Yeah i've heard 'newsgroups' are awesome for file sharing and stuff. But i've also heard the term usenet or usenext thrown around.
what is it? like p2p?
what is it? like p2p?
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people who get into groups IN THE FLESH and talk about the news AND swap daily newspapers.
Christ i've seen never seen so many gimps orgy together like that before.
people who get into groups IN THE FLESH and talk about the news AND swap daily newspapers.
Christ i've seen never seen so many gimps orgy together like that before.
Blackbelts are just whitebelts who have never quit.
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Usenet isn't peer to peer but rather server to peer. Think of it as a huge forum to which people post either text or files. Using a Newsreader program you can download these files. There is a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge amount of files there. Giganews alone transfers a good 5TB a day.
Usenet is split up into groups - keeping with the forum analogy it's like a subforum. There are discussion groups and binary groups (for files).
You can either download the headers of the groups to look at all the files in the group or use an internet based search engine (like Newzleech) to search for something specific in all groups.
To acess usenet you'll need a usenet provider. Some ISPs offer limited usenet access for free, but for high quality and fast access you'll probs have to get an account. I have giganews. They have the longest retention with 240 days (providers delete old files from their servers after some time).
Usenet is great for video (1080p goodness ) and software. Depending on which Usenet provider you have you can have unlimited downloads and encryption (unlike RS). Speeds are great and you don't have to upload (unlike torrents). At my uni I've downloaded at a little over 25MB/s (thats Bytes not bits). If you're looking for music, private torrent communities are probably better.
Usenet isn't peer to peer but rather server to peer. Think of it as a huge forum to which people post either text or files. Using a Newsreader program you can download these files. There is a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge amount of files there. Giganews alone transfers a good 5TB a day.
Usenet is split up into groups - keeping with the forum analogy it's like a subforum. There are discussion groups and binary groups (for files).
You can either download the headers of the groups to look at all the files in the group or use an internet based search engine (like Newzleech) to search for something specific in all groups.
To acess usenet you'll need a usenet provider. Some ISPs offer limited usenet access for free, but for high quality and fast access you'll probs have to get an account. I have giganews. They have the longest retention with 240 days (providers delete old files from their servers after some time).
Usenet is great for video (1080p goodness ) and software. Depending on which Usenet provider you have you can have unlimited downloads and encryption (unlike RS). Speeds are great and you don't have to upload (unlike torrents). At my uni I've downloaded at a little over 25MB/s (thats Bytes not bits). If you're looking for music, private torrent communities are probably better.
once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.
Wow plus 1!max wrote:
induring me
Usenet isn't peer to peer but rather server to peer. Think of it as a huge forum to which people post either text or files. Using a Newsreader program you can download these files. There is a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge amount of files there. Giganews alone transfers a good 5TB a day.
Usenet is split up into groups - keeping with the forum analogy it's like a subforum. There are discussion groups and binary groups (for files).
You can either download the headers of the groups to look at all the files in the group or use an internet based search engine (like Newzleech) to search for something specific in all groups.
To acess usenet you'll need a usenet provider. Some ISPs offer limited usenet access for free, but for high quality and fast access you'll probs have to get an account. I have giganews. They have the longest retention with 240 days (providers delete old files from their servers after some time).
Usenet is great for video (1080p goodness ) and software. Depending on which Usenet provider you have you can have unlimited downloads and encryption (unlike RS). Speeds are great and you don't have to upload (unlike torrents). At my uni I've downloaded at a little over 25MB/s (thats Bytes not bits). If you're looking for music, private torrent communities are probably better.
Ok, now do giganews and usenext connect to different "forums" of files, or is there 1 big "forum" of files that diff 'browsers' connect to?
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It's 1 big "forum". The providers exchange data - . Theoretically something posted with provider A might take a couple of minutes until it's transferred to provider B, but I've never run into that problem.
ISPs and some cheapo providers however may not carry all groups. For example all the major US ISPs afaik dropped the alt.binary.* groups from their service. Sadly that's where all the good stuff is ...
All major providers carry everything, so that's nothing to worry about really.
ISPs and some cheapo providers however may not carry all groups. For example all the major US ISPs afaik dropped the alt.binary.* groups from their service. Sadly that's where all the good stuff is ...
All major providers carry everything, so that's nothing to worry about really.
once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.
So is it an ISP thing or a Company thing?max wrote:
It's 1 big "forum". The providers exchange data - . Theoretically something posted with provider A might take a couple of minutes until it's transferred to provider B, but I've never run into that problem.
ISPs and some cheapo providers however may not carry all groups. For example all the major US ISPs afaik dropped the alt.binary.* groups from their service. Sadly that's where all the good stuff is ...
All major providers carry everything, so that's nothing to worry about really.
If an ISP like Verizon blocks a certain group in the US, does that mean nobody using that ISP no matter what company they use will be able to access it?
Im just trying to understand how ISPs fit into this
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Some ISPs offer free usenet access.
If you use a third party company like giganews, easy news or whatever you can access everything.
If you use a third party company like giganews, easy news or whatever you can access everything.
once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.
Ohh ok i get it!max wrote:
Some ISPs offer free usenet access.
If you use a third party company like giganews, easy news or whatever you can access everything.
Thanks max!
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