Valkyr Junkie
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I don't know any usenetters that haven't used binsearch from time to time.
Nzbmatrix.com Dead. || Is this what the end of Usenet looks like?
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I don't know any usenetters that haven't used binsearch from time to time.
Considering there are actually relatively few things I look for on Usenet, its perfect for me. Between that, and XBMC w/ Navi-X - I'm in like flynn when it comes to viewing options.
Tinkleberry
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Nothing will ever make me more sad than hearing about elitetorrents closing down. I will forever hate you George Lucas
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your donation thing was cool though
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This is a good thing. All the Usenet nubs will fuck off. Indexers were making Usenet too popular.
At least binsearch is still around. I doubt it'll ever be shut down. Not many like to use it because it's all automated instead of hand curated like other indexing sites.
At least binsearch is still around. I doubt it'll ever be shut down. Not many like to use it because it's all automated instead of hand curated like other indexing sites.
I'm lucky enough that my favorite Usenet discussion groups still receive activity. Sure it's usually only a handful of posts per week but at least it's something.
Yeah, but that's not the point.
Although I no longer have use for it, Binreader was awesome since it would extract as it was downloading.
It's not "a Usenet." That's like saying you couldn't figure out an Internet. For the most part, there are three parts.
A) the usenet account, B) the headers or NZBs to get content, and C) the client that downloads them to your machine. If you don't have A the other two are pointless.
you have your Kim dotcom, I'm the guy on the other side of the table with my team kicking Usenet piracy's ass.
What a badass!
I had an account at a site, couldnt figure out the headers thing.
I thought Usenet was supposed to be relatively anonymous, at least more so than torrenting?
Isnt data moved all over the place and deleted at standard intervals?
Data isn't moved, it's shared/populated among different servers, and it's deleted after a certain amount of days. Usenet was intended to store messages, like a message board. However, to save the server's space, they started removing those messages at certain intervals. What you'll see is retention time. The longer the retention, the more likely you are to see things from several years ago. Once it's purged from their servers, those messages are gone forever.
Usenet is more anonymous in the sense that you're not adding your IP to the hive that's also downloading or uploading data. You're basically communicating with a single server, just like any other website. Your IP doesn't get added to messages either, I believe. So if you were to post, it would be hard to ban you for bad material.
If you have an account, you add it to your client. Then you add a group to scour through headers/posts or add an NZB from a website that gets those for you, and it should download the posts.
The guy says he/they are sad to see NZBmatrix go....lol, what?
Might be referring to the fact NZBmatrix honored DMCA takedown notices.
Gaz Pwnage
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Bad Times
diunxx
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Not really.
People would upload NZB's by hand and other users could comment on quality and authenticity. Usenet has a huge problem with password zipped content and nzbmatrix was a way to avoid all that nonsense.
Some of the groups still offer it. Dunno if it's any popular now...
is it any good these days?
Thanks. lol
I know it's a longshot BUT if anyone has any invites to indexer sites.... PLEASE share one? 
RIP matrix and oh how old school header days were crappy. In a totally and completely unrelated topic... I do not have cable tv, sadness! lol
EDIT: is that 'r'us site good? It's $10 bitcoin for life or $6 for 3 month and maybe their expected lifespan according to the posts there.
RIP matrix and oh how old school header days were crappy. In a totally and completely unrelated topic... I do not have cable tv, sadness! lol
EDIT: is that 'r'us site good? It's $10 bitcoin for life or $6 for 3 month and maybe their expected lifespan according to the posts there.
mingoguaya
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I went offline for a couple of days and came back to find out that my favorite nzb site was gone... any info on a good nzb indexer will be GREATLY appreciated! :/
uk.games.video.misc, rec.games.int-fiction, rec.arts.int-fiction, comp.sys.sinclair. Fine newsgroups, all of them.
It's weird hearing about 'the end of usenet' when it's become so synonymous with file sharing when that's not actually what I associate the term with.
Edit: I think it might be time to get reacquainted with all the antics of the comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition since I last looked at it.
SquiddyCracker
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Are usenets used for anything else but torrents?
Never got why people actually paid to get into them, why not just use that same cash to buy the actual stuff you want to download?
Never got why people actually paid to get into them, why not just use that same cash to buy the actual stuff you want to download?
radios shipping overview
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I happily pay for a Usenet provider with https, powerful search and download batching capabilities.
Who needs NZBs?
Who needs NZBs?
I've been using usenet for almost 20 years. I'll survive, just like I did before NZBMatrix, which I tried out for 2 months about five years ago.
And usenet isn't just for downloading files either. For the record, I have never used torrents in my life for that matter. I find it funny how the two get lumped together.
LOL
Usenet and BBS's are the grandpappy of this very forum you are on now. Some of the gaming discussions on usenet over the years would make GAF blush.
And usenet isn't just for downloading files either. For the record, I have never used torrents in my life for that matter. I find it funny how the two get lumped together.
LOL
Usenet and BBS's are the grandpappy of this very forum you are on now. Some of the gaming discussions on usenet over the years would make GAF blush.
Phantast2k
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1) safety, even when your ISP knows that you're using usenet, they don't know what you're downloading (SSL)
2) full speed, always (although that depends on your ISP and the UsenetSP).
3) legality: when you download through bittorrent, you're also uploading (seeding) at the same time (unless you cheat, use cracked clients, whatever) - providing illegal content is a whole another level, legally (in most countries).
4) content gets published way faster. It's probably better in the FXP scene (does that still exist?), but it's pretty much "0h" for the most part (I could be wrong though, I'm not too well informed aynmore)
I know people who download more than a TB per month, you'd have to be a wealthy mofo to pay for all that.
Sometimes you can't do anything, but download. Like when a tv series is not available online (even in US, through VPN for outsiders), is not out on dvd/br yet and you have to wait for months for it to get translated into your native language in order to be shown.
Https? You mean SSL, right? Download batching capabilities (rss feeds, etc) = any usenet client out there?
Although I didn't know that there are provider-exclusive search engines.
/^ yeah, that too.
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