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[brotherdoobie]

Welcome... to enlightenment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet


-bd :)

[Pluto]

uh what ?

[sweed]

wtf ??

[yoyogi4]

HAHAHAHA!! It's a joke get it?:dry:

[DefX]

bd you troll. Try not to get lost in the bt section next time .

[KSA]

stupid thread :ermm:

[jam0980tr]

its a joke lmao

[RainRoofer]

He wants to takve over some of us to teh news dark side!!1

[nanajeebus]

Yeah, I'll totally pay almost as much as my internet connection is every month to steal things. That'd be just be positively bitchin'.

[yoyogi4]

C'mon he's the only user who's posted 6,000 posts he's getting old already, he's been posted for too long now... let him be.

[ohmboys]

wtf , Never pay for File Sharing!

[Skiz]

C'mon he's the only user who's posted 6,000 posts he's getting old already, he's been posted for too long now... let him be.

The only poster with 6K posts? :ermm:

I have almost 12K. Heck manker (http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/members/manker-87485) has over 32K.

And his post wasn't a joke either, he's trying to point you all in the direction of a far superior method of file sharing, that yes, some times must cost a small amount of money, but many times is free via your ISP.

Sorry bd, you can lead a horse to water...........

[yoyogi4]

C'mon he's the only user who's posted 6,000 posts he's getting old already, he's been posted for too long now... let him be.

The only poster with 6K posts? :ermm:

I have almost 12K. Heck manker (http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/members/manker-87485) has over 32K.

And his post wasn't a joke either, he's trying to point you all in the direction of a far superior method of file sharing, that yes, some times must cost a small amount of money, but many times is free via your ISP.

Sorry bd, you can lead a horse to water...........

Skizo you're a staff member, and manker effendi lives here, I'm saying a regular user.

[th0r]

Yeah, I'll totally pay almost as much as my internet connection is every month to steal things.

yeah, let's start paying for filesharing

[Colt Seevers]

I have seen the light.

Brothers and sisters rejoice and leave thine ratio worries behind thee.

For it is written and so it shall be!

[nanajeebus]

Not all isps offer news servers, and when they do they come nowhere close to the quality of the kind you'd have to pay for.

But yeah, if you can afford (or want) to pay for the quality of a good news server, then yeah, they are good. Worth it? That's up to you.

Personally, the idea of paying to steal just makes me giggle.

[JA]

I have seen the light.

Brothers and sisters rejoice and leave thine ratio worries behind thee.

For it is written and so it shall be!

Colt the poet? O Doth thou now for shall he be..

[Skiz]

Yeah, I'll totally pay almost as much as my internet connection is every month to steal things.

yeah, let's start paying for filesharing

There are plenty - http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/memberslist/?&order=DESC&sort=posts&pp=30


Not all isps offer news servers, and when they do they come nowhere close to the quality of the kind you'd have to pay for.

But yeah, if you can afford (or want) to pay for the quality of a good news server, then yeah, they are good. Worth it? That's up to you.

Personally, the idea of paying to steal just makes me giggle.

Paying $15/month for unlimited downloading, 100% maximization of your internet speed 100% of the time, zero seeding, etc., etc., etc., makes you giggle? Almost no one who tries it goes back to the torrent life. :snooty:

What's really absurd is paying for a seedbox, instead of a news server. :frusty:

[Colt Seevers]

Personally, the idea of paying to steal just makes me giggle.

Personally...

The idea of leaving my pc on 24/7 - 7 days a week 365 was kinda annoying, that costs. Then deciding to buy a server to boost yer ratio is the way, then if that don't work out, donate to and become a VIP member to your fav bt site.... aye so no cost in Bit torrent either then eh? Unless... you are some kinda Demonoid leecher? :ermm:

So all you bt' lovas can come out your ivory tower now.

That just makes me fart-out-loud. :pinch:

[nanajeebus]

Yeah, I think the seedbox thing is rather absurd as well.

15 dollars a month though? What's the retention like and how much can you download?

I mean, I'll admit, it does look tempting. But on giganews the only thing I'd consider getting is the platinum one, which is 25$ a month - something I can't afford right now. Maybe if I had just a little bit more to spare. ;)

What's the content like on newsgroups anyways? I've generally had no problem with bittorrent or some smart googling when I wanted to find something really obscure. But because of the retention on newsgroups I've always doubted I'd be able to find all the things I'd want.

