Comments on: BarTor Enters BitTorrent Barcode Scanning Market

By: N/A

N/A — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:37:04 +0000

I think that it’s a really interesting and cool thing to have. Just the idea of it is pretty cool.

People who are flaming him need to stfu and get a life.

Nice work bro, i would get it if I had an iphone :p

By: www.electro-flashback.com

www.electro-flashback.com — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:24:12 +0000

shame you cant torrent your weekly shop!

By: Other

Other — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:43:31 +0000

In addition to scanning a barcode it supports text search. It all takes place within the application so no back and forth to a browser or download manager. It presents a list of 25, 50, etc predefined number of results and provides the size, number of seeds/leeches, posting date, and a link to view the webpage of the torrent for more info. select an item and hit send to server and bingo, starts downloading. Someone at work today mentioned a show i should watch, in almost the same time it would take to make a note of the show i had a torrent moving. its near perfection, but then.. im a gadget geek. its not for everyone.

By: BarTor: outra aplicação para telemóveis Android para quem quer “gamar” CDs e DVDs | Remixtures

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:29:11 +0000

[...] Mas ao contrário do Torrent Droid, o BarTor já se encontra disponível para quem o quiser usar. O único inconveniente é que a aplicação apenas pode ser descarregada do Android Market, a loja de aplicações da plataforma, mediante o pagamento de 2,99 dólares, de acordo com o site Android and Me (via Torrent Freak) [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:08:11 +0000

@42: Just finished pirating me some chocolate cake! =D

By: Alcari

Alcari — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:05:21 +0000

Scan the barcode and then download a torrent?

Well, I’m off to pirate me a carton of milk and a loaf of bread, see you soon.

By: Jasper van Weerd

Jasper van Weerd — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:13:07 +0000

The biggest problem with this kinds of programs for me, is that I cant label RSS feeds with a categorie, and I cant bookmark / add the .torrents in a chosen categorie to download and label… when they solve that, it gets interesting.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:27:27 +0000

Aw! Few things that could be changed:
* BarTor should be free and accept donations so that anyone can try it before deciding if they want to support the author.
* BarTor is a lame name. Maybe something like “ScanLoader” would be better…
* It should also be available for the iPhone… oh wait, Mac users tend to actually pay for stuff… xD

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:06:16 +0000

“It is just funny (and actually also disgusting) to see how someone wants to make money of an application which enables users to get other peoples creations for free…”

exactly. textbook hypocrisy.

By: gaius baltar

gaius baltar — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:09:19 +0000

adama maybe #YLS# is right maybe you should get off your high horse. its not very good for the leader of the last of humanity to act in this way. xD

By: UltraLeetJ

UltraLeetJ — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:03:40 +0000

this seems alright. What if you’re going out with friends (unless of course you have a sheer lack for a social life) and the decided to go to a music store? this is convenient in a way. Its like sending your updates to twitter from your phone. I guess its just a way to download torrents in other ways. Its interesting, maybe if you would scan something on food then you get diet related torrents or whatever. Well, lets see what happens next shall we? the record industry will probably counter this by putting drm on barcodes, on which only they can be read by aproved devices and then next time a legitimate customer wants to buy all that junk from them the store will say “its pirated” because they barcode scanner won’t be aproved… thanks to the newer drm.

By: #YLS#

#YLS# — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:00:51 +0000

Adama again

Get off your high horse…

I buy movies, but I’ve bought some real shit in the past, at least with this I can go into a shop, see the latest stuff, remotely download, if that movie was any good then maybe I’ll return the next day and buy it.

but then that movie might also have been a pile of sinking crap.

By: Adama again

Adama again — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:40:54 +0000

@ hacker/pirates

sharing, stealing, whatever…

It is just funny (and actually also disgusting) to see how someone wants to make money of an application which enables users to get other peoples creations for free…

Well at least most of the file-sharers will be too cheap ass to buy the thing, so that will mean less piracy for the shopowners who want to run a legitimate business.

By: Hacker/pirates of the world UNITE

Hacker/pirates of the world UNITE — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:26:44 +0000

@antivirii bullshitremember 99% of AV software ON PURPOSE DID NOT DETECT THE SONY ROOTKIT
WHY
because industry WNATS TO INFECT YOU

INDUSTRY AND MONEY IS A VIRUS LOL

By: Hacker/pirates of the world UNITE

Hacker/pirates of the world UNITE — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:25:28 +0000

and whose own son got no lawsuit for “stealing” as you claim . nor were stakeholders in question compensated

By: Hacker/pirates of the world UNITE

Hacker/pirates of the world UNITE — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:24:28 +0000

ya tell that too the CEO of warner brothers who OWNS UTORRRENT

By: Adama again

Adama again — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:20:57 +0000

lol @ android and me

Buying and supporting an app that promotes stealing, that is funny :-)

By: Adama

Adama — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:18:24 +0000

“You wouldn’t steal a DVD”

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:40:51 +0000

@Pat

“You expecting something for free but they link virus and no antivirus able to detect it.”

