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Numbers
03-10-2008, 05:50 PM
Anyone here use Usenet?

If so, how the hell do you use Usenet?
Gan
03-10-2008, 06:05 PM
In soviet russia, Usenet uses you!
septus
03-10-2008, 07:00 PM
Anyone here use Usenet?

If so, how the hell do you use Usenet?

You get a usenet account and a newsgroup reader. Then you put the info in the newsgroup reader, point it to the newsgroup you want to read, try to ignore all the spam, and post your trolls and flames.

Of course most people these days just care about the binary groups, which you'll most likely want a newsgroup reader that's specifically designed to download binaries, such as newsbin. Honestly I haven't used windows as my main os in 8 years, so I have no clue what's the most useful for binary groups these days. I know there's one that allows you to setup scripts to run after you've downloaded, so it'll automatically decompress files, use par files, and such..but I have no idea if that's newsbin or something else.
Xaerve
03-10-2008, 07:53 PM
Rule #1 about the usenet...
Numbers
03-10-2008, 08:20 PM
I'm mostly interested in the binary groups. I think I grasp the news reader thing -- what I'm confused about is actually finding what I'm looking for in the tons of newsgroups that are out there.
septus
03-11-2008, 01:52 AM
what are you looking for?

alt.binaries.sounds for mp3s..except alt.binaries.sounds.lossless.* which are flac or ape generally.

alt.binaries.cd.images, then there's the alt.binaries.games.*

Generally when you hear people talk about newsgroups they abreviated it.. alt.binaries.sounds.lossless = absl.
BigWorm
03-11-2008, 11:34 AM
The Eternal September continues...
Parkbandit
03-11-2008, 11:38 AM
What kind of a nerd do you have to be to want to be a binary groupie?

Nerd1: 011011011110100110101
Nerd2: 101
Celephais
03-11-2008, 11:57 AM
What kind of a nerd do you have to be to want to be a binary groupie?

Nerd1: 011011011110100110101
Nerd2: 101
I'm not sure if this is sarcastic or not, because you're old enough to maybe not understand this.
AnticorRifling
03-11-2008, 12:45 PM
It's not, he doesn't get it.
septus
03-11-2008, 05:36 PM
The Eternal September continues...

Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
wake me up when september ends

Green Day R Geeks j0.
BigWorm
03-11-2008, 05:56 PM
Just get used to collecting files in 579238152 separate .rar files and ASCII porn spam.
septus
03-12-2008, 01:56 AM
Just get used to collecting files in 579238152 separate .rar files and ASCII porn spam.

That's why I use sabnzbd. Create an nzb, stick it in ~/nzb/scan .. and presto.. downloads the rars, checks them..if it needs pars, it downloads however many it needs, then unzips and deletes the rar and par files.
BigWorm
03-12-2008, 02:32 AM
That's why I use sabnzbd. Create an nzb, stick it in ~/nzb/scan .. and presto.. downloads the rars, checks them..if it needs pars, it downloads however many it needs, then unzips and deletes the rar and par files.

I'm guessing your on a university network? I can't find good usenet bandwidth, but I haven't looked in a while.
septus
03-12-2008, 10:40 AM
I'm guessing your on a university network? I can't find good usenet bandwidth, but I haven't looked in a while.

comcast. I use newshosting.com as my server.