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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
These papers are in the public domain (copyrights expired), and should be downloaded by all.
<a
href="magnet:?xt=urn:btih:577d58aa66beaceb71518ec417ab3764965024a9&dn=Papers+from+Philosophical+Transactions+of+the+Royal+Society%2C+fro&tr=ud
p%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3A80&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.publicbt.com%3A80&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.istole.it%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2F
tracker.ccc.de%3A80&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fopen.demonii.com%3A1337" target="_blank">Direct torrent magnet link.</a> <img
src="../scipics/_ext.png" /> | Quote: | This archive contains 18,592 scientific publications totaling 33GiB, all from Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and which should
be available to everyone at no cost, but most have previously only been made available at high prices through paywall gatekeepers like JSTOR.
. . .
The portion of the collection included in this archive, ones published prior to 1923 and therefore obviously in the public domain, total some
18,592 papers and 33 gigabytes of data. |
Attachment: 1st_READ.txt (8kB)
This file has been downloaded 711 times
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Thanks for these.
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My experience with downloading this was not positive. The thing installed a whole cluster of software I didn't want, one of which acc. to my Norton
was attacking my computer!
Several uninstalls later, I tried launching 'Downlite', only to be told I didn't have the right Java version.
Perfect it ain't and the sexist ads make it look rather suspicious.
In short: I don't like it.
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Did you download from the magnet link, or did you click on something on The Pirate Bay? [edit] As a precaution, I've removed the link to Pirate Bay.
[Edited on 10.1.14 by bfesser]
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You have to be careful what you click on PirateBay. And that's an understatement.
You don't download the 33GB file directly from PirateBay. You only get the small .torrent file. You then need to use a
separate bit torrent client like Azureus to download the file. You're actually downloading it directly from other people's
computers instead of from a centralized server.
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Quote: Originally posted by bfesser  | Did you download from the magnet link, or did you click on something on PirateBay? [edit] As a precaution, I've temporarily disabled the link to
PirateBay.
[Edited on 10.1.14 by bfesser] |
I probably clicked on PirateBay, bfesser. The trouble with some of these download pages is that it isn't always clear what you want to click on
because there's so many links vying for your attention.
So what can I click that will work?
[Edited on 10-1-2014 by blogfast25]
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I don't download ANY torrents without PeerBlock installed and activated. Too many peeps want to stick their noses up your A**!
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I apologize for your trouble, blogfast25. I rarely use torrents myself, and hadn't noticed all the misleading ads on The Pirate Bay.
I had included that link for those who were interested in seeing the full document I quoted from.
You'll need to install a bit torrent client (for Windows, I recommend <a href="http://www.utorrent.com/downloads/complete/os/win/track/stable"
target="_blank">μTorrent</a> <img src="../scipics/_ext.png" /> . Then you can click the magnet link I put in the first post of this topic.
[Edited on 10.1.14 by bfesser]
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I think I'll read up on these "torrents" first. I've never before heard of it.
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Torrents are a sort of peer-to-peer file sharing architecture. They've become a standard means of sharing large files and archives, such as Linux
distributions. Unfortunately, it's more often associated with—particularly in the media—illegal content sharing, such as music
and movie piracy. If you'd prefer, I can upload the archive to my web host and you could download it via the more traditional HTTP/FTP, but this
would take quite some time and would be more prone to data corruption. Just let me know.
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While it is frowned upon by the TOR community, I will not touch torrents today without being on it because of all the draconian laws out now,
especially in the US from the RIAA, MPAA, etc., all looking for a lawsuit for IP infractions.
If you haven't heard of it, search for The Onion Router network, TOR, or if on windows, the handy to install Vidalia bundle.
Also, if using Pirate Bay, use the very tiny "magnet" link above the description and you avoid all the B.S.
A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?
Albert Einstein
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This specific torrent is <em>perfectly legal</em>—as noted in the first post. There's no need to use TOR to download it safely.
Piracy is not the subject of this thread.
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What format is this file in? I mean: what do you get to 'see'? Scanned versions of these RS documents? OCR versions? Would it be possible to put up a
sample here?
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I haven't figured out how to use the metadata that's downloaded with it to really be able to search the archive. Without being able to do that you
can't find anything specific.
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Because of the difficulties in downloading and dealing with the large archive files, I'd gladly upload any specific papers individually requested by
members.
blogfast25, there's no OCR, but that's easy enough to do yourself. Here's a sample PDF:
Attachment: 05046302.pdf (1.2MB)
This file has been downloaded 310 times
hyfalcon, on Linux it's possible to search the metadata with simple command line tools, and the same should be possible on Mac. For
Windows, I don't know.
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| Quote: Originally posted by bfesser | Because of the difficulties in downloading and dealing with the large archive files, I'd gladly upload any specific papers individually requested by
members.
blogfast25, there's no OCR, but that's easy enough to do yourself. Here's a sample PDF:
hyfalcon, on Linux it's possible to search the metadata with simple command line tools, and the same should be possible on Mac. For
Windows, I don't know.
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Thanks, bfesser, very helpful. 
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