Most malware is detectable by decent antivirus products soon after it is released. Often, a good AV program will identify a virus via heuristics before it has even been cataloged.

If you’re having malware issues, download a good, free security solution such as COMODO Internet Security. Provided that you’re not a gamer, try a good Linux Distro combined with Firestarter & ClamAV for Linux.

As always, remember to practice smart downloading habits. Prevention is the best cure.

By: angus

angus — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:37:56 +0000

lol@18

i wonder if you can download baked beans?

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:29:48 +0000

“I’m off to my local supermarket!”

ROTFLMAO! I really wish I could download some Pringles right now…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:24:44 +0000

To get these phones in the uk you have to enter a 12/24 months contract. Not worth it.

By: Pat

Pat — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:44:24 +0000

Downloading music and movies is not de problem.

Them problem is the pirate offer you a pirated version of the app and include a trojan or whatever. Many many many apps i have downloaded contained a virus.

You expecting something for free but they link virus and no antivirus able to detect it.

By: blah

blah — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:06:28 +0000

since I have started downloading i stopped going to the stores all together.. such a waste of time..

plus i doubt this thing really works, after all, it could download fakes or crappy versions or whatever other ways it could screw up and you get home to nothing.

By: Neverhood

Neverhood — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:38:27 +0000

Totally irrelevant app… Why would you go to a store and scan something to download it remotely, when you can stay home and download it?

Real file sharers don’t care about record stores and supermarkets when it comes to their media needs.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:07:14 +0000

Justin isn’t “helping people steal” by creating an app that scans barcodes and uses them in a torrent search. Think of his app as an exhibition of software programming that could be later used to market media or provide backup copies via BitTorrent.

If you intend to engage in piracy, it is MUCH easier to simply search for anything you want on TPB or Demonoid and illegally download it. Even common search engines do the trick. Apps such as this one could revolutionize future distribution of legitimate media.

By: K.W

K.W — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 05:15:36 +0000

Perhaps if you were bright enough to see the difference between this add and Google I’d bother to give you a reasonable argument.
I’ll give you a hint though;
Google was invented before torrents.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 05:12:08 +0000

I’m off to my local supermarket!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:38:45 +0000

@18

there are a lot of companies out there that help other peoples steal like google, yahoo and etc. i don’t see you complaining about them when you use them lmfao.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:25:37 +0000

“Of course I’d prefer that my app wasn’t pirated.”

so do all the people whose work you’re helping others to steal.

i hope you don’t earn a cent.

By: nEx.Software

nEx.Software — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:25:15 +0000

@JohnG

Of course I’d prefer that my app wasn’t pirated. I’m sure it will be and if it is, well, there really isn’t anything I can do about it. You can bet I won’t come after you to sue you if I find out you’ve pirated it. :)

By: KTM EXCF 250

KTM EXCF 250 — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 01:41:05 +0000

Who would want to take the time to take a picture when they could just search for it?

By: Android and Me

Android and Me — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:01:15 +0000

@5 you would search Ubuntu to find a torrent and download it to your home pc. this can search for any torrents, not just ones you scan.

I went ahead and purchased the app to support Justin. It works great over Edge and I like that he included the option for legal purchases. It works similar to ShopSavvy.

By: JohnG

JohnG — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:59:05 +0000

So this guy wants people to pirate everything except his stuff??

That’s almost as bad as guys on torrent sites asking that their torrents shouldn’t be posted elsewhere.

If it’s good for the geese…

By: Erkie

Erkie — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:20:20 +0000

jerks

By: $hadow

$hadow — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:06:05 +0000

@Everyone

Lol .

By: daviddanut

daviddanut — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:38:05 +0000

@9 The camera :)

By: ~

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:16:18 +0000

@8 I didn’t know it was Android lol. How can it scan Barcodes btw? Android has a scanner? o.O

By: haha

haha — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:11:22 +0000

@7 : thanks captain obvious. you treat us all like morons.

By: Thoku

Thoku — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:53:55 +0000

Thats a screen shot of an Android, not an iPhone app. There may be a version for the iPhone, but thats not it.

By: l33t

l33t — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:43:10 +0000

@El Pirata aka “anonymous #2″

quit spamming, n00b!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:28:40 +0000

Why would you scan Ubuntu?

By: Gargamel

Gargamel — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:27:51 +0000

Sweet :D People on public sites can get nailed for downloading when they’re not even at home lol.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:02:54 +0000

Now, if only I had an iPhone. Oh wait, why would I want an iPhone?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:48:58 +0000

obviously this will only increase legitimate purchases.

obviously.