On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:38:46 -0500, Isis <isis55423@hotpop.com> wrote:
>On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 08:21:40 +0000, Octopussi <octopuse@lds.org> wrote:
>
><snip>
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>:Why thank you. I'll gladly be a guinea pig. Here's my wish list...
>:
>:http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=361
>:http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=399
>:
>:I found 2 others that I liked already posted elsewhere and have
>:attached the .nzb's.
>:
>:They are:
>:http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=300 (aquatic...)
>:
>:and
>:
>:http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=407 (noche...)
>:
>:thanks for the list. Criterion is worthwhile because they have lists
>:of more tasteful intellectual movies.
>
>I can get both of those, but I don't know if they are Criterions until
>they arrive. We'll just to have to wait and see. (Tuesday)
>
>Thanks for posting the NZB's. (Renaming them to the title would probably
>have been helpful, though!) :)
>
>Later,
>
>Isis
While I've got your attention, I was wondering if you might critique
my guide, since you seem to be highly literate technically.
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An Abridged Guide to Configuring Your Posting Programs!
Version: 2.9884
This abridged guide contains only the bare essential information you
need in order to begin posting.
To get a basic grounding in posting files on the usenet, please visit
http://www.binaries4all.com/beginners/ which has many helpful
tutorials.
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If you own a Mac, here's what you need to do: Get Unison for both
downloading and posting. Drag and drop the files you want to post, set
the "Segment files larger than" to 10 or 15 Meg, set "PAR2 Redundancy"
to about 20%, name the par set, and click upload. Period.
Unison will save the parts and the par files in case you want to re-up
a single file of the posting. It gets no simpler. This is from Igor in
alt.binaries.mac-nerds
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If you run a Linux box, obtain newsposter5 script for linux.
You do nothing but answer some quick questions (what newsgroup,
Title you want to give it, what to name your archive) and it does all
the rest. Nothing else to have to fiddle with.
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If you own a PC, then the following is intended for you.
Two freeware utilities help you post files: QuickPar and PowerPost.
They are really essential.
PowerPost A&A V11b:
http://powerpost.cjb.net (official URL - watch for popups)
http://powerpost.free.fr (alternative URL, may change - no popups)
QuickPar:
http://www.quickpar.org.uk
Drop your source file into Quickpar. Set the Quickpar options as
follows. 'Limit File Size' to 10,369,536 and 'Block size' to 327680.
Set the recover blocks to between 5 and 10 percent, or slightly more
if you feel generous with your bandwidth and time. These parameters
have been shown to result in good completion rates on many popular
servers.
Check the box that says "Split Files." This will cause QuickPar to
split up large files into more manageable sizes for upload and
download. Next, click "Create," and QuickPar will split your file into
multiple parts for easier and more reliable posting to the Usenet. It
will also create Par files which allow recovery in cases where blocks
are missing.
In PowerPost, set the 'Max Lines' to 2560.
All parameters for various programs are listed here:
PowerPost: Default Max Lines Per Part: 2560
QuickPar:
Limit size to: 10,369,536
Preferred Block Size: Exact: 327680
Restrict blocksize to multiples of Usenet article size: On
Split Files: Checked
There are other programs used by certain posters. JAS is a file
splitter still being used by some people. You can use it to split and
splice multiple parts of a file, even though QuickPar can also do
that. Thus, many people today feel that JAS is obsolete. WinRAR is an
archival program used primarily for compressing software and very
large files such as movies. If you use these files, the options should
be set as follows:
JAS: Options/Split: Part Size: 10,369,536 Bytes
WinRAR: Split to volumes, bytes: 10369536
This has been a public service by Yo Momma. Yo Daddy and Yo Greasy
Granny with the Big Pootanny.
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