2007-06-29 - DNS Problems
We apologize for the continuing DNS problems. You can get around this by adding our hostnames directly to your hosts file. Add the following lines to your \windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file (the number of spaces between the IP and the name doesn't matter as long as there's at least one space (or tab):
85.17.40.69 tracker.oink.me.uk 85.17.40.70 irc.oink.me.uk 85.17.40.71 oink.me.uk
― gr8080, Friday, 29 June 2007 20:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Do you pick your nose?
No
Yes, but only in private
Yes, in public
Blank Vote (a.k.a. "I just want to see the results")
― gr8080, Friday, 29 June 2007 20:22 (sixteen years ago) link
I had to do that fix last month. Been working fine ever since. Not that I really use it much.
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Friday, 29 June 2007 20:24 (sixteen years ago) link
and i finally figured out how to be "clever" :(
― The Macallan 18 Year, Friday, 29 June 2007 20:28 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah, what the fuck does "clever" mean?
― funny farm, Friday, 29 June 2007 20:41 (sixteen years ago) link
cool. thanks for that, gr8080.
― funny farm, Friday, 29 June 2007 20:48 (sixteen years ago) link
i would also like to know what the fuck "clever" means
― later arpeggiator, Friday, 29 June 2007 22:47 (sixteen years ago) link
"Clever" means your router port is open. If it's closed, you can connect to the main seeder, but can't share with others (or something like that). Open ports means higher sharing ratio in the long run.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 29 June 2007 22:53 (sixteen years ago) link
ah, that explains that. i thought it had something to do with having a port open, but i'd just never heard it referred to as "clever." not that i would know.
― later arpeggiator, Friday, 29 June 2007 23:57 (sixteen years ago) link
oh...so i guess i've been clever right from the start.
― funny farm, Saturday, 30 June 2007 00:06 (sixteen years ago) link
what if you're using a mac?
― Z S, Saturday, 30 June 2007 03:16 (sixteen years ago) link
ah, I was finally able to get back on the site, and saw this in the forums:
"Temporary fix for Mac OS X, it requires some work in the Terminal. You need the admin password for your system for this. Make sure to enter all commands in bold correctly with the proper spaces and capitalization.
1. Open "Terminal" from your Applications / Utilities directory.
2. Type cd /private/etc and hit enter.
3. Time to edit the hosts file, we will use VIM for it, which is a text editor for the console. You also need root privileges to edit the file because it is read only for normal users. Type sudo vim hosts and hit enter. You will be asked for your admin password, enter it and hit enter, then VIM pops up.
4. You will see the content of the hosts file, first few lines are comments with # in the front, then 3 entries, do NOT touch these. Navigate to the last line with your cursor keys and then to the right till the cursor is behind the localhost entry
5. Now you need VIM to go into edit mode, do this by hitting i
6. VIM is in insert mode now, hit enter for a new line and type 85.17.40.69 tracker.oink.me.uk
If you want you can add the following lines too, in case you encounter trouble with IRC or the website. Hit enter after each line for a new one 85.17.40.71 oink.me.uk 85.17.40.70 irc.oink.me.uk
7. Time to leave edit mode now, do so by hitting the escape key.
8. Back in viewing mode, now you need to save the file. You can do this by typing :w and hitting enter, VIM will tell you something like "hosts (number of lines) written".
9. Now you need to exit VIM. Type :q and hit enter, you will be back at the terminal.
10. Almost done, now you need to tell the OS to use the content of the new hosts file. Type sudo niload -v -m hosts . < /etc/hosts and hit enter. You will be asked for the admin password again, after that the hosts file will be parsed.
11. You're done, exit the terminal by typing exit and hit enter. Close the window.
Edit: To remove them again - follow the same steps, in step 6 delete the 3 added lines, then save the file, quit the editor. You can then either run step 10 or wait until your next reboot."
