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Posted by Jim Elbrecht on September 2, 2006, 11:26 am
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>"Ook" <Ook Don't send me any freakin' spam at zootal dot com delete the
>Don't send me any freakin' spam> wrote in message
>>Usenet may be fading away
>
>It is?
Sure is. I've lived in my house for 20 years- and I've been on Usenet
for 11. I hope I live to be 100 so I can see whether the road out
front goes 4-lane, or Usenet dies first. Both have been 'imminent'
since I've known them.
Jim
[I had to search googlegroups for "death of usenet" -- It was being
predicted in 1985-
http://groups.google.com/group/net.news.group/browse_frm/thread/aefee869719962fe/f5c09956ca0e173d?lnk=st&q=%22death+of+usenet%22&rnum=1&hl=en#f5c09956ca0e173d
Joked about as "the imminent death of Usenet" by 1989-
http://groups.google.com/group/news.misc/browse_frm/thread/13d8316a056830e/51a511a8f54861ce?lnk=st&q=%22imminent+death+of+usenet%22&rnum=5&hl=en#51a511a8f54861ce
and became the acronym IDOUP by the end of the year
http://groups.google.com/group/news.groups/browse_frm/thread/a8672deee3309d31/24425f11a549be06?lnk=st&q=IDOUP&rnum=3&hl=en#24425f11a549be06
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Posted by sosessyithurts on September 2, 2006, 11:40 am
Jim Elbrecht wrote:
> >It is?
>
> Sure is. I've lived in my house for 20 years- and I've been on Usenet
> for 11. I hope I live to be 100 so I can see whether the road out
> front goes 4-lane, or Usenet dies first. Both have been 'imminent'
> since I've known them.
so why did google get on the wagon?
why does any decent isp even have a news server
my guess is that usage is up!
up because more are learning about it
usenet started when most people didn't even own a computer, how can it
be fading?
you should post some statistics...
if you're referring to the old days and you don't see the familiar
names you used to... that's one thing.. that's not fading, those people
just died! lmao
'
post some stats!
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Posted by Ook on September 2, 2006, 12:34 pm
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> "Ook" <Ook Don't send me any freakin' spam at zootal dot com delete the
> Don't send me any freakin' spam> wrote in message
>>Usenet may be fading away
>
> It is?
It is. I think the younger generation is not as usenet savvy as some of
use...older...folks.
How old are people here? I'm 46 and been online for about 22 years since I
bought a 300 baud modem and discovered BBS's.
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Posted by sosessyithurts on September 2, 2006, 12:36 pm
Ook wrote:
> How old are people here? I'm 46 and been online for about 22 years since I
> bought a 300 baud modem and discovered BBS's.
damn your old
im only 8 years old, what is a bbs?
are you going to build you fence today? You are going to get tired
quick.
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Posted by Nick Danger on September 2, 2006, 3:52 pm
"Ook" <Ook Don't send me any freakin' spam at zootal dot com delete the
Don't send me any freakin' spam> wrote in message
>
>
> It is. I think the younger generation is not as usenet savvy as some of
> use...older...folks.
>
> How old are people here? I'm 46 and been online for about 22 years since I
> bought a 300 baud modem and discovered BBS's.
Anyone who's been around this newsgroup for a while would remember when a
thread like this one (the original thread - about fence posts) would have
gotten a very authoritative response from Bikerbabe in Black Leather, which
would then have brought on a response from some clueless n00bie entertaining
the rest of us with something like "Hey Bikerbabe. I can tell you're my
type. Maybe we could get together for a couple drinks, followed by Bikerbabe
saying "I really don't think I'm your type." and then a few more posts
debating the point. Yes ... those were the days.
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