What The F*** Is Usenet And Why Do I Need It?

[Misha070]

Usenet is just interesting overall. Abandonware and old tech is so cool just to explore.

[erkolos]

Ten years before the Web. Not ten years before the Internet.

[ScottDeGnome]

UseNet is the birthplace of trolls

[cleric022684]

@ScottDeGnome why?

[ScottDeGnome]

@cleric022684 What?

[goldragons]

Nice basics mate. Thanx

[mudflapbotw]

In this video you show what looks like a pile of random rar compressed bianary files. Well, it's been three years since this has been posted. Have you figured out yet that these files are what most of us are looking for and that NZB files make Usenet a really kick-ass tool for finding nearly anything you want?

[wiseidiot5763]

Usenet is the birthplace of trolls

[L053r1]

nice video. So usenet is just like IRC. That lets you talk to other users and download files and all? (I know how to download files from IRC but i have never tried Usenets)

[R0773N]

Not 10 years before the internet, 10 years before the web. Two different things.

[danielkoolno]

I like your style :D when its something i dont understand use the word f*** to find the best answers XD Nice tutorial :)

[Flowkick]

I heard of this new p2p network that let people share information, opinions, and even advertise to peers on the network. I had downloaded the client software Herald, I must say its verrrry impressive! For you people who wants to check it out, the p2p network is call Global Herald Network which was just launched on 6/20/08.

[toastface5]

lol, the news 'feed?' was called 'Crap!' rofl XD! that made my day (apart from watching some of your vids). :)

[guitarbrad]

I'd rather use Google Groups for Newsgroups. They've saved all the groups and their posts so there's a LOT of info. I think OE (or your protocol) will only show a few month's worth of posts.

[broadsword72]

Nice introduction to usenet. However I would not recommend OE for binaries it cannot decode Yenc. OE for text is great.

[mobilephone2003]

Thanks for the tip :-)