The End: NZBMatrix closes • Hacker News Board

Re: The End: NZBMatrix closes

#81

Post by emehrkay » Sun, Dec 09, 2012, 5:49 PM UTC

jondiggsit wrote: post #2

This is a sad day.

I really feel some type of way about this. This site (and netflix and hulu) allowed me to live without tv for almost four years

Re: The End: NZBMatrix closes

#82

Post by emehrkay » Sun, Dec 09, 2012, 5:52 PM UTC

harrod wrote: post #29

MozMorris wrote: post #15

MacGuffin!! Noooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!1

Yup. Mr. "a:10 v:10"

Those were the most helpful comments. You'd see a four on either metric and know not to waste time.

Re: The End: NZBMatrix closes

#83

Post by emehrkay » Sun, Dec 09, 2012, 5:53 PM UTC

Open source the code. Id gladly run my own private nzbmatrix

Re: The End: NZBMatrix closes

#84

Post by tibbon » Sun, Dec 09, 2012, 6:01 PM UTC

tallanvor wrote: post #18

StavrosK wrote: post #10

Can anyone explain what this was, for us who didn't know it?

Think of it like Pirate Bay, but for newsgroups. Newsgroups are massive with some providers archiving binary groups for up to 4 years (and growing). Sites like NZBMatrix index the content and provide nzb files which tell your client what to download so that you don't have to constantly download the headers for a bunch of sites and search through them. Sites like NZBMatrix were also somewhat curated to help keep passw…

And combined with a private usenet server, it was non-P2P and relatively secure file downloading at exceedingly high speeds.

Re: The End: NZBMatrix closes

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Post by spudlyo » Sun, Dec 09, 2012, 6:03 PM UTC

emehrkay wrote: post #83

Open source the code. Id gladly run my own private nzbmatrix

Feel free.

http://newznab.readthedocs.org/en/latest/

Re: The End: NZBMatrix closes

#86

Post by emehrkay » Sun, Dec 09, 2012, 6:05 PM UTC

spudlyo wrote: post #85

emehrkay wrote: post #83

Open source the code. Id gladly run my own private nzbmatrix

Feel free. http://newznab.readthedocs.org/en/latest/

You've derailed my Sunday. Thanks. Is this the nzbmatrix core?

Re: The End: NZBMatrix closes

#87

Post by spudlyo » Sun, Dec 09, 2012, 6:11 PM UTC

emehrkay wrote: post #86

spudlyo wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Feel free. http://newznab.readthedocs.org/en/latest/

You've derailed my Sunday. Thanks. Is this the nzbmatrix core?

No, it's a GPLv3 clone of an nzbmatrix-esque site. Somewhat popular sites like nzb.su use it. It has a Sickbeard compatible API too.

Re: The End: NZBMatrix closes

#88

Post by slaxo » Sun, Dec 09, 2012, 6:14 PM UTC

skippy wrote: post #3

The masses need to pick a new site to invest their energies in, rather than scatter at random to lots of different sites! Any particular one out there that's better than the rest?

I'd give nzb.su a try. I started using them a few weeks ago as an auxiliary when I was having issues with nzbmatrix.

In my short few weeks of using it, the API seems better than nzbmatrix, but the community / comments on files is near nonexistent. If you're only looking for something to hook up to sickbeard / couchpotato though, it should do the job just fine.

Re: The End: NZBMatrix closes

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Post by Down_n_Out » Sun, Dec 09, 2012, 6:27 PM UTC

slaxo wrote: post #88

skippy wrote: post #3

The masses need to pick a new site to invest their energies in, rather than scatter at random to lots of different sites! Any particular one out there that's better than the rest?

I'd give nzb.su a try. I started using them a few weeks ago as an auxiliary when I was having issues with nzbmatrix. In my short few weeks of using it, the API seems better than nzbmatrix, but the community / comments on files is near nonexistent. If you're only looking for something to hook up to sickbeard / couchpotato though, it should do the job just fine.

Can't sign up for nzb.su at the moment so it seems, together with a lot of others out there ... Nice, but not really.

Re: The End: NZBMatrix closes

#90

Post by thechut » Sun, Dec 09, 2012, 6:39 PM UTC

This is a major blow to usenet. But more importantly this could be the start fo something very very bad for usenet. It, and it's users of who I am sure there are plenty on HN, have so far been able to fly under the anti-piracy radar of the big media companies. This clearly demonstrates that they know exactly what is going on, and may be on the war path to shut down more indexes and search engines.