― Z S, Saturday, 30 June 2007 03:17 (sixteen years ago) link
After step 3, I get "(my acct name)is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported."
Anyone know wtf?!
― Saxby D. Elder, Saturday, 30 June 2007 15:34 (sixteen years ago) link
You have been banned from OiNK 30 days. You will be able to complete step three at the end of those 30 days.
― Oink Administrator, Saturday, 30 June 2007 20:16 (sixteen years ago) link
If you aren't an administrator on yr Mac, you will be unable to sudo. Open System Preferences -> Accounts, and make sure that "Allow user to administer this computer" is checked under yr account.
― libcrypt, Saturday, 30 June 2007 20:52 (sixteen years ago) link
The latter of these two comments was helpful. Thanks! (the first I suspect to be an amusing little jokelet).
― Saxby D. Elder, Saturday, 30 June 2007 21:28 (sixteen years ago) link
new steely dan leaked
― whatever, Saturday, 30 June 2007 21:31 (sixteen years ago) link
oh, also, if you've never saved something in your HOSTS file, all you need to do is open it with Notepad, paste the:
in there somewhere and save it.
― gr8080, Sunday, 1 July 2007 02:05 (sixteen years ago) link
hahah is that all.
internet conniption averted.
― Confounded, Sunday, 1 July 2007 02:40 (sixteen years ago) link
i just leaked
― whatever, Sunday, 1 July 2007 21:40 (sixteen years ago) link
just stopped working for me again, even with the host file info.
― gr8080, Monday, 2 July 2007 01:46 (sixteen years ago) link
same here
― later arpeggiator, Monday, 2 July 2007 01:49 (sixteen years ago) link
ditto
― jim, Monday, 2 July 2007 01:50 (sixteen years ago) link
I was kicked off for bad ratio. I got a new account, because it's so much easier (and there's so much more) than soulseek. It's tough keeping up a ratio though, because I very rarely have stuff with a good enough bitrate that isn't already uploaded. Although when my account went down, some rare Intersystems stuff left and the entire Oink community was the worse for it.
― filthy dylan, Monday, 2 July 2007 06:14 (sixteen years ago) link
(and there's so much more) than soulseek
haha no
― ☪, Monday, 2 July 2007 11:49 (sixteen years ago) link
you don't have to upload new "stuff" to get keep your ratio up
― cutty, Monday, 2 July 2007 12:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Anyone know what's going on with Oink this weekend? I get the message "oink.me.uk could not be found. Please check the name and try again" Is that the above mentioned "DSN" problem or something else entirely? Hope it comes back soon!
― pacifikix, Monday, 2 July 2007 14:46 (sixteen years ago) link
to everything you said: NO
― The Macallan 18 Year, Monday, 2 July 2007 14:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Is that the above mentioned "DSN" problem or something else entirely?
It's the DNS issue. Do what it says upthread and it should work fine - or at least, it did me.
― The Wayward Johnny B, Monday, 2 July 2007 15:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Thanks Wayward Johnny B! I also just read this: http://torrentfreak.com/oink-is-alive-learn-how-to-access/ and that had some insight into the problem as well. Cheers.
― pacifikix, Monday, 2 July 2007 15:46 (sixteen years ago) link
new domain: oink.cd
― pinder, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 06:49 (sixteen years ago) link
New domain, and make sure to re-download your old torrents from the new site.
― musically, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 06:59 (sixteen years ago) link
They got raided last night, I am hearing on the radio. :/
― Alba, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 09:35 (sixteen years ago) link
where were the servers located? the uk?
― lucas pine, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 09:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Yep.
― Alba, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 10:00 (sixteen years ago) link
So can oink users be sued or anything now they have access to email addresses and shit?
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 10:05 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/display.var.1779471.0.police_swoop_to_close_down_illegal_website.php
― Alba, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 10:23 (sixteen years ago) link
So, servers in Netherlands, rather.
