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> USenet Lives or the Internet dies!!!
>
Usenet is obsolete. It's kind of like the Betamax of the internet, it's
heyday is over.
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PV
> On 30/06/2011 5:48 AM, The Doctor wrote:
>> USenet Lives or the Internet dies!!!
>>
>
> Usenet is obsolete. It's kind of like the Betamax of the internet,
> it's heyday is over.
Good analogy Snow
Sad but true, but I know of nowhere else that is as freewheeling as Usenet.
--
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Opportunity has a finite shelf life
John Fleming
in the scriptorium "PV" <edrnouser@ spam telus.net> wrote:
> $snowman wrote:
> $> On 30/06/2011 5:48 AM, The Doctor wrote:
> $>> USenet Lives or the Internet dies!!!
> $>
> $> Usenet is obsolete. It's kind of like the Betamax of the internet,
> $> it's heyday is over.
> $
> $Good analogy Snow
> $
> $Sad but true, but I know of nowhere else that is as freewheeling as Usenet.
Except that Betamax was technologically better than VHS.
But I agree. The heyday of Usenet is over. It's function
has largely been taken over by social media like Facebook
and Linked In, discussion boards on newspaper and magazine
web sites, and by applications like Twitter.
--
John Fleming
Edmonton, Canada
Old MacDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O
And on that farm he had a genome E-I-E-I-O
With a SNP SNP here and a SNP SNP there,
Here a SNP, there a SNP, everywhere a SNP SNP
Old MacDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O
PV
> On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:31:55 -0600, while chained to a desk
> in the scriptorium "PV" <edrnouser@ spam telus.net> wrote:
>> $snowman wrote:
>> $> On 30/06/2011 5:48 AM, The Doctor wrote:
>> $>> USenet Lives or the Internet dies!!!
>> $>
>> $> Usenet is obsolete. It's kind of like the Betamax of the
>> internet, $> it's heyday is over.
>> $
>> $Good analogy Snow
>> $
>> $Sad but true, but I know of nowhere else that is as freewheeling as
>> Usenet.
>
> Except that Betamax was technologically better than VHS.
>
> But I agree. The heyday of Usenet is over. It's function
> has largely been taken over by social media like Facebook
> and Linked In, discussion boards on newspaper and magazine
> web sites, and by applications like Twitter.
Beta had the technology, VHS had the marketing, for instance:
"Sony refused to allow pornography on their Betamax system. This is believed
by some to have driven a significant amount of sales to VHS machines."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videotape_format_war
Facebook and boards and forums have their advantages but are moderated and
controlled. Usenet is the last free frontier but alas is gradually being
tamed like the old west
Such is life, however I still refused to even touch twitter with a 10'
keyboard
snowman
I signed onto twitter, had a look around but could never quite get into
it. I suppose that for those who understand it better and who have used
it for a while, it would be the thing. Somehow though it just doesn't
interest me. Usenet is indeed one of the last frontiers, but it doesn't
have all of the 'splash' that Facebook and similar sites have. It still
kind of makes me laugh to listen to the Doctor bemoan the gradual
obsolescence of usenet. He is one individual who has a real problem
with keeping up to modern times.
The Doctor
You have been fed the cyanide of the mass media who wants
you to believe that.
The Doctor
John Fleming
> $> On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:31:55 -0600, while chained to a desk
> $> in the scriptorium "PV" <edrnouser@ spam telus.net> wrote:
> $>> $snowman wrote:
> $>> $> On 30/06/2011 5:48 AM, The Doctor wrote:
> $>> $>> USenet Lives or the Internet dies!!!
> $>> $>
> $>> $> Usenet is obsolete. It's kind of like the Betamax of the
> $>> $
> $>> $Good analogy Snow
> $>> $
> $>> $Sad but true, but I know of nowhere else that is as freewheeling as
> $>
> $> Except that Betamax was technologically better than VHS.
> $>
> $> But I agree. The heyday of Usenet is over. It's function
> $> has largely been taken over by social media like Facebook
> $> and Linked In, discussion boards on newspaper and magazine
> $> web sites, and by applications like Twitter.
> $
> $Beta had the technology, VHS had the marketing, for instance:
It's also why Microsoft surged ahead when other superior
products languished.
> $"Sony refused to allow pornography on their Betamax system. This is believed
> $by some to have driven a significant amount of sales to VHS machines."
> $
> $http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videotape_format_war
Somehow that doesn't surprise me.
> $Facebook and boards and forums have their advantages but are moderated and
> $controlled. Usenet is the last free frontier but alas is gradually being
> $tamed like the old west
In the untamed old west, the environment brings out the
worst in many. Not naming any names, but just take a look
at some of the posters who have frequented this group over
the years. In moderated forums, people don't have to put up
with the abuse that gets hurled around.
> $Such is life, however I still refused to even touch twitter with a 10'
> $keyboard
I've never touched it either.
The Doctor
Sad truth about inferior technology
>
>> $"Sony refused to allow pornography on their Betamax system. This is believed
>> $by some to have driven a significant amount of sales to VHS machines."
>> $
>> $http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videotape_format_war
>
>Somehow that doesn't surprise me.
So many urban tales.
>
>> $Facebook and boards and forums have their advantages but are moderated and
>> $controlled. Usenet is the last free frontier but alas is gradually being
>> $tamed like the old west
>
>In the untamed old west, the environment brings out the
>worst in many. Not naming any names, but just take a look
>at some of the posters who have frequented this group over
>the years. In moderated forums, people don't have to put up
>with the abuse that gets hurled around.
The web is still a mess. Usenet has order to it.
