What are Usenet groups?
Last response: in Networking
What exactly is a Usenet group? I went to wikipedia and they say its a way of sharing news "articles", I'd be done there but usenet service providers such as giganews charge quite a lot of money and on top of that there seems to be a lot other software you need to BUY.
It seems that you can pirate through usenet groups and that like bit torrent its a way to connect to a large group of people who you can share files with.
Ok so is Usenet a paid for file sharing (legal or illigal) setup with servers instead of peer to peer?
I'm really puzzled, normally a quick look on wiki would wipe away my ignorance of most thigs (unless its a bit too complex for me) but I just don't get it. Why pay so much?
What can you do with usent that you can't with a bittorent? Or is my comparion of Bittorent and Usenet completely off.![:whistle:]( ":whistle:")
Don't laugh![:sweat:]( ":sweat:")
It seems that you can pirate through usenet groups and that like bit torrent its a way to connect to a large group of people who you can share files with.
Ok so is Usenet a paid for file sharing (legal or illigal) setup with servers instead of peer to peer?
I'm really puzzled, normally a quick look on wiki would wipe away my ignorance of most thigs (unless its a bit too complex for me) but I just don't get it. Why pay so much?
What can you do with usent that you can't with a bittorent? Or is my comparion of Bittorent and Usenet completely off.
Don't laugh
More about : usenet groups
Originally, Usenet was similar to forums like these. A place where people opened threads and others would reply. Usenet also supports binary attachments, that is where you get people using them to pirate software: people posting software in attachments.
The biggest difference between Usenet and bit-torrent is with Usenet a binary file is uploaded to a news server and then propagated to other news-servers. Once uploaded, the file is there until the news-server drops it. This means it is not peer-to-peer, but a more traditional client/server model.
IMO, Usenet has lost it's charm due to spamm and forums like these. Forums are more robust than Usenet was, though.
EDIT: the biggest advantage of Usenet binaries vs bit-torrent is speed. Usenet hosts generally have fat pipes to d/l from.
Just like bit-torrent Usenet binaries are full of malware and other junk.
The biggest difference between Usenet and bit-torrent is with Usenet a binary file is uploaded to a news server and then propagated to other news-servers. Once uploaded, the file is there until the news-server drops it. This means it is not peer-to-peer, but a more traditional client/server model.
IMO, Usenet has lost it's charm due to spamm and forums like these. Forums are more robust than Usenet was, though.
EDIT: the biggest advantage of Usenet binaries vs bit-torrent is speed. Usenet hosts generally have fat pipes to d/l from.
Just like bit-torrent Usenet binaries are full of malware and other junk.
Related ressources:
- ForumNeeds USENET software
- ForumQuestion on OLD archived google group [ usenet ] messages here
- ForumUsenet Deal: $40 1.1TB block from NGD for today only
- Forumwhat 's the use of two Asus groups ???
- ForumImporting usenet data, feedback request
- ForumIndividuals vs. groups
- ForumDifference between 'everyone' groups
- ForumPart III, adding foreign groups
- ForumDeleted groups
- Forumhow to find these groups if your ISP doesn't carry all of ..
- ForumQuestion about Google groups and this newsgroup
- ForumGoogle Groups
- ForumGoogle Groups
- ForumShow in Groups for Dates
- ForumJust a note for future google groups searches...
- ForumJust a note for future google groups searches...
- ForumWhat is a good group to find pre made roguelike games?
- ForumPulling DHCP from Cable Modem instead of wireless router
- ForumFor heavy networking, what router?
- ForumWhat is femetocell ??
- More resources
Read discussions in other Networking categories
!