― Alba, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 10:24 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/20071023.html
― caek, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 10:41 (sixteen years ago) link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/7057812.stm
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 10:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Can they go after people for just being members of the site?
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 10:59 (sixteen years ago) link
So what kind of oink googlers are we going to get in future, then?
― Pashmina, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 11:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Oink RIP I guess
― Snowballing, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 11:05 (sixteen years ago) link
invite?
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 11:08 (sixteen years ago) link
TV Links got busted yesterday as well.
― Neil S, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 11:22 (sixteen years ago) link
;__;
― Noodle Vague, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 11:24 (sixteen years ago) link
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/3454/cryingeagle8oqil3.jpg
― Noodle Vague, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 11:36 (sixteen years ago) link
http://image.blingee.com/images14/content/output/2007/10/23/251737193_4b375d33.gif
― roffle roffle, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 11:52 (sixteen years ago) link
OMG!
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/10_01/NetPedoR_468x331.jpg
― StanM, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 11:55 (sixteen years ago) link
No, that's not of itself an offense anywhere I understand copyright law. But presumably most of the people who were members were also illegally violating copyright (boo! hiss!) Who knows what kind of logs they've got from the server in Amsterdam.
― caek, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 12:07 (sixteen years ago) link
there was never anything, no matter how obscure, that I couldn't find there
this was quite far from my experience and i don't think my tastes are particularly obscure.
― jed_, Thursday, 1 November 2007 21:50 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah, that's def an overstatement, but doesn't change the fact that it dwarfed the selection of any record shop, online or not
and the request system did work well enough for records not on the tracker, i had a new request filled about once or twice a week on average. interesting too, because the request system didn't run based on incentive like the ratio system
― lucas pine, Thursday, 1 November 2007 22:14 (sixteen years ago) link
Hmm ... I'm fairly sure Amazon offered a far bigger catalogue overall, even if OINK was more focussed on things I might want.
― Alba, Thursday, 1 November 2007 23:10 (sixteen years ago) link
oh you're right, i misspoke
― lucas pine, Thursday, 1 November 2007 23:16 (sixteen years ago) link
There was about 215000 torrents on oink, I think.
― saudade, Friday, 2 November 2007 03:10 (sixteen years ago) link
mmmmmmmm waffles
― czn, Saturday, 3 November 2007 23:19 (sixteen years ago) link
There's a RIAA message on what.cd after you login, apparently.
― StanM, Friday, 9 November 2007 09:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh, and demonoid is gone.
― StanM, Friday, 9 November 2007 09:56 (sixteen years ago) link
that riaa message on what was a hack. They've been getting haxxored all day.
― saudade, Friday, 9 November 2007 22:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Prince to sue The Pirate Bay http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9814504-7.html?tag=nefd.blgs
― StanM, Saturday, 10 November 2007 18:51 (sixteen years ago) link
yes, waffles ftw.
― alexei, Sunday, 11 November 2007 02:49 (sixteen years ago) link
mmm i used to have an oink account, and i mailed waffles about it, with some proof included. never heard anything back from them. is it up and running?
― Menido, Sunday, 11 November 2007 18:06 (sixteen years ago) link
you may want to check the waffles invites thread on I Rate Everything. just search ilx 'waffles invites'
― jergïns, Sunday, 11 November 2007 20:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Dear registered user of the site What.cd,
We have recently been investigating the activities of the users of the site http://www.what.cd/ and we have found that this site exists for the sole purpose of music piracy.
Pirating music is a criminal offence and we believe it should be obvious to you that the results outweigh the benefits - hard working artists won't be rewarded for their work and will stop producing music, ultimately leading to a severely reduced selection of music both in the shops and for download.
The RIAA had hoped that the disabling by the police of the large illegal music site, Oink.cd, would stop a lot of people from engaging in piracy, as they don't want to be seen as criminals. However, this appears to not be the case, as two large new sites have sprung up in its place.
