USENET: a gateway to free music, programs & pron

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USENET: a gateway to free music, programs & pron

ok, kiddies. since i have to type this info up for a few friends, i figured i would share this with all of you.

so what exactly is usenet?

The most available distribution of newsgroups is USENET, which contains over ten thousand unique newsgroups covering practically every human proclivity. It is not part of the Internet, but can be reached through most Internet service providers. USENET was originally implemented in 1979-80 by Steve Bellovin, Jim Ellis, Tom Truscott, and Steve Daniel at Duke University. The names of newsgroups are comprised of a string of words separated by periods, such as " rec.humor.funny" or "misc.jobs.offered". The first word (ie "rec" or "misc") represents the top level category of newsgroups. The second word (in these examples "humor



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there is a newgroup for virtually every topic you could think of. you can look at usenet as a huge river of data that no one owns. ISPs and news services tap into this feed and give you access to their newsgroup servers.

the newsgroups that are applicable to free stuff would be the binary groups. usenet only supports a certain amount of data per post. mp3s can be posted in their entirety, while programs or movies have to be chopped up into multiple posts.

here are the major advantages to newgroups over P2P networks:

virtually untraceable- unlike a P2P network, the movie and recording industry cannot track who is downloading what. you don't have to worry about being sued $5,000 for downloading 1 shitty song.

speed- in most cases, downloading anything off a news server housed by your ISP is ridiculously faster than P2P. in the time it takes to download a song off of a P2P network, you could download an entire album off of usenet.



so how do you take advantage of this beautiful service?

first, you need to see if newsgroups/usenet access is provided with you ISP account. check your ISP's website or call them. not all ISPs offer free usenet access. therefore, you may have to pay a small monthly fee and subscribe to a news service such as giganews- www.giganews.com

even if you have to pay a montly fee, its well worth it IMO when you take into account all of the benefits.



next, you need a news reader. news readers are like web browsers for usenet. not all news readers are equal. check out his article to see what i mean:



http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0...tml?tw=rss.TOP



i use newsbin pro. it is the best in my opinion. you get a 10 day trial after which you must purchase the program. i have heard that you can get a crack for it and get the program for free. but that would be illegal. and i would never knowingly break the law. in fact, this entire article is for research purposes only.

it might also be a good idea to get a program that deals w/ .par files (google it).

play around w/ your newsbin pro and get a feel for how it works. it comes pre loaded w/ the newsgroups you need. you'll just have to:
1. enter the news server settings for you account as designated by you ISP or news service provider.

2. subscribe to newsgroups- as previously mentioned, there are TONS of newsgroups. newsbin pro is nice in that it comes preloaded with common/popular news groups and you can search them via filters and post count. example: it takes all of 10 seconds to select binaries-music newsgroups and then sort by the music newsgroup that is the busiest (as indicated by post count). also, you can filter via keywords. if i want a rock music newsgroup in the binaries category, i check the binaries box and type "rock".

learning how to search & filter newsgroups will save you a lot of time

3. search for desired content- save time by using the search function if you want something specific

4. welcome to digital heaven