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Here's one from a.b.cheerleaders...

"291112_08_29" (60 rars)

There are lots of these and they are interesting because the first part suggests a date, 29/11/12, and the second part suggests a sequential number. The size is almost 6 gig.

Here's one from a.b.boneless...

"2TU4K75C6Z" (45 rars, 9 pars)

And here's one from a.b.multimedia...

"DTTBiAp23.101.by.NYCrules" (14 rars, 11 pars)

no .nfo included and no way to know what's inside. Does anybody know how people are decoding these titles into meaningful information?

Question for those with Usenet know how. When downloading raw headers, I have observed a convention where the title is a random string of letters and numbers, and within the post are for example 50 rars and 10 pars. How are consumers 'decoding' the title so they know what they are getting? Does the uploader provide a translation? Or can the 'real title' be recovered programmatically? Many thanks.