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Dr.Willy
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| juniper wrote: | | hmm. is there any newsreader that can grab binaries (i do need that, don't I?) and supports ssl? linux of course. |
net-nntp/nzbget ?
Oh, and also I'd like to use this thread to shamelessly advertize one of my projects: clicknload2text.
Not that it has anything to do with bittorrent or usenet, but it seems to be attracting the right crowd. |
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juniper
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 10:22 am Post subject: |
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| BoneKracker wrote: | I think it's possible with gnus, although that apparently means using emacs. I don't think gnus can grab binaries, though.
You may have specified an unmatched group of requirements here:
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- ssl
- grab binaries |
you'd think in this day that wouldn't be hard. there are a number of programs that do it, but I think only for mac/windows.
ok. just grab binaries and ssl. there is a way to setup pan + stunnel to do that i think.
however, looking at dr willy's suggestion above, it appears that nzbget satisfies text + ssl + binary grabber. |
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BoneKracker
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It's a text-based nntp binary grabber with ssl, but I don't think it's a newsreader. I thought you said you needed a newsreader with those features.
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juniper
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i joined a news group. seems to be working well. I paid 25 USD for 180 gigs (they have a 50USD/terabyte deal also). I don't actually download much. I figure that will last me a year or so. the only piss off was that I also had to pay 7 USD for an nzbmatrix subscription. I am using pan + stunnel (for ssl encryption). works well.
I would use nzbget, but it isn't in the ubuntu repository for 10.04 (or whatever is on that computer). but it is for later ubuntus. maybe I should upgrade to 12.04LTS on that machine. I have been hesitant because it does the minimal job or running xbmc quite well, and I have been meaning to get a dedicated media box that is low wattage (I think my old laptop is 500 watts or so). |
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sikpuppy
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| juniper wrote: | i joined a news group. seems to be working well. I paid 25 USD for 180 gigs (they have a 50USD/terabyte deal also). I don't actually download much. I figure that will last me a year or so. the only piss off was that I also had to pay 7 USD for an nzbmatrix subscription. I am using pan + stunnel (for ssl encryption). works well.
I would use nzbget, but it isn't in the ubuntu repository for 10.04 (or whatever is on that computer). but it is for later ubuntus. maybe I should upgrade to 12.04LTS on that machine. I have been hesitant because it does the minimal job or running xbmc quite well, and I have been meaning to get a dedicated media box that is low wattage (I think my old laptop is 500 watts or so). |
You will need parchive or similar to repair corrupted files. |
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juniper
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| sikpuppy wrote: | | juniper wrote: | i joined a news group. seems to be working well. I paid 25 USD for 180 gigs (they have a 50USD/terabyte deal also). I don't actually download much. I figure that will last me a year or so. the only piss off was that I also had to pay 7 USD for an nzbmatrix subscription. I am using pan + stunnel (for ssl encryption). works well.
I would use nzbget, but it isn't in the ubuntu repository for 10.04 (or whatever is on that computer). but it is for later ubuntus. maybe I should upgrade to 12.04LTS on that machine. I have been hesitant because it does the minimal job or running xbmc quite well, and I have been meaning to get a dedicated media box that is low wattage (I think my old laptop is 500 watts or so). |
You will need parchive or similar to repair corrupted files. |
I frequent are they? I don't seem to have downloaded any yet (I assume they wouldn't work if they were corrupted). |
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sikpuppy
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| juniper wrote: |
You will need parchive or similar to repair corrupted files. |
I frequent are they? I don't seem to have downloaded any yet (I assume they wouldn't work if they were corrupted).[/quote]
Not frequent. But if you have just downloaded, say, a 350mb file, downloading 15% of that in par2 files (which should come with any multipart rar archive file) or less is worth it. |
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juniper
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| sikpuppy wrote: |
Not frequent. But if you have just downloaded, say, a 350mb file, downloading 15% of that in par2 files (which should come with any multipart rar archive file) or less is worth it. |
Thanks for the tip on parchive. Got some errors and it repaired them.
Some genius came up with that program. I love it when programs I have never heard of work out of the box.
Ugly command line tools too. They rock. |
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sikpuppy
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| juniper wrote: | | sikpuppy wrote: |
Not frequent. But if you have just downloaded, say, a 350mb file, downloading 15% of that in par2 files (which should come with any multipart rar archive file) or less is worth it. |
Thanks for the tip on parchive. Got some errors and it repaired them.
Some genius came up with that program. I love it when programs I have never heard of work out of the box.
Ugly command line tools too. They rock. |
Good news. |
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juniper
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| Dr.Willy wrote: | | juniper wrote: | | hmm. is there any newsreader that can grab binaries (i do need that, don't I?) and supports ssl? linux of course. |
net-nntp/nzbget ?
Oh, and also I'd like to use this thread to shamelessly advertize one of my projects: clicknload2text.
Not that it has anything to do with bittorrent or usenet, but it seems to be attracting the right crowd. |
I can't seem to find a comprehensible how to on this program. Do you know of one. |
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DannySmit
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| Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 2:08 pm Post subject: Re: BitTorrent study finds most file-sharers are monitored |
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| I am wondering how does it correspond with the UK data privacy laws.. Though won't be surprized - if someone wants to spot users of pirat copies - this is the place to be .. |
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