gkedrovs
02-05-2003, 03:34 PM
Does anyone know of a good, free news server? I use dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu
but, lately it's crapped out on me. I used to be able to get what I wanted off there, but not so in the past couple of days. I wonder if they closed the "backdoor" that let folks in for free (just to download, not to upload).
My dad is a huge railfan in Minnesota, and I live in Costa Rica. He posts his train pics on alt.binaries.pictures.rail - an interesting sub-cultural of "foamers" (railfans). I'd go into dp-news and grab his pics, use them as wallpapers or whatever (they're actually very scenic - his, not everyone's train pics). It's mainly just something fun me and my dad do over the net (him on his monster G4 with 22" Cinema Display, and me on my Linux box).
He uses giganews, but I don't wanna pay for something I won't "use." And since I don't upload, or comment, or anything - just download my Dad's pics - I'd like to find something decent and... free. :-)
-Greg
but, lately it's crapped out on me. I used to be able to get what I wanted off there, but not so in the past couple of days. I wonder if they closed the "backdoor" that let folks in for free (just to download, not to upload).
My dad is a huge railfan in Minnesota, and I live in Costa Rica. He posts his train pics on alt.binaries.pictures.rail - an interesting sub-cultural of "foamers" (railfans). I'd go into dp-news and grab his pics, use them as wallpapers or whatever (they're actually very scenic - his, not everyone's train pics). It's mainly just something fun me and my dad do over the net (him on his monster G4 with 22" Cinema Display, and me on my Linux box).
He uses giganews, but I don't wanna pay for something I won't "use." And since I don't upload, or comment, or anything - just download my Dad's pics - I'd like to find something decent and... free. :-)
-Greg