Well, I remember in the old days, it was a bit difficult to set up and use an NNTP newserver even if you knew they existed.
Now you can access newsgroups via the web and setting up a news account is childs play.
When Giants Walked the Wreck - and the proper use of Google
Mar 18, 2005
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I'm sure we'll all get a charge out of the induction ceremony.
The situation here is far from being out-of-control. However, we do see OT threads being started here where the first article is the ONLY article ever posted to UseNet under that username.
This makes it clear that someone is trying to bust our chain. I supspec that Mr Miller and Mr Hinz would agree that they should be ignored.
Oh COME ON! Can't we all just get along and get back to the current topic?
:)
On the whole this is a pretty decent group. Much of the advice is uninformed, but there is usually some wheat mixed in with the chaff. Other groups are troubled by lunatics and are unusable. One I visit had to go moderated to escape it. (no, it wasn't me...) So, be grateful for what you have.
Panache and style - that's a wooddorking joint, is it noT
And the children do play -
Dave Balderstone states:
trending
With AOL's dropping usenet I think we'll see a sudden decline.
NO! Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.
And NEVER cross the streams. It would be bad.
Just keeping current.
Ah, more static. Figures.
That takes the stain right to a liver color, doesn't it?
on 3/18/2005 2:21 PM Dave Hinz said the following:
I really hate puns, but I'm still getting a charge out this thread.
Well, I'd keep an ion it, or you'll wonder wye you didn't.
Barry
I think some of the fixtures in this group have lost their grounding. I'm going out to light up....
IC
--=20 Will R. Jewel Boxes and Wood Art
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power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those=20 who have not got it.=94 George Bernard Shaw
Who are you calling a fixture there, Sparky?
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