yeah, i used to use it for porn too. nowadays i just FTP into Tony's machine :D
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i used to use it ALL the time for pr0n > but since the www came a LONG way with that... > no more need. > > tw > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I haven't uses it much in years for anything but the binary groups. >> And I haven't used those in about a year cause I'm on BellSouth (ATT) >> DSL at home right now. >> >> MindSpring use to have an awesome local mindspring.* hierarchy for >> real discussions, but it was smashed all to hell by CrapLink shortly >> after they bought MindSpring. >> >> -Cameron >> >> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> is usenet stuff still used? >>> >>> like are newsgroups still a thing to do? >>> >>> tw >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 12:03 PM, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Robert Munn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 1:14 AM >>>>> To: CF-Community >>>>> Subject: Re: and so it begins... >>>>> >>>>> I have been thinking this day would come sooner or later. What bugs me >>>>> is >>>>> how the move is being sold as "protecting kids" or some other BS like >>>>> that. >>>> >>>> Too true... the actual medium is really indifferent. Childporn IS a >>>> problem, of course, but the actual audience for it is very small and uses a >>>> tiny, tiny percentage of whatever medium they use. >>>> >>>> (Of course there's ways to inflate this for political reasons. In many >>>> countries the age of consent, for example, is 17. So they add any group >>>> that might have content from those countries. Then they add any content >>>> from groups where people might post pictures of their kids in any >>>> situation. >>>> Then, just for good measure, they add in all the other groups. Then they >>>> announce that there's 23 terabytes of child-porn on usenet EVERY DAY!) >>>> >>>>> Usenet is a huge bandwidth killer, and 90% of the bandwidth used it is >>>>> for >>>>> porn and illegal music and videos. >>>> >>>> "Bandwith Killer" seems harsh... this is clearly a service that people use >>>> and want. Last I read USENet takes up about 8 or 9% of total network >>>> bandwidth. A lot to be sure, but still less than the over 10% of bandwidth >>>> used by YouTube alone. General HTTP (which includes YouTube) accounts for >>>> about 50% of traffic and P2P about 37-40%. >>>> >>>> Annoyingly everything I find lumps email and web traffic together... but >>>> still points out that Spam accounts for more than 85% of all email. >>>> >>>>> ISPs don't want the costs associated >>>>> with >>>>> collecting and storing all that crap locally. Why dedicate entire >>>>> server >>>>> farms to storing that content locally when usenet companies are doing >>>>> it for >>>>> a fee from subscribers? A possible solution would be to negotiate >>>>> discounted >>>>> deals with usenet providers that they could pass on to their customers >>>>> (for >>>>> a health commission, of course). >>>> >>>> This is exactly what Comcast does: every Comcast customer gets a "free" one >>>> gig per month Giganews account. Perfect for text and very light binary. >>>> >>>>> I don't even think the liability issue is really a factor. ISPs have >>>>> been >>>>> ignoring the MPAA and RIAA for years without consequence. This is all >>>>> about >>>>> cutting costs and increasing profits, and it goes hand in hand with >>>>> TWC's >>>>> decision to try out metered access. Just wait until they start blocking >>>>> YouTube. >>>> >>>> Exactly - most ISPs (Time Warner is a major one) have been cutting support >>>> for hosted USEnet for years... retention on even text groups is down to >>>> less >>>> than a day or two. This seems like an excuse to drop the service entirely >>>> and hide behind a questionable moral high-ground to fend off user >>>> complaints. >>>> >>>> Jim Davis >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:261832 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
