Much of the debate surrounding Usenet concerns whether this venerable technology still outdoes its modern peers. In this article, address Usenet, torrents and related technologies each of which has their own passionate adherents.
The plethora of sites dedicated to the Usenet system reveal that it is still very much alive. In fact, with the growing popularity of P2P—peer to peer—file sharing, Usenet has proven that its long-standing model of transferring files is still viable.
This method is preferable to torrenting and other technologies in several regards. There is no place where the debate between one technology and another is engaged with such passion as it is on the Internet, and Usenet has been the subject of a great many conversations of late.
Many of these conversations have to do with speed. Torrent protocols have proven that they can deliver large downloads at impressive speeds. However, it is not only the torrent protocol that can make this boast. Usenet manages the same high speeds via a very different protocol.
While the adherents of one protocol or another continue to take swipes at each other’s pet technology, most users find themselves using the Usenet system as a part of their entire Internet technology use. The debaters, in many cases, fail to see the forest for the trees, as every technology has its use, whether it’s old or new.
Usenet offers users a different way of using the web to interact with others, which has also made it part of the conversation where social networking is concerned. Though its proponents like to refer to social networking technologies as “Web 2.0”, the Usenet system has roots that extend far before there was even a Web 1.0.
This system has some of the best features of bulletin boards—text posts, fast downloads and very specific interest groups—and some of the best features of new technologies. Its users are just not going to give it up, and for many good reasons.
There are literally thousands of subjects among the Usenet newsgroups. Contrast this to the relatively few interests found on any given forum. A Usenet user can surf newsgroups very quickly, whereas a forum user has to create a separate account for every different forum. Social networking sites also come and go very quickly.
Usenet has been around for a very long time and the work that one puts into forging relationships via the newsgroups oftentimes pays off for many years. Oddly, much of the debate surrounding Usenet concerns whether this venerable technology still outdoes its modern peers. It does, in many cases.
Usenet Search – Finding the Right Way to search Usenet
One of the biggest obstacles to effectively leveraging the power of Usenet that you will face will be the inherent difficulty of searching through a huge amount of somewhat disorganized material. Fortunately, there are some Usenet search services to help you out. In this article, we will talk about various services and ways to search Usenet.
Understanding Compression Algorithms as they apply to Usenet
If you are downloading binary files from Usenet, then you will become familiar with different forms of file compression. In this article we talk about file compression and its use in Usenet.
Understanding the Usenet Service
If you are not familiar with Usenet then read this article to learn about Usenet and its corresponding newsgroups from a high level overview.