Edit: Aw, come on. I'm no leech, though I do mainly use demonoid because it has more content. (And I have a good ratio on there, too, damn it.)
I don't have a problem with leaving my computer on to share back, but eh, different strokes and all that.

[LackOfInterest]

What's really absurd is paying for a seedbox, instead of a news server. :frusty:

Wow i have never even really thought about it that way
+1

[Colt Seevers]

What's really absurd is paying for a seedbox, instead of a news server. :frusty:

Wow i have never even really thought about it that way
+1

Now that's what we call a revelation.

Break Free from your seedbox and ratio oppressors, rise up Brothers and Sisters! The road is long, but the end....is near. :blink:

[Skiz]

Yeah, I think the seedbox thing is rather absurd as well.

15 dollars a month though? What's the retention like and how much can you download?

I mean, I'll admit, it does look tempting. But on giganews the only thing I'd consider getting is the platinum one, which is 25$ a month - something I can't afford right now. Maybe if I had just a little bit more to spare. ;)

What's the content like on newsgroups anyways? I've generally had no problem with bittorrent or some smart googling when I wanted to find something really obscure. But because of the retention on newsgroups I've always doubted I'd be able to find all the things I'd want.

Edit: Aw, come on. I'm no leech, though I do mainly use demonoid because it has more content. (And I have a good ratio on there, too, damn it.)
I don't have a problem with leaving my computer on to share back, but eh, different strokes and all that.

I use Newshosting which is 14.95/month with 70 days retention. You could go with Giganews, but who really needs 120 retention? I never have.

As for finding all the things you want, you'll find 95% of it. Even if you don't, you always have bittorrent sites as a second resource.

Newsgroups is great for me for all the little perks. Example: I work evenings, so I need to download a lot of the TV shows I like to watch. With bittorrent, I was always downloading those shitty "HDTV" versions of shows. Who gives a shit if it's HDTV if it's only 400x300? By the time I enlarge it, the quality sucks. I never wanted to download the 720i/p versions or the x264 versions, as an hour long TV show is like 2.4GB or something. With newsgroups, I download those shows in 720 or x264 in like 20 minutes and never have to care about seeding. :happy:

[Colt Seevers]

Good advice Mr Skizo.

I'll be honest though, still use BT for my music, usually procured in album format from a pig based web site... that's it mostly though.

[Skiz]

Good advice Mr Skizo.

I'll be honest though, still use BT for my music, usually procured in album format from a pig based web site... that's it mostly though.

That little piggy is a good thing to have in your repertoire, indeed.

I find that Soulseek still works great for music as well, and again, no ratio bs.

I find that they compliment each other. Newsgroups, Soulseek, and finally bittorrent to bring up the rear.

[nanajeebus]

Alright, I just fired up newsleecher again. You made a good point about the tv shows. One last annoying question though, is it any good for documentaries like the stuff released by the MVGroup? I'm kind of a huge nerd.

My isp offers a somewhat crappy news server, so I might as well gives newsgroups another shot.




I find that they compliment each other. Newsgroups, Soulseek, and finally bittorrent to bring up the rear.

Ooh, and for anything you can't find there, shareminer.com and ljseek, and works wonders.

[th0r]

I find that Soulseek still works great for music as well, and again, no ratio bs.

i have almost stopped using a certain lossless music tracker account because a few of my friends have set up a lossless soulseek server

[Skiz]

I find that Soulseek still works great for music as well, and again, no ratio bs.

i have almost stopped using a certain lossless music tracker account because a few of my friends have set up a lossless soulseek server

What's the room called?

Also, Send me a PM on Soulseek and I'll add you to my list.(I'm "Skizo" there as well) I have a decent FLAC collection. ;)


Alright, I just fired up newsleecher again. You made a good point about the tv shows. One last annoying question though, is it any good for documentaries like the stuff released by the MVGroup? I'm kind of a huge nerd.

My isp offers a somewhat crappy news server, so I might as well gives newsgroups another shot.