This email is the final warning to all of you who were members of Oink.cd and are current members of What.cd. If we find you to be committing any more criminal acts of piracy then we will have to press charges against you, as representatives of the major record companies of America.
Yours Faithfully,
The RIAA
― antexit, Monday, 12 November 2007 14:21 (sixteen years ago) link
That e-mail is fake as the day is long. They've been getting hacked by a 14 yr old kid who spoofed the e-mail to say r1aa.org (by the way, the real r1aa's domain is registered as a .com) and what.cd members should change their e-mails, passwords and passkeys.
― saudade, Monday, 12 November 2007 17:45 (sixteen years ago) link
days are actually really short now
― s1ocki, Monday, 12 November 2007 17:47 (sixteen years ago) link
So it's fake in the Northern Hemisphere, you're telling us?
― StanM, Monday, 12 November 2007 17:48 (sixteen years ago) link
I knew someone would say that days are short now!
But yes, the e-mails are very very fake. since when is the r1aa "faithfully yours"? They are not faithful.
― saudade, Monday, 12 November 2007 17:52 (sixteen years ago) link
#9747 by (orphaned) at 2007-10-29 23:56:47 GMT BS. Theres no way 8 songs is 28mb.
This is no doubt a transcode.
God I miss OiNK...
#9751 by (orphaned) at 2007-10-30 00:05:43 GMT I downloaded the first file, it shows up as 128k.
THIS IS A PIECE OF SHIT AND I CAN'T EVEN REPORT IT.
THIS TORRENT SUCKS DICK AND SO DOES THIS SITE.
#14546 by SevenTwo (n00b) at 2007-11-14 01:18:18 GMT Ah man...bad quality..
#17263 by IloveRedBull (n00b) at 2007-11-23 14:36:53 GMT terrrrriiibbblleee quality...
#20843 by twostoned (Power User) at 2007-12-11 00:25:00 GMT RIP OiNK 28/09/07
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 18 December 2007 07:03 (sixteen years ago) link
haha where is that from
― maura, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 14:19 (sixteen years ago) link
comments from a torrent on stmusic.0rg
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 18 December 2007 17:39 (sixteen years ago) link
what.cd is sweet
― jhøshea, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 17:43 (sixteen years ago) link
really?? stmusic is kinda sucky.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 18 December 2007 17:46 (sixteen years ago) link
yah its just like oink only not quite as big yet
― jhøshea, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 17:50 (sixteen years ago) link
(invite?) (lol asking for torrent invite on ilx)
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 18 December 2007 17:52 (sixteen years ago) link
i dont have any yet - but i did get mine by begging on torrent site message boards
― jhøshea, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 20:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Still building their case:
http://torrentfreak.com/oink-bail-extend-080204/
― StanM, Monday, 4 February 2008 19:25 (sixteen years ago) link
ugh... would it really kill these people to buy a fucking cd/record every now and then?
― winston, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 02:42 (sixteen years ago) link
the thing is, they want every cd/record. kind of expensive for most OCD music "fans"
― elan, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 03:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Starting to arrest seeders
http://torrentfreak.com/british-police-confirm-oink-arrests-080602/
― StanM, Monday, 2 June 2008 17:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Watch out, Trent R.!
wowz
― jhøshea, Monday, 2 June 2008 17:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Blimey.
― Pashmina, Monday, 2 June 2008 17:15 (fifteen years ago) link
uhhhhhh
― J0rdan S., Monday, 2 June 2008 22:55 (fifteen years ago) link
lol oink probs, oink, like a pig, like swine flu, oink.
― FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 09:33 (fourteen years ago) link
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/1981/295wfu95001351ym0.gif
― Gerard (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 10:46 (fourteen years ago) link
No OINK Probs.
Music file-sharer 'Oink' cleared of fraud
― Alba, Friday, 15 January 2010 17:31 (fourteen years ago) link