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Comment on Giganews Review by PN

PN — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:31:32 +0000

Their free trial is a SCAM!

They have a way to trick you to opt out of the free trail and tell you that its your fault!

Greedy customer service!

Comment on LG 42LM6200 42-Inch Cinema 3D 1080p 120 Hz LED-LCD HDTV Review by anom

anom — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 18:57:51 +0000

I’m not sure what HD TV I want but a lot of my Dish co-workers are recommending I get an LG model. I have read a lot of reviews on the LG 42LM6200 42 Inch and the LG 47LM7600 47 Inch. I want a big TV so I am leaning more towards the 47 inch. I really like the features each TV has and I think whatever one I choose my HD channels from Dish will look amazing on them.

Comment on Labrynthitis – My Worst Enemy by admin

admin — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 22:23:11 +0000

Hi,

I’m doing well. Things got much better around the 5th month. This is my 6th month and it’s *mostly* gone. However, I still get a little dizzy here and there with certain activities, it’s not such a big deal anymore, and doesn’t prevent me from doing anything like it used to.

Comment on Labrynthitis – My Worst Enemy by pitchingandrolling

pitchingandrolling — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 20:03:58 +0000

Thank you for sharing your story! I have been in the throes of an ongoing bout of vertigo for the last month and a half, and last week was diagnosed with vestibular neuritis. It has completely taken over my life, and it’s good to hear other people out there have had similar experiences. How are you doing now?

Comment on What is Usenet? Downloading From Binary Newsgroups by fileflyer.com Review | TechnologyInsanity.com

fileflyer.com Review | TechnologyInsanity.com — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 23:25:21 +0000

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Comment on Why Seedboxes are a Waste by admin

admin — Thu, 31 May 2012 20:19:26 +0000

Well, if you read my usenet tutorial http://technologyinsanity.com/internet/what-is-usenet-downloading-from-binary-newsgroups/

You see I recommend you use NZB sites like NZBMatrix, NZBsRus etc.. this pretty much fixes the problems you’re talking about. These sites are very similar to torrent indexers.

Comment on Why Seedboxes are a Waste by A. Pedro

A. Pedro — Thu, 31 May 2012 17:51:24 +0000

I’ve already tried Usenet, and in fact the wealth of content there is amazing. But I did find some “hassle” in the Usenet world, like files with some missing part, bogus files
(imagine download a file worth a lot of Gigabytes, only to find it was not what you were expecting at all), lack of overall information on the filenames (quality, bitrate, codecs, etc.), etc.
At least, the bittorrent indexers are a bit more organized and offer better information about the files I’m about to download. My current seedbox service costs 3 Euros per month (it’s cheaper than most Seedbox services I’ve searched for), the server downloads the torrent within minutes if it’s a well-seeded torrent, or some hours in the more obscure ones. I have not any issues with ratio, because I can reach the a ratio highter than 1.000 before actually finishing the download. As a matter of fact, as I usually don’t have to clear my active torrent list so fast, I let the ratio go up to more than 10.000 most of the time.

Overall, I think seedboxes are more easier to use than Usenet. Sorry if I missed some good aspect of Usenet. =)

Comment on FW:Why did you put this photo online? by ben

ben — Sun, 27 May 2012 11:15:43 +0000

Yep, got this email to. Did sound fishy. Think it would be good to publicize this more as I can see people falling for this.

Comment on Usenetserver.com Review by admin

admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 19:08:24 +0000

Hey, Astraweb does have it’s issues, as does Giganews, Highwinds, and Readnews. This is why I always say to have plenty of fill servers. If you look at the boards there are tons of people that are happy with astraweb and some that aren’t. This still doesn’t negate the fact that more people use astraweb than anything else, and there’s a reason for that. This is the way it goes with all servers, really. Having highwinds or usenetserver as your primary usenet provider isn’t bad at all. Just combine it with astraweb or usenet-news blocks.

As far as general completion goes, astraweb has tons more in certain content areas. I recommend people use a Highwinds & Astraweb combo or Readnews.

Yes, I have used astraweb. I’ve used Readnews, and I’ve used Highwinds. All have their issues, all need fill servers. Without a fill server I recommend NGroups as your “only” host. If you use fills then Astraweb is great as it will pull MOST of the post. The one thing to note is that if you have 50 or 100mbit astraweb might not be the best choice as your primary server, you might be better off with highwinds, because in general they are faster. Still, it’s a good idea to pick up a fill from astraweb.

My current combo is actually Highwinds, Readnews, and Astraweb. Gives me about 100% completion on pretty much everything on usenet.

Comment on Usenetserver.com Review by Pedro

Pedro — Sun, 06 May 2012 20:00:51 +0000

I have used Usenetserver for many years now with Astraweb as a backfill. I am dropping Astraweb as soon as my month is over because lately it has sucked ass. terrible completion and slow as a snail. Have you even used it?

I don’t care what you think. Astraweb is terribad. Just go look at any other board. everyone is complaining.