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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 11:11 AM Original message |
Usenet's home shuts down today |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
1. That's pretty sad, considering my first exposure to the Internet was Usenet. |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
2. I can remember when USENET was actually a seemly place |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
3. Remember the term "information superhighway"? |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
4. RIP |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
5. Can someone please repost rar part 1684-1687? (Sorry, flashback.) n/t |
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TheManInTheMac (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 11:22 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. LOL! |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 12:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. I'm getting the shakes! |
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TheManInTheMac (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
6. Wow |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 11:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Google Groups started out mirroring most of the useful groups. |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. It was interesting to follow the evolution |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
7. How will we ever survive without "alt.plastic.utensils.spork" nt |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
9. I think I still have a 14.4 modem somewhere. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 11:28 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. FidoNET ftw! ;) |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 12:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. oh muh gawd, the doors! |
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charlesg (311 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
12. Usenet FAQs were the best |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
13. Ah, usenet. |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
14. The first friend I made on the net was at Usenet and we're still friends today |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 11:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. mIRC still out there, but dalnet and others suck. (nt) |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I was addicted to IRC for about 4 years in the early 90's |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 12:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Lol! |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 12:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. I met my wife on IRC. Still married today :) |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 12:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. IRC's surprisingly healthy these days |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
22. I still love how an image on Wikipedia portrays the Usenet hierarchy: |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
24. This is a sad, sentimental day for me. |
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