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I'm not sure if you're kidding, but why would you prefer NZB/RAR/PARs over bittorrent? Bittorrent has basic hash checking, will re-download as needed from peer

• krmmalik 16y ago
  I'm certainly not kidding, but nor am i technically adept as your goodselves, so i'm more than happy to stand corrected. I havent used BitTorrent in a very long time, simply because i was endlessly frustrated waiting for peers to come online for many files so that i could see from them. Seems like a constant constraint to me. My experience with usenet has been quite the opposite. No dependency on peers, and no uploading of my own necessary. I understand that BTs error-checking may very well be good. I dont have any personal experience of it., but so far as extracting the files and combining them and whatnot is concerned there are many clients available today that automate the whole process upon presenting a single NZB file. Anyway, this is just my limited experience, and maybe i'll begin to like BitTorrent again one day. PS. Using binaries from usenet, i also have the option of simultaneous connections (20+) as well SSL and header caching.
  • xiongchiamiov 16y ago
    You have to connect to someone to download stuff. The protocol doesn't change that.