do you use Usenet (newsgroups)?

[xospec1alk]

Originally posted by: kranky
This is fact. People don't appreciate how useful it is to have a single immense archive of information. I've solved quite a few PC problems by finding the answers in Usenet posts. And tons of newsgroups exist on subjects which no one has set up a website for. It's the one place accessible to everyone, supported by a tremendous search engine (Google), and immune from "site too busy" issues.

I understand that people who only use computers for entertainment don't appreciate the value of Usenet, but it serves a very useful purpose.

I agree...case in point, i was having some issues troubleshooting why my MS Money wasn't allowing me to login...i did a google search...nothing...i turned to the newsgroups, and BAM people were all over the issue already. of course it was an MS group, there was an MS rep answering questions...but doggone it...it gave me info the web would'nt have.

Its almost always the first stop on a hardware/software issue for me.

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: vegetation
Newsgroups is great, sad to see it dying for non-binaries. The openness of the usenet makes for a great archive source. Now we just have proprietary web-based boards all over which are a PITA to search for data, and often unreliable (board goes down, crashes, etc). I imagine Google would have some kind of strategy to deal with this issue in the future.

This is fact. People don't appreciate how useful it is to have a single immense archive of information. I've solved quite a few PC problems by finding the answers in Usenet posts. And tons of newsgroups exist on subjects which no one has set up a website for. It's the one place accessible to everyone, supported by a tremendous search engine (Google), and immune from "site too busy" issues.

I understand that people who only use computers for entertainment don't appreciate the value of Usenet, but it serves a very useful purpose.

Agreed. I use google's usenet search feature all the time. Extremely useful for any information from computer problems to health concerns to school work to hobby information etc.

 

[Pepsei]

why bumping usenet threads? we don't need any more spams that completely fill up useful bin groups with random characters.

 

[EvanGn]

Originally posted by: xospec1alk

Originally posted by: kranky
This is fact. People don't appreciate how useful it is to have a single immense archive of information. I've solved quite a few PC problems by finding the answers in Usenet posts. And tons of newsgroups exist on subjects which no one has set up a website for. It's the one place accessible to everyone, supported by a tremendous search engine (Google), and immune from "site too busy" issues.

I understand that people who only use computers for entertainment don't appreciate the value of Usenet, but it serves a very useful purpose.

I agree...case in point, i was having some issues troubleshooting why my MS Money wasn't allowing me to login...i did a google search...nothing...i turned to the newsgroups, and BAM people were all over the issue already. of course it was an MS group, there was an MS rep answering questions...but doggone it...it gave me info the web would'nt have.

Its almost always the first stop on a hardware/software issue for me.

So true.

 

[EvanGn]

Originally posted by: Pepsei
we don't need any more spams that completely fill up useful bin groups with random characters.

What are you talking about? Text and binary newsgroups are seperated.

 

[jlbenedict]

newbies and their "usenet sucks" comments, suck..

they dont realize Usenet has been around since they were filling up diapers..

anyone ever use Gopher sites as well?

 

[EvanGn]

Originally posted by: jlbenedict
newbies and their "usenet sucks" comments, suck..

they dont realize Usenet has been around since they were filling up diapers..

anyone ever use Gopher sites as well?

What is Gopher sites?

 

[Muadib]

Originally posted by: jlbenedict
newbies and their "usenet sucks" comments, suck..

they dont realize Usenet has been around since they were filling up diapers..

anyone ever use Gopher sites as well?

I haven't used Gopher since the web took off. I'll use the usenet every now and then. It's still a great source of info, but I only use it when I'm not happy with the google response.

 

[yankeesfan]

Originally posted by: jlbenedict
newbies and their "usenet sucks" comments, suck..

they dont realize Usenet has been around since they were filling up diapers..

anyone ever use Gopher sites as well?

The "usenet sucks" was an attempt to divert attention away from usenet, thereby keeping the AOL kiddies away from it, n00b.

