Signed up for NewsDemon last night and I've been making good use of my connection while I slept. 
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JayeM 3,385 posts
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lost_soul wrote:
PAR2 is almost magic.blizeH wrote:
Um, no; they're the things that ensure that 99.9% of what you download aren't corrupt.
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guys what usenet provider do you use, if any? I currently use usenetserver.com which costs about £7.40 p/m. Am thinking of trying giganews though because usenetserver only has 100 day retention. And I get a lot of article not found errors.
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Whizzo 41,155 posts
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Registered 11 years agoRetroid wrote:PAR2 is magic.
Fixed, according to Arthur C. Clarke's definition of the word anyway.
I'm still with Giganews, never had any problems with them in God knows how many years I've been a customer.This space left intentionally blank.
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JayeM wrote:
lol, one night I downloaded 20 gigs. A few weeks before, I left it to download 80 something! Lots of HD goodness
Signed up for NewsDemon last night and I've been making good use of my connection while I slept.
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crashVoodoo 3,219 posts
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Registered 11 years agoi'm using newsdemon. did have the 50gig cap but have just gone up to unlimited since i've found out my isp only limits my usage to 50gig during peak hours
i pay in dollars instead of pounds which means i take advantage of the exchange rate. it means the price fluctuates a bit (not by much tho) and i get it cheaper than if i paid with sterling.gif)
/needs bigger hard drive now ...
OT : how does one make a mkv file playable on't xboxa Nexus a day keeps the apple away
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JayeM 3,385 posts
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Registered 7 years agoBravoGolf wrote:
Heh, not quite that much but I got about 10 gigs of Heroes downloaded in 5-6 hours.JayeM wrote:
lol, one night I downloaded 20 gigs. A few weeks before, I left it to download 80 something! Lots of HD goodness
Signed up for NewsDemon last night and I've been making good use of my connection while I slept.
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cubbymoore 35,499 posts
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Registered 9 years agoGrr, every time I even look into trying usenet I get angry. Too many options. -
JayeM 3,385 posts
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Registered 7 years agoCan anyone send me an invite to Newzbin.com? -
Kostabi 3,924 posts
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Registered 8 years agoJayeM wrote:
Done.
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JayeM 3,385 posts
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Registered 7 years agoThanks a lot. -
ionic 644 posts
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Registered 8 years agoSo I've been trying out newsgroups as apposed to torrents but I'm not having much luck find stuff quite so easily. Is newzbin.com the way to go? Could somebody send me an invite? -
lost_soul 9,369 posts
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Registered 11 years agoionic: I tried to send an invite, but it didn't like the address in your profile; claims it's not valid :-/
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ionic wrote:
Newzbin.com is simply a search engine, like Google, which indexes and filters files on newsgroups. It also allows the user, if registered on Newzbin, to download an NZB file which you open with your newsgroup software to download the relevant files from your newsgroup. So, in short, you would still need a subscription to a newsgroup in addition to newzbin.
So I've been trying out newsgroups as apposed to torrents but I'm not having much luck find stuff quite so easily. Is newzbin.com the way to go? Could somebody send me an invite? -
ionic 644 posts
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KD 498 posts
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Registered 8 years agoi been using newzbin for a while and found a nice free site http://www.prettyboo.com/ I wouldnt leave newzbin for it but its good for HD files, wmv or x264 types.
Also I recently changed the program i use from newsleecher to a newsbin, just liked the scratch list and the download folder order over newsleecher -
ionic 644 posts
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Registered 8 years agonice link KD, prettyboo looks quite impressive for wmv hd movies. -
FooAtari 3,957 posts
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Registered 8 years agoI've been looking into Newgroups recently. Currently I only use them for posting and reading threads.
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KD 498 posts
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Registered 8 years agono uploadin/sharing and 100% of your download speed at all times with a giganews server atleast like myself, also most posts have par2 files so nothing is unfixable if its missing a few blocks and with the popular US tv series they get uploaded about 30mins after its aired in the US -
deem 31,634 posts
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Registered 9 years agoBest thing I ever did.
Over 2 megabyte a second downloads ftw!
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deem 31,634 posts
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Registered 9 years agoOK, can anyone help.
For the first time ever, I'm trying to expand a download, and I'm getting an error message, saying it isn't a rar archive.
Any Mac users that can tell me how I could expand other than 'rar expander'?
(it's a dmg that's compressed as a par2)
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deem wrote:
May not be a compacted file, could be a split file. You may need Stuffit
OK, can anyone help.
For the first time ever, I'm trying to expand a download, and I'm getting an error message, saying it isn't a rar archive.
Any Mac users that can tell me how I could expand other than 'rar expander'?
Edit: DMG as Par2? That's weird, you sure? Try opening with UnrarX -
deem 31,634 posts
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Registered 9 years agoThanks Grayson, but I don't want to make one.
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FooAtari 3,957 posts
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Registered 8 years agoHmmm very appealing. So is there a Fuckwits guide anywhere? Where do I start? I know of a couple of Linux newsreaders I can use. So I guess I need to know who to go with. -
crashVoodoo 3,219 posts
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Registered 11 years agoFooAtari wrote:
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Hmmm very appealing. So is there a Fuckwits guide anywhere? Where do I start? I know of a couple of Linux newsreaders I can use. So I guess I need to know who to go with.
slycks guide to newsgroups
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connected guide pt.1
connected guide pt.2
both guides aren't the be all and end all of it but you should get a fair understanding a Nexus a day keeps the apple away
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FooAtari 3,957 posts
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Registered 8 years agoSlyks guide is pretty good. Clearly covers the basics. I know about news groups in general but not much about binaries, more clued up now.
I thought Powernews looked like quite a good server. Once question here, they offer 6 connections and 12 connections. 12 connectiosn being a couple of quid more. 12 connections is going to basically give you more speed, but how much more? I have a 4mb connection, will I be limited with 6 connections? -
crashVoodoo 3,219 posts
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Registered 11 years agoFooAtari wrote:
using taking my own experience into account i'm gonna say no. i can max out my 8mb line using just 4 connections. i like having more so that if one drops, the others pick up the slack.
Slyks guide is pretty good. Clearly covers the basics. I know about news groups in general but not much about binaries, more clued up now.
I thought Powernews looked like quite a good server. Once question here, they offer 6 connections and 12 connections. 12 connectiosn being a couple of quid more. 12 connections is going to basically give you more speed, but how much more? I have a 4mb connection, will I be limited with 6 connections?
how much is this powernews ?a Nexus a day keeps the apple away
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FooAtari 3,957 posts
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Bloodloss 4,500 posts
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Registered 6 years agoSo all the content is hosted on servers ran by places like Giganews and NewsDemon, and you need to pay them to get access, yes? Isn't it possible to search Newzbin and find a file that isn't hosted on Newsdemon, but is on Giganews, so you're screwed? Or does it not work like that?
Is it necessary to use Newzbin? Things like Grabit seem to have a built in search function. Also, why are people asking for invites to Newzbin? I joined a few weeks ago without being invited. -
"Periodically these servers connect to each other and exchange all messages that are missing on either server. In this manner, a message sent by any user would eventually get distributed to every server that carried that newsgroup."
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