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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: FearTheReaper on September 05, 2013, 02:15 am

Title: Any Noobs Pissing Their Pants Lately?
Post by: FearTheReaper on September 05, 2013, 02:15 am
Every time you can't get on after multiple attempts you get that sinking feeling, dontcha?    "Is it down for good?"    That feeling doesn't go away.  Get used to it.  It's the wild west boys and girls.  Smoke if ya got 'em.
Title: Re: Any Noobs Pissing Their Pants Lately?
Post by: afoafbff on September 05, 2013, 02:23 am
I believe in you
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Post by: afoafbff on September 05, 2013, 02:26 am
I believe in you
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Post by: icarus.max on September 05, 2013, 02:43 am
YES. I can never tell if it's a problem with the network at large or if my Tor browser was ever really configured correctly to begin with. I think I have that licked now, though. But hey, here's to the folks who relay

Where are the guides? That's what I'm soiling my trousers over. I almost wish I had a friend that has done this already, just so that I can sit and shadow him/her through the whole process.

But then again. I don't plan on telling a soul irl

I guess it's just fumble through garbage posts on the newbie boards just like everyone else eh?
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Post by: raz0r209 on September 05, 2013, 03:11 am
hate that shit
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Post by: Meepss on September 05, 2013, 04:03 am
Guides to Tor? Guides to the Road? Go browse Reddit in your Tor browser and search.

As for over? DPR is just getting started methinks.
Title: Re: Any Noobs Pissing Their Pants Lately?
Post by: Drogba on September 05, 2013, 06:16 am
every time i log on and i cannot get on straight away.  i am thinking are they on to me , is it me doing it all wrong? WTF!!!
Title: Re: Any Noobs Pissing Their Pants Lately?
Post by: cosmictourist on September 05, 2013, 07:00 am
every time i log on and i cannot get on straight away.  i am thinking are they on to me , is it me doing it all wrong? WTF!!!

This is why (look at the charts): https://metrics.torproject.org/graphs.html Note: the new users aren't humans.
Title: Re: Any Noobs Pissing Their Pants Lately?
Post by: WebDevGal on September 05, 2013, 07:04 am
kind of a paradox where noobs without enough knowledge about how tor works are misusing it to buy their drugs.. (and then doing something like login to facebook or something equally stupid).
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Post by: 123456789 on September 05, 2013, 08:19 am
I wouldnt stress too much.

From what I understand, its just traffic at any given time. ie. a certain time of the day where around the world most people are trying to get onto SR.

Chiiillaaaxxxx
Title: Re: Any Noobs Pissing Their Pants Lately?
Post by: Doubtwater on September 05, 2013, 08:28 am
If u cant getin, just reboot tor and wait a min or so for it to establish relays and try again... rinse and repeat. Always gets me in in 1-2 tries. Also dont forget to check updates for ur TOR bundle daily, seriously, every time u use tor.
Title: Re: Any Noobs Pissing Their Pants Lately?
Post by: RedNeckHippie7 on September 05, 2013, 09:25 am
Its bee an ongoing issue for all SR users for at least the past 36 hours.

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Post by: cosmictourist on September 05, 2013, 04:59 pm
Its bee an ongoing issue for all SR users for at least the past 36 hours.

Wrong! It affects all tor users and all hidden services.
Title: Re: Any Noobs Pissing Their Pants Lately?
Post by: FearTheReaper on September 05, 2013, 05:52 pm
YES. I can never tell if it's a problem with the network at large or if my Tor browser was ever really configured correctly to begin with. I think I have that licked now, though. But hey, here's to the folks who relay

Where are the guides? That's what I'm soiling my trousers over. I almost wish I had a friend that has done this already, just so that I can sit and shadow him/her through the whole process.

But then again. I don't plan on telling a soul irl

I guess it's just fumble through garbage posts on the newbie boards just like everyone else eh?

What do you want to know?  Maybe I can help.    I too was bewildered when I first started.  There is so much disorganized, conflicting, and incomprehensible technical info you don't know where to start or what to believe.  Further, you think that one little misstep and you're BUSTED or SCAMMED.    Relax...

 There really isn't much to master, imho.   1) Set you TOR browser properly 2) Get BTCs, 3) Learn/use PGP , and...that's about it.
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Post by: Sasha Shulgin on September 05, 2013, 06:12 pm
Chances are it would be easy to find out if SR was truly down.
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Post by: Poontanger on September 05, 2013, 06:17 pm
  1) Set you TOR browser properly...

Some folks may not know how to do that -- why don't you provide a bit of a guide for that (for other noobs)?

PT
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Post by: Wadozo on September 05, 2013, 06:20 pm
YES. I can never tell if it's a problem with the network at large or if my Tor browser was ever really configured correctly to begin with. I think I have that licked now, though. But hey, here's to the folks who relay

Where are the guides? That's what I'm soiling my trousers over. I almost wish I had a friend that has done this already, just so that I can sit and shadow him/her through the whole process.