 

[EvanGn]

Originally posted by: yankeesfan

Originally posted by: jlbenedict
newbies and their "usenet sucks" comments, suck..

they dont realize Usenet has been around since they were filling up diapers..

anyone ever use Gopher sites as well?

The "usenet sucks" was an attempt to divert attention away from usenet, thereby keeping the AOL kiddies away from it, n00b.

:roll:

 

[yankeesfan]

Originally posted by: EvanGn

Originally posted by: yankeesfan

Originally posted by: jlbenedict
newbies and their "usenet sucks" comments, suck..

they dont realize Usenet has been around since they were filling up diapers..

anyone ever use Gopher sites as well?

The "usenet sucks" was an attempt to divert attention away from usenet, thereby keeping the AOL kiddies away from it, n00b.

:roll:

Listen, I am not saying that I agree with what they were doing, but it is PAINFULLY obvious that that WAS what they were doing...

 

[purbeast0]

as i stated in the other thread ...

p2p is for the nubbiest of the nubs

bt is for the nubbier nubs

usenet is for nubbies

<--- doesn't use usenet and never will

 

[jlbenedict]

Gopher was a protocol introduced before the world wide web became popular..

Its basically text based information, displayed in a hierarchically structured format.. such as looking at a file manager..
it can display text; you could download images, etc..


Most browsers do not support the gopher protocol now..

Here is a site, that is still maintained to this day, a gopher site.. with archives of information from previous, older gopher sites
http://gopher.quux.org:70/

 

[yankeesfan]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
as i stated in the other thread ...

p2p is for the nubbiest of the nubs

bt is for the nubbier nubs

usenet is for nubbies

<--- doesn't use usenet and never will

Buying software and media is for the elite.

 

[Linflas]

Since 1987. Long after all the P2P and BT sites get shutdown usenet will still be there.

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: yankeesfan

Originally posted by: purbeast0
as i stated in the other thread ...

p2p is for the nubbiest of the nubs

bt is for the nubbier nubs

usenet is for nubbies

<--- doesn't use usenet and never will

Buying software and media is for the elite.

there is a much "better" way to "get" stuff than the 3 i mentioned in my post ... and i'm talking about includes when you miss a show on TV and want to DL it, not something you can buy in the store.

 

[xospec1alk]

Originally posted by: EvanGn

Originally posted by: yankeesfan

Originally posted by: jlbenedict
newbies and their "usenet sucks" comments, suck..

they dont realize Usenet has been around since they were filling up diapers..

anyone ever use Gopher sites as well?

The "usenet sucks" was an attempt to divert attention away from usenet, thereby keeping the AOL kiddies away from it, n00b.

:roll:

what is with this evangelical mission of yours to spread the word anyways?

 

[Pepsei]

Originally posted by: EvanGn

Originally posted by: Pepsei
we don't need any more spams that completely fill up useful bin groups with random characters.

What are you talking about? Text and binary newsgroups are seperated.

check alt.binaries.cd.images lately?

flooded with grabled text in the subject makes it annoying to get to the stuff you really want.

giganews supposely filtered them out...but not verizon.

 

[xospec1alk]

Originally posted by: Pepsei

check alt.binaries.cd.images lately?

flooded with grabled text in the subject makes it annoying to get to the stuff you really want.

giganews supposely filtered them out...but not verizon.

same with most other groups as well...like a.b.e

 

[eelw]

SPORGE!!!!!!!

 

[EvanGn]

Originally posted by: eelw
SPORGE!!!!!!!

eelw please explain.

 

[eelw]

All that random posting in an attempt to flood the newsgroups to prevent people from being able find anything is called sporge. It stands for spam and foregery.

 

[EvanGn]

eelw yeah but whats the point of it if you never download headers and use nzb files? It does no good then.

 

[yankeesfan]

Lookie here

http://newzmonster.com/

 

[EvanGn]

Originally posted by: yankeesfan
Lookie here

http://newzmonster.com/

Already knew about it.