In article <53746f18.385602657@news-beta.easynews.com>, Grouse
<grouse1@gDONTSPAMITmail.com> wrote:
> Don't believe I will use the NZB's, for fear of duplication...
OBTW, I just did a double-take on that and I thought I'd add a random
note or two about it. In case you didn't know, NZBs don't have to be
monolithic. For instance, if the file specifies 20 sets of pics, you
don't necessarily have to download all 20. Depending on what software
you're using, you can pick and choose. And if your particular client
doesn't let you pick and choose from an NZB list, then try a better one
(there are many). Also, an NZB is just an XML file, which is a text
file, so you can use a text editor to do the picking & choosing if you
want to get down and dirty with the actual lines and sections of it.
IOW, if your NZB-aware downloading client is smart, then that's great,
but if it's not, then you can use a text editor and your own smarts
instead.
A long time ago I used to be opposed to NZBs on principle, thinking
that everything with Usenet binaries should be more interactive and
social and stuff (as with these discussions here), but more recently
I think that NZBs are a pretty cool invention and I tend to use 'em a
lot.
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