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38 years old OS still seedin

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vish786
vish786 Original post #1
Feb 3, 2008 at 2:13 PM
Came across this Distro's torrent named Protech [Secure Linux] not sure whether files fake or not... but the torrent ADDED DATE on 01-01-1970 :shock: 100x times... & still seeding :shock:. am i hallucinating.
CadCrazy
Feb 3, 2008 at 2:21 PM
This should be moved to chit chat
MetalheadGautham
Feb 3, 2008 at 11:36 PM
really funny, concidering the fact that linux and bittorrent didn't even exist 38 years back :lol:
infra_red_dude
Feb 4, 2008 at 1:38 PM
Came across this Distro's torrent named Protech [Secure Linux] not sure whether files fake or not... but the torrent ADDED DATE on 01-01-1970 :shock: 100x times... & still seeding :shock:. am i hallucinating.
Nothing new, its kinda a bug (well.. not exactly a bug!) But sometimes when the create time and date are reset its resets to 1970 and I haf no logical reason to believe why it should to that date!
kalpik
kalpik #5
Feb 4, 2008 at 1:40 PM
^^ Cause that's the Unix Epoch