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:
85.17.40.69 tracker.oink.me.uk 85.17.40.70 irc.oink.me.uk 85.17.40.71 oink.me.uk
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
So where are we getting our music from now then? I've not gotta go back to fucking Soulseek have I?
― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 12:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Bah. Record companies should PAY these guys for promoting new music way more than most of their own promotional departments.
But no, they still stand by their old "prerelease music is teh evil" - guys, shutting down this one site is only going to help temporarily, because it doesn't address the underlying problem.
― StanM, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 12:16 (sixteen years ago) link
;_; ;_; ;_; ;_; ;_; ;_; ;_; ;_; ;_; ;_; ;_; ;_; ;_; ;_; ;_;
― jhøshea, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 12:22 (sixteen years ago) link
o where are we getting our music from now then? I've not gotta go back to fucking Soulseek have I?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/tx/media/pa_hmv_front_203.jpg
― roffle roffle, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 12:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Both Oink and the IFPI are idiots.
― caek, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 12:27 (sixteen years ago) link
fuck where am i going to get leopard from. d3m0n01d next?
― cutty, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 12:47 (sixteen years ago) link
I am seriously gutted about TVLinks.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 12:48 (sixteen years ago) link
You'll be able to get Leopard from Pirate Bay if you're not on any of the invite-only Mac trackers.
― caek, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 12:55 (sixteen years ago) link
"first they came for belly button ring, and i said nothing..."
― ^@^, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 12:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Have there been any cases yet where authorities have gone after bittorrent seeders, as well as site operators?
― Alba, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 12:56 (sixteen years ago) link
http://blog.orgday.org/wp-content/images/misc/oink_sm.jpg
Hey there Pink Palace I know times are getting hard But just believe me, girl Someday I'll pay the bills with this guitar We'll have it good We'll have the life we knew we would My word is good
Hey there Pink Palace I've got so much left to say If every simple song I wrote to you Would take your breath away I'd write it all Even more in love with me you'd fall We'd have it all
Oh it's what you do to me Oh it's what you do to me Oh it's what you do to me Oh it's what you do to me What you do to me
― Confounded, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 13:00 (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