CPressland Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Genuine question, I was just reading a thread when somebody mentioned Usenet outputting like 8TB a day or something, now, honestly, I thought it was just a giant chat room?! What is Usenet exactly then?! :D Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Charming Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Protip; they're not downloading Linux ISOs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
presence06 Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 It's for p2p/filesharing like torrents isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Warez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olemus Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Genuine question, I was just reading a thread when somebody mentioned Usenet outputting like 8TB a day or something, now, honestly, I thought it was just a giant chat room?! What is Usenet exactly then?! :D Chris Usenet is a worldwide distributed Internet discussion system. but yeah it's mostly used for file sharing nowadays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmatic Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Protip; they're not downloading Linux ISOs. of course not! they are for downloading illegal copies of Microsoft products Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
presence06 Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 of course not! they are for downloading illegal copies of Microsoft products Of course. Isn't it kind of pain to setup? or a process to setup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piggy Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Some people don't know the first rule of usenet. Sigh. :angry: Here's an easy way to use them: http://www.easynews.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
presence06 Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Some people don't know the first rule of usenet. Sigh. :angry: Here's an easy way to use them: http://www.easynews.com You do not talk about Usenet? :p So you buy an account and then you can download... things :shifty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc302 Veteran Posted November 18, 2010 Veteran Share Posted November 18, 2010 usenet = screwing coworkers mom/sexting with pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPressland Posted November 18, 2010 Author Share Posted November 18, 2010 So what ya'll are saying, is it's overly complicated rapidshare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerzdawg Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Its not overly complicated. Once its setup (a few more steps then say using torrents) and you are on your way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
presence06 Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 So what ya'll are saying, is it's overly complicated rapidshare That's what I was thinking, pay for an account to read "news" and sharefiles. That's what google and dem.... is for.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 So what ya'll are saying, is it's overly complicated rapidshare Far from it. Usenet is very simple once you understand a few basic things, and having proper newsreader software helps a lot. Rapidshare is a joke compared to usenet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPressland Posted November 18, 2010 Author Share Posted November 18, 2010 Cool, as long as I know it's a waste of time. Far from it. Usenet is very simple once you understand a few basic things, and having proper newsreader software helps a lot. Rapidshare is a joke compared to usenet. explain... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 What's the difference between usenet and torrents then if they're both simply p2p networks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singh400 Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Warez.This :DSo what ya'll are saying, is it's overly complicated rapidshareErrr, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPressland Posted November 18, 2010 Author Share Posted November 18, 2010 What's the difference between usenet and torrents then if they're both simply p2p networks? Well, to start, Torrents are slow as ****, Rapidshare rocks for stuff like that. I can download say 7.5GB of 'something' in under half an hour over Rapidshare, good luck finding a torrent well seeded enough. I am still semi-curious about the potential of this usenet... thing. This :D Errr, no. Elaborate. People keep saying 'no, it's nothing like rapidshare and other http downloading sites' but I wana see some evidence people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleNeutrino Veteran Posted November 18, 2010 Veteran Share Posted November 18, 2010 Think of it as Limewire where its P2P however, you can browse and find files like on rapid share. so the files arent on a server somewhere they are just on other systems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
presence06 Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Does this limit the possibility of getting a letter from my ISP? :shiftyninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 what I don't get is why you have to pay? torrent = free Rapid share= offers a free and a paid version as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPressland Posted November 18, 2010 Author Share Posted November 18, 2010 what I don't get is why you have to pay? torrent = free Rapid share= offers a free and a paid version as well... Torrent = Can be hosted from Home, limited to upload speed. Rapidshare = Uses a high speed server array. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoraKX Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 What's the difference between usenet and torrents then if they're both simply p2p networks? Usenet is not P2P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Torrent = Can be hosted from Home, limited to upload speed. Rapidshare = Uses a high speed server array. That doesn't answer my question though. PLUS for torrents, there's seedboxes if need be. I still don't get why you have to pay ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Cool, as long as I know it's a waste of time. explain... Usenet access is really no harder to set up than setting up an e-mail client (basically you plug in your server name and your username and password). You then have access to many 10's of thousands (on a good server, 100,000+) groups, and the largest of those are the binary groups, divided up by category based on the content that is posted there. Most modern usenet software makes searching and downloading from these groups a simple process, similar to downloading a torrent if you make use of an NZB search site (but much, much faster than a torrent, since you are directly downloading from a single server instead of relying on the upload bandwidth of other users). With most commercial usenet servers you can download as fast as your internet connection can handle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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