> -----Original Message----- > From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 6:14 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Missed last weeks Battlestar Galatica > > 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 :)
No matter how easy you make it it's a lot of stuff for a single file. P2P or Torrents will always be easier. > > +) 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. And Ian can get one of these how? > > 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. Which is all voodoo to me. ;^) Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:171319 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