But then again. I don't plan on telling a soul irl

I guess it's just fumble through garbage posts on the newbie boards just like everyone else eh?

The Guides are all here - http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page     The Silk Road Wiki.

What's scary is that people have started placing orders without reading them first, not to mention doing some of their own research.
Title: Re: Any Noobs Pissing Their Pants Lately?
Post by: FearTheReaper on September 05, 2013, 06:45 pm
  1) Set you TOR browser properly...

Some folks may not know how to do that -- why don't you provide a bit of a guide for that (for other noobs)?

PT

Ok, read this post (it's a Sticky in the Noob section):   “Keeping your Tor Browser Bundle Updated & Yourself safe (Newbies READ)”  http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=200253.0   
Title: Re: Any Noobs Pissing Their Pants Lately?
Post by: Wadozo on September 05, 2013, 08:21 pm
  1) Set you TOR browser properly...

Some folks may not know how to do that -- why don't you provide a bit of a guide for that (for other noobs)?

PT

That's what the SEARCH box is for! People need to realize that this is not game and if mistakes are made, they could potentially change your life forever!
Don't rush into things. Be patient and educate yourself as much as you can. This forum is littered with an abundance of information on everything you'll ever need to know.  Your best security tool is your anonymity itself. Learn how to protect it, minimize every risk you take and keep yourself safe and secure.
Title: Re: Any Noobs Pissing Their Pants Lately?
Post by: suffix on September 05, 2013, 08:31 pm
a quick scan of some of the latest news posts on the tor project website might fill in a few blanks,
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Post by: MrsKing on September 05, 2013, 08:54 pm
It will go down one day, but not any time soon.
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Post by: Newguy321 on September 05, 2013, 09:05 pm


Keep the faith fellows! SR is making to much money to just shut down and scam everyone. Now one day LE will step in and then..........
Title: Re: Any Noobs Pissing Their Pants Lately?
Post by: Doubtwater on September 07, 2013, 04:46 am
As long as more relays keep coming up and the tornet keeps growing they will never be able to shut it down... There are things they could do to ruin it but id rather not list those incase LEO wasnt to read my posts dont wanna give em any ideas. The beauty of TOR is its distributed nature.
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Post by: flyr1017- on September 07, 2013, 06:00 am
so far so good
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Post by: stankbot supreme on September 07, 2013, 01:14 pm
EASY COME EASY GO but it would come with lots pf tears and much reflection on what may and could have been
Title: Re: Any Noobs Pissing Their Pants Lately?
Post by: Brigante87 on September 07, 2013, 01:24 pm
Can anyone please explain the value differential between BTC and USD. I still need some clarity on this because whenever I look at BTC prices I don't know how they would translate with USD.

Thanks
Title: Re: Any Noobs Pissing Their Pants Lately?
Post by: cosmictourist on September 07, 2013, 02:57 pm
Can anyone please explain the value differential between BTC and USD. I still need some clarity on this because whenever I look at BTC prices I don't know how they would translate with USD.

Thanks

1) Go to a bitcoin trading site.
2) Find out how much buying one bitcoin would cost you.
3) That is how much one bitcoin is worth. That is your "differential".
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Post by: Al Capone on September 07, 2013, 06:30 pm
It always makes me nervous. Atleast its been more up than down lately :)
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Post by: LilWhie91 on September 07, 2013, 07:58 pm
Can anyone please explain the value differential between BTC and USD. I still need some clarity on this because whenever I look at BTC prices I don't know how they would translate with USD.

Thanks
If you go to your settings in SR you can change Currency to view in USD
Title: Re: Any Noobs Pissing Their Pants Lately?
Post by: PsychoAnalyist on September 07, 2013, 08:14 pm
Theres good psychological explanations for noooobs pissin themselves :p
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Post by: Strangiato on September 08, 2013, 05:31 am
Damn
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Post by: Rex on September 09, 2013, 05:30 am
Well i joined a few months ago when things were more shaky and i was nervous for a little while
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Post by: cloudedhouse on September 09, 2013, 05:48 am
paranoia paranoia everybodys comin to get me...
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Post by: Weaponstech on September 12, 2013, 01:30 am
that shit sucks
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Post by: Jesusson420 on September 12, 2013, 04:36 am
does anyone know of any irl who got busted buying shit via SR?
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Post by: monkusmaximus on September 12, 2013, 08:19 am
Instead of pissing my pants, I change to a new identity with vidalia and pages load again

if you're having probs getting into anything .onion or SR in general just refresh your identity, it should work

unless SR is under attack or maintenance, shouldn't be hard to get in

Remember, browsing with Tor isn't like using Firefox or a normal browser... gotta follow a certain set of guidelines...