Victory! :01:

[nanajeebus]

Victory! :01:


Lies! My sudden acceptance of usenet and open mind are in absolutely no way related to this thread at all. Yes, it's purely coincidental.

Move along, nothing to see here. >_>

[brotherdoobie]

Good advice Mr Skizo.

I'll be honest though, still use BT for my music, usually procured in album format from a pig based web site... that's it mostly though.


Fair point. The piggy rawks.


-bd

[aburyach]

Even if you have to pay ($15), usenet is still pretty great and definitely worth it.

In my case though, I get 80-95 day retention and max speeds all the time (using a small hack to allow more connections than set by the ISP).

[brotherdoobie]

The only poster with 6K posts? :ermm:

I have almost 12K. Heck manker (http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/members/manker-87485) has over 32K.

And his post wasn't a joke either, he's trying to point you all in the direction of a far superior method of file sharing, that yes, some times must cost a small amount of money, but many times is free via your ISP.

Sorry bd, you can lead a horse to water...........

Skizo you're a staff member, and manker effendi lives here, I'm saying a regular user.

Feck I'm barely in the top 50 of posters. Wtf does it have to do with the price of tea in china?

I'm not a regular user.

I'm a Loune Lizard. :snooty:

We're better than you.

Fact.




-bd :dabs:

[Dr_Green_Thumb]

turning you pc on and off will use more power and break the thing faster than just leaving it on and if we dont seed then we are paying our ISP's for wasted bandwidth not used.

[TheGeneral]

ive heard of usenet, its not free tho :S is it?

[PabloEscobar]

Torrents do wonders for me...

[eLucid]

I prefer torrents to usenet, and yes I have had experience with usenet. I used my isp's newsserver for about 1 or 2 years before I finally just got sick of it and switched over. The retention was horrible and I had to constantly download par recovery files to restore missing parts. I also almost always get better speeds off of sites like SCT. I know I could get a pay service with better retention and complete files, but I'd rather download from a fast private tracker for free. I don't hate usenet though, and I'd definitely still use it if bittorrent had never been invented.

[WHRST]

I used usenet before but prefer torrents though I do check uneset when i can't find something on torrents though, it's not like i don't get max speed on all torrentsites i use anyway.

[Chewie]

turning you pc on and off will use more power and break the thing faster than just leaving it on and if we dont seed then we are paying our ISP's for wasted bandwidth not used.
That's wrong on so many levels! :lol:

[limpdickkid]

yeah, let's start paying for filesharing

There are plenty - http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/memberslist/?&order=DESC&sort=posts&pp=30


Not all isps offer news servers, and when they do they come nowhere close to the quality of the kind you'd have to pay for.

But yeah, if you can afford (or want) to pay for the quality of a good news server, then yeah, they are good. Worth it? That's up to you.

Personally, the idea of paying to steal just makes me giggle.

Paying $15/month for unlimited downloading, 100% maximization of your internet speed 100% of the time, zero seeding, etc., etc., etc., makes you giggle? Almost no one who tries it goes back to the torrent life. :snooty:

What's really absurd is paying for a seedbox, instead of a news server. :frusty:

People say "Dont pay for filesharing" yet there are people paying absurd amounts of money for Seedboxes, why dont people say "Dont pay for filesharing" on that.

[Skiz]

turning you pc on and off will use more power and break the thing faster than just leaving it on and if we dont seed then we are paying our ISP's for wasted bandwidth not used.
That's wrong on so many levels! :lol:

Thank God you said something. :lol:

I was looking for a retort to that babble in every post following it. :lol:

[Colt Seevers]

That's wrong on so many levels! :lol:

Thank God you said something. :lol:

I was looking for a retort to that babble in every post following it. :lol:

Lol join the club, I'm glad someone beat me to it! :happy:

*Colt Laughs at Dr GreenBum* :frusty:

[brotherdoobie]

^Sometimes... it's not worth the bother.


-bd :happy:

[Colt Seevers]

^Sometimes... it's not worth the bother.


-bd :happy:

I'm glad your on my ignore list, just wish they would fix the e-mail notifications.. then I could really ignore you. :dry::shifty::happy::):yup:

[brotherdoobie]

What's that about?


-bd :unsure: