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Offline scout

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« Reply #15 on: October 10, 2004, 03:45:57 PM »
I feel old.

I have noticed a sharp decline in returns of searches on the UseNet during the past few years but I didn't think it'd be considered as passe as this thread indicates it is.

Some people don't know how to use it or barely heard of it ?

Used to be a concise uniform format to search for up to date information on whatever, drivers, vidcards, politics ...

Now I'm forced to search the Web instead which is more painful since the returns can come in any format.

A pity I think since all the myriads of web foras don't have nearly the longevity of UseNet.
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Offline AKcurly

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« Reply #16 on: October 10, 2004, 04:11:56 PM »
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Originally posted by JB73
LOL that part i got, have the news groups up, all that.

most of the messages though are this:

M;7#/WS>:2@K4M?:L`$:1CWY1L<\EAMKA-J;/)XSJ8A-YH5*&'<8I43)8;+#M
MMQ:S2Q(MMO._Z7*3ZMAA%[\"J"$1(OWI&=J[1'*C?.-]R]F;1&94A%M8\!^GU]S?8/#>#@M:F^H%<]
M<:)FT3#_W\6M@")6@'J#PJ7UJ*ZBPX>Q_Z:WM7D6&1>SL"8Y&T28+U+*>!B0W9.G8J,_NX1>
M\B45>K%E+LM'W"7N:[`5A@R2"L!'Y3QIMC*(;EG1\+C*]CEQ%.+>_\L]2?F:
M\#E;;%U1^:4@K+`D/MY+!,5Y4#\R-%I1KYU83X--L!&A.>5T;F`N"FM?*EVF
M>M=6/H'!/@<7$/`(MV_LW&6%I(W,$*FD`S^LR1$_?/8Q_?R""-=92JZY(7B.


thats just a snippet

WTF is that?


Looks like part of an image, 73.  73, do the following things:

1. Call your ISP and ask him for name of his news source.  It will be something like news.whatever.com.

2.  Download a browser with a decent news interface.  Mozilla works fine (firefox does not have a news browser.)

3.  Point your news browser at the source supplied to you by your ISP.

4.  Subscribe to alt.binary.nude.redhead or rec.aviation.whatever.

You're in business.

curly
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Offline JB73

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« Reply #17 on: October 10, 2004, 06:59:58 PM »
curly im already browsing around with Forte, and Xnews.

in forte this is the result of a "video" of a plane crash supposedly...

there are 5 other news headers with the same name, and they all give the same type of thing.

from what i understand, this is part of a file, and i have to piece the parts together... but nowhere does it say how.


oh well, this usenet thing isnt that interesting anyway, i'll just go back to plain old web browsing.

ty for the answers all.
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« Reply #18 on: October 10, 2004, 10:58:01 PM »
The gibberish is mime encoding. You need a news reader that converts the mime encoding to a file. Forte Free Agent will do it with base64 encoding, but won't do it with the other type (and I forget its name its been so long) - the pay Agent does. Some files are split and even .rar files. You'll need a program to join them and perhaps unrar them. Now you know why more people use the web than usenet  :D
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« Reply #19 on: October 11, 2004, 04:05:22 AM »
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curly im already browsing around with Forte, and Xnews.

in forte this is the result of a "video" of a plane crash supposedly...

there are 5 other news headers with the same name, and they all give the same type of thing.

from what i understand, this is part of a file, and i have to piece the parts together... but nowhere does it say how.

Oh, I see what you're getting at.

The news carriers themselves split files that exceed their maxium article size.  The result is an article subject that looks like this.
planecrash.avi (0/3)
planecrash.avi (1/3)
planecrash.avi (2/3)
planecrash.avi (3/3)

In Xnews there is a 'T' button that toggles threaded view.  Threaded view will organize multi-part files, and replies to post in a directory tree style display.  The above example now displays as.
planecrash.avi (~/3)

If you are in threaded view, just click on the queue colum for the article you want.  It should add all the individual parts to the queue.  Click on the Decode button and it will prompt where you want to save the file, and then it will download the parts decode and combind them for you.

Most news readers dont allow you to view multi-part files directly.  The newsreader will combine and save the file for you where you can view it externally.

If the article looks like this:
planecrash.avi.001
planecrash.avi.002
planecrash.avi.003

Then the poster themself split the file before posting.  In that case you would queue the parts and then use a program like mastersplitter to recombine the parts.
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Offline SunKing

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« Reply #20 on: October 11, 2004, 04:43:59 AM »
You'd think you pron masters would have this done by now.


Here's a group you guys don't want to miss.

A.B.pictures.aviation
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« Reply #21 on: October 11, 2004, 10:10:36 AM »
Of course once you get all the planecrash.avi files pieced together you will be pleased to find out it's some wacked out eurofreakpornspam vid for a website. Oh, enjoy the virus as well.
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« Reply #22 on: October 11, 2004, 02:57:19 PM »
If you have IE you have Outlook Express. Configure it per instructions as listed from others. You can then highlight all the component posts, right click and choose combine and decode.

BTW, here's a newsgroup I've followed for years:

comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim
« Last Edit: October 11, 2004, 02:59:43 PM by AKIron »
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« Reply #23 on: October 11, 2004, 06:21:11 PM »
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Of course once you get all the planecrash.avi files pieced together you will be pleased to find out it's some wacked out eurofreakpornspam vid for a website. Oh, enjoy the virus as well.
lol, actually off topic material is usually flamed quickly in most places.  Be weary of obvious potential virus carriers ie. .pif .exe .bat and all is good.
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Offline Gunslinger

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« Reply #24 on: October 11, 2004, 08:38:59 PM »
I use usenet alot.  The newreader that I use is giganews.  Its shareware that works even if you don't buy it you just get an annoying pop up every now and then.


The server I use is a subscribtion service. http://www.newscene.com  10.99/mo (IIRC) for 10Gig of transfer.  It holds most of the threads for 10 days and most of the files are complete....(not allways so w/ free servers)

most ISPs offer free connection to newserver but they arent allways reliable.  

If you D/L alot make sure you have WinRAR

and quickpar2

PS stay away from alot of the porn.  there's alot of it on there that is Illegal (not to mention SICK) and it automatically downloads the crap on your computer to view it.
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« Reply #25 on: October 11, 2004, 08:50:48 PM »
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PS stay away from alot of the porn.  there's alot of it on there that is Illegal (not to mention SICK) and it automatically downloads the crap on your computer to view it.


your likely to end up with that no matter what your doing, unless you actually subscribe one of the major ones
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« Reply #26 on: October 11, 2004, 09:01:30 PM »
Forte Free Agent works well, but lacks the spell checker that Agent has. But, what the heck, it's free. Takes some set-up tho. You will need to know the server address if your provider offers usenet access.

Netscape has a decent news reader too.

For usenet access, I like AT&T Worldnet DSL or even dialup. For non-moderated forums, your post appears so fast that you can hold real-time discussions. Worldnet's usenet server address is: netnews.worldnet.att.net

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« Reply #27 on: October 11, 2004, 10:06:16 PM »
H2H Virgincon like's his porn.

J/K:)
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Offline Vulcan

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« Reply #28 on: October 11, 2004, 11:02:06 PM »
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PS stay away from alot of the porn.  there's alot of it on there that is Illegal (not to mention SICK) and it automatically downloads the crap on your computer to view it.


You can turn auto-downloads off in newsbin.

Imagine a world... where infinite amounts of pr0n are precategorised for you... thats Usenet.
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Offline Gunslinger

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« Reply #29 on: October 12, 2004, 12:04:46 AM »
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You can turn auto-downloads off in newsbin.

Imagine a world... where infinite amounts of pr0n are precategorised for you... thats Usenet.


I used Newsbin for the longest time but the last version I had kept locking up my puter or closing on me.

Pretty chitty when you have 2Gigs scheduled to download.
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