Usenet

Question by Chase: What’s the difference between Usenet and modern day message boards?

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Answer by TechSono
The primary difference is that Usenet is a separate network. It can run independent of the internet, and uses the NNTP protocol as opposed to the web’s HTTP protocol. Usenet “binary” newsgroups can also contain files, 7.5 terabytes of files are uploaded/downloaded every day.

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Question by : what’s the fuss about the IRC and USENET these days? does anyone still use this kind of technology?
aint those 80s stuff? or at least early 90s? ever since the world wide web becomes standard, i doubt anybody is still retrieving information from the usenet, but I’d be surprised when I accidently logged in to my almost 20 yr old usenet acct. and guess what? A LOTTA ACTIVITIES are still going on there. jee. when the chat room just died, usenet is still thriving…

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Answer by Andi
a lot of illegal material and pron (esp v illegal) gets exchanged there…

A lot of the world is not on high speed broadband.. so it is still a useful network.

and for those who are not windows/http based…
It provides the original ease of access and interchange of information.

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Question by Elliott: What’s the best way to advertise my news website?
I just launched it and I’m having trouble getting users, how can I get more users without having to spend money? my website is www.Openinternetnews.com

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Answer by Sierra
The best way to advertise is through your friends send the link to them and ask them to send the link to the rest of their friends. Friends are the cheapest and fastest way to advertise.

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Question by Silverhair: whats a usenet and how do i acces it?
I’ve heard people talk about usenets and how awesome they are, but what is it and how do i access a usenet?

Guide for dummies if you don’t mind

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Answer by Scribe2k
A usenet is a topic based discussion thread where people can contribute to the ideas and discussions on that thread.
The theme generally determines what the information is that is contained on that usenet group.

The second link below is a beginners guide that is most helpful and a basic introduction.

Good luck and enjoy the ride.

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Question by Uahomo Iahomo: Whats the best place to look for news articles that deal with the ethics of advertising?

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Answer by Maya R
Here are a couple of places:

http://ezinearticles.com/?Ethics-in-Advertising&id=75860

http://advertising.about.com/od/ethics/Ethics_in_Advertising_and_Public_Relations.htm

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Question by Alberto Del Rio: Whats was the price for Apranet or Usenet in the early 80s ?
Before the Internet there was Apranet & Usenet in the 80s.

But my question is,

What was the monthly price range for Apranet or Usenet Service in the early 80s ? Or how much did they charge for Emails etc.

Additional facts & information on Apranet/Usenet would be appriciated. (Like network speed, etc)

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Answer by bob535
Arpanet was a military and educational link that was only really attached to universities. There was no centralized cost as we know it, the cost would have been by in the hardware at the ends, and the lines that connected them.

As for speed, it really can’t be measured in anything useful. It could send text.

After Arpanet, still in the early 80s, the only connections that really existed were in education institutions, government and large corporations. Again, centralized costs were non-existant to the end user. The connected university or company paid for the hardware and lines.

Centralized payments only came around when the lines/hardware needed to be rented to other people. This didn’t really happen until a little later.

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What’s on the Internet : The Definitive Guide to the Internet’s Usenet Newsgroups,1996 publication

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Question by sergiorodrigues1963: whats the best unlimited usenet news service ?
i would like to know what is the usenet newsservice (with server in europe) that allows the max download.
they all have unlimited accounts, but they never tell you how much you can download in a month.
what is your newsserver with an unlimited account and how much does it let you download and at what speed ?

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Answer by dino213aa
I use www.newshosting.com. I’m very happy with their service. I get unlimited downloading and about 40 days of retention. I don’t know how it performs in Europe, but in Richmond, Virginia, USA it does great. The speed I get here is usually between 350KBs and 800KBs. Their unlimited service is $ 14.95/month.

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Question by smoothie pro: Whats wrong with usenet nowadays? Why does my symantec antivirus see trojan horses when I download files?
I use giganews.com for usenet file downloads especially progs and for rars. I use symantec endpoint protection. Is the trojan horse real or AV is making a false alarm?

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Answer by julian b
For the most part, it is usually a false alarm. HOWEVER, I would be especially careful when downloading any RAR files or Keygens. Keep track of what you download, and if your system starts acting up, IMMEDIATELY delete the recent “iffy” files you’ve downloaded and run spybot.

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Question by Net Rider: What’s the best moderately priced DVD authoring software?
To the DVD wizards out there: I need your input and advice. I download lots of video files from Usenet and the torrent sites. I’m currently using CyberLink Power Producer 3 to author scene menus and to convert the files from avi etc to DVD. PP3 came with my DVD burner.

I’m looking to take a step up to a product with a few more features. The most important upgrades are 1) entering a time stamp and having the software position me at that point and 2) using different menu styles on the main screen and scene/chapter screens.

Free would be best, of course, but I need to keep the price under $ 75. I’d pay $ 100 for a really outstanding solution. It needs to be easy to configure.

Thanks in advance.

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Answer by Rhonnie
Try this link and choose

http://msn-cnet.com.com/3120-20_4-0.html?tg=dl-20&qt=dvd%20authoring&tag=srch

I hope it helps!

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