Jim Davis wrote:
> 
> Which server did you use (not reader software, but server)?

> USENet may very be too complicated to just get a single episode

You think so? I recently wrote a download guide and most people figure it out 
in a few minutes: 
http://spike.oli.tudelft.nl/jochemd/tools/usenet/downloadguide.html (Obviously 
you would need different file names.)

The thing I really like about this manual is that it keeps people from posting 
themselves :)


>       +) It should handle multiple servers.  This is important for speed:
> you can configure multiple servers and the software will automatically
> combine them into one "super server" and pull messages from all at once.

Or you need an unlimited 'courtesy account' with a friendly usenet ISP, I 
usually download at more then 30 Mbps.


> PAR (parity) files can be used to both verify that a downloaded file is
> correct (not corrupt) and, when there's enough of them, fix the corruption.
> It's all voodoo

It is not voodoo, it is a RAIF: Redundant Array of Inexpensive Files and it 
works the same as RAID redundancy.

Jochem

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