dark_jedi said:you know I used to feel exactly the same way you do,it took me forever before I liked usenet,and I HATED it for the same reasons you do,but now that I learned it and found the "right" software for me,now I really like it,it is a GREAT alternative to torrents,and NO SEEDING BS!,and no worrying about those idiot hit and runners,sure $25 is kind of alot of money I hues,but 110 GB's is ALOT of stuff,it would get you ALL Ady's releases and a TON more,Segaflip the KING of usenet helped me get setup,if you decide to give usenet a shot again,PM me and I will give you help,I have helped out others and now they think it is pretty damn easy to,once you have the Astraweb acct.,all you do is load that info into Grabit,then goto binsearch or newzleech and download the .nzb file(which to me is just like a torrent LOL)load that .nzb into Grabit and wallah,you are grabing Ady's fabulous file.
but like I said,if you give it a go again,PM me and I will gladly help you out,I started my download of this little over 4 hours ago and I have it already.
and yes 2 files were incomplete,but QuikPar fixed it in a jiffy,the Par files are right there in the download,so no extra downing.
all you need is this:
Astraweb acct.,Grabit,Quikpar,Winrar.
While I'm grateful for the offer (truly I am), I don't find usenet difficult, confusing, or intimidating in any way. I find it annoying. I have the same problem with usenet as I would have with trying to pull something of this magnitude from Rapidshare. I wind up with dozens or hundreds of files (this latest AVCHD post has, what, 179 parts from binsearch?) that form basically a single archive which I then have to extract, essentially doubling the space required. With a torrent, I start the torrent, walk away, and when I check back, I have the iso. No repairing of files, no waiting for a 7+ GB file extraction, just burn the image. Seeding doesn't bother me, I tend to leave stuff seeding for long periods of time. In fact, I'm still seeding Adywan's first AVCHD release (which I originally downloaded from usenet). The simple fact is, I don't like usenet. I've tried it, gave it a fair shot, and don't like it.
Again, I'm grateful for the offer of help, but as stated earlier, it's not an issue with difficulty. Usenet is a last resort for me on this one. I'll take -1's advice and wait for a bit...