>
>> $Such is life, however I still refused to even touch twitter with a 10'
>> $keyboard
>
>I've never touched it either.
>
>--
>
>John Fleming
>Edmonton, Canada
>
> Old MacDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O
> And on that farm he had a genome E-I-E-I-O
> With a SNP SNP here and a SNP SNP there,
> Here a SNP, there a SNP, everywhere a SNP SNP
> Old MacDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O
Roy
==
The kids wanted me to sign on to Facebook and I did. Its "in-your-
face" style kinda pisses me off and when you are absent for a while it
sends those annoying reminders. Like my parents did when I was a kid
and didn't do some chore that I was supposed to do. Its okay in some
ways...exchanging pics or news but the constant suggesting friends of
friends to be mine too is friggin irritating.
==
John Fleming
desk in the scriptorium Roy <wil...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> $The kids wanted me to sign on to Facebook and I did. Its "in-your-
> $face" style kinda pisses me off and when you are absent for a while it
> $sends those annoying reminders. Like my parents did when I was a kid
> $and didn't do some chore that I was supposed to do. Its okay in some
> $ways...exchanging pics or news but the constant suggesting friends of
> $friends to be mine too is friggin irritating.
There are a lot of preferences in Facebook you can set.
Mr.Smartypants
Except that many moderated forums have a bias and free discussion
isn't allowed to exist.
>
> > $Such is life, however I still refused to even touch twitter with a 10'
> > $keyboard
>
> I've never touched it either.
>
> --
>
> John Fleming
> Edmonton, Canada
>
> Old MacDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O
> And on that farm he had a genome E-I-E-I-O
> With a SNP SNP here and a SNP SNP there,
> Here a SNP, there a SNP, everywhere a SNP SNP
> Old MacDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Mr.Smartypants
> In article <hetr07db65q8bsduf1s3flpt02m57se...@4ax.com>,
YOUR part of the web (your site) is the mess! Usenet is as unordered
and freewheeling as anything online can be.
John Fleming
desk in the scriptorium "Mr.Smartypants"
<bunghol...@lycos.com> wrote:
> $On Jul 1, 10:32�am, John Fleming <nos...@sprynet.com> wrote:
> $> On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:58:24 -0600, while chained to a desk> $> > $John Fleming wrote:
> $> > $> On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:31:55 -0600, while chained to a desk
> $> > $> in the scriptorium "PV" <edrnouser@ spam telus.net> wrote:
> $> > $Facebook and boards and forums have their advantages but are moderated and
> $> > $controlled. �Usenet is the last free frontier but alas is gradually being
> $> > $tamed like the old west
> $>
> $> In the untamed old west, the environment brings out the
> $> worst in many. �Not naming any names, but just take a look
> $> at some of the posters who have frequented this group over
> $> the years. �In moderated forums, people don't have to put up
> $> with the abuse that gets hurled around.
> $
> $Except that many moderated forums have a bias and free discussion
> $isn't allowed to exist.
what percentage of Usenet formums are moderated?
In my experience, they are the exception rather than the
rule.
If you want a moderated discussion, you're better visiting
discussion boards for newspapers and magazine and the like.
> $> > $Such is life, however I still refused to even touch twitter with a 10'
> $> > $keyboard
> $>
> $> I've never touched it either.
The Doctor
Mr.Smartypants <bunghol...@lycos.com> wrote:
>On Jul 1, 10:32=A0am, John Fleming <nos...@sprynet.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:58:24 -0600, while chained to a desk
>> in the scriptorium "PV" <edrnouser@ spam telus.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > $John Fleming wrote:
>> > $> On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:31:55 -0600, while chained to a desk
>> > $> in the scriptorium "PV" <edrnouser@ spam telus.net> wrote:
>> > $>> $snowman wrote:
>> > $>> $> On 30/06/2011 5:48 AM, The Doctor wrote:
>> > $>> $>> USenet Lives or the Internet dies!!!
>> > $>> $>
>> > $>> internet, $> it's heyday is over.
>> > $>> $
>> > $>> $Good analogy Snow
>> > $>> $
>s
>> > $>> Usenet.
>> > $>
>> > $> Except that Betamax was technologically better than VHS.
>> > $>
>> > $> has largely been taken over by social media like Facebook
>> > $> and Linked In, discussion boards on newspaper and magazine
>> > $> web sites, and by applications like Twitter.
>> > $
>> > $Beta had the technology, VHS had the marketing, for instance:
>>
>> It's also why Microsoft surged ahead when other superior
>> products languished.
>>
>lieved
>> > $by some to have driven a significant amount of sales to VHS machines."
>> > $
>> > $http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videotape_format_war
>>
>> Somehow that doesn't surprise me.
>>
> and
>> > $controlled. =A0Usenet is the last free frontier but alas is gradually =
>being
>> > $tamed like the old west
>>
>> In the untamed old west, the environment brings out the
>> at some of the posters who have frequented this group over
>> with the abuse that gets hurled around.
>
>
>
>Except that many moderated forums have a bias and free discussion
>isn't allowed to exist.
>
>
I do well in moderated newsgroups.
>
>
>>
>> > $Such is life, however I still refused to even touch twitter with a 10'
>> > $keyboard
>>
>> I've never touched it either.
>>
>> --
>>
>> John Fleming
>> Edmonton, Canada
>>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0Old MacDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O
>> =A0 =A0 =A0And on that farm he had a genome E-I-E-I-O
>> =A0 =A0 =A0With a SNP SNP here and a SNP SNP there,
>> =A0 =A0 =A0Here a SNP, there a SNP, everywhere a SNP SNP
>> =A0 =A0 =A0Old MacDