I couldn't figure out unison's interface, any tips on using it would be great.
Mike On Nov 14, 2009, at 9:25 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: > > Anouk, > > When I saw unison for the first time, I litterally bounded around my > room with joy. Power grab and power post server ve very well under > windows, but unison was just incredible. > > I cued up 20 or 30 gigs from the premier audiobook news group in half > an hour or so, It took 2 or 3 days for it to come down at a rate of > about a megabyte per second, and it was unbelieveable to see it all > pouring in. > > Unison threads messages, so suppose you want to grab a book or an > album. It could be 15 or 20 files, or it could be 5 or 600 files, but > all the files will be in one thread. You just hit the button to grab > the thread and you have all the files in one stroke. > > I don't know about this hogwasher thing, but you may as well save > money and buy unison, since I don't see how anything could possibly be > better. Of course, behind every good binary newsgroup reader there is > a good news group service. If you are going to pay for unison, then > an easy news or giganews plan shouldn't be out of the way. They have > 60 or so days worth of retention, fantastic throughputs, web access, > and great value for money on transferable gb's and such. I couldn't > use up my 20 gb for the longest time and ended up with over 500 gb > that I could download with beofre I had to cansil so I could fix my > bills. > > Best, > > erik burggraaf > A+ certified technician and user support consultant. > Phone: 888-255-5194 > Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com > > On 2009-11-14, at 4:56 AM, anouk radix wrote: > >> >> Hello, I finally wanted to get seriously into usenet for the first >> time (it never really was an option under windows before because hal >> is just too limited), unfortunately i installed the applications >> soon after i got sl and now they are expired. I know from other >> users unison will work because it is from the seem makers as >> transmit. But I also found another application called hogwasher. I >> wonder if anyone has tried it? Its more expensive then some other >> applications I have encountered, 50 dollars. >> Also I wonder how you locate your files you want to dl? I talked to >> some windows friends and they often use a program called ftd which >> gives you a list you can browse (most usenet service providers dont >> seem to save an extensive list of headers), or do you guys just type >> a search term in a nzb search engine without any browsing? >> Sorry, I am just a novice to this. >> Greetings, Anouk >> skype anouk.radix >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
