and share with others...how do I download movies etc...do I need Torent software or a pay site ? Thanks if you can help...You know that you are an old stoner if you have David Gilmour on 8=Track Tape...cassete Tape...Album...CD and on my MP3 player and they all still work/play....

[zentraed]

The essentials:

Giganews subscription (http://www.giganews.com)
sabnzbd to download files (http://sabnzbd.org/)
Free Search at binsearch.info (http://www.binsearch.info/)
O&A group has shows (http://www.binsearch.info/browse.php?server=2&bg=alt.binaries.opie-and-anthony)

I also use nzbmatrix (http://www.nzbmatrix.com). There's a one-time fee, but it's great for tv and movies.

Install sabnzbd, get a giganews free trial, make some nzb files at binsearch, and start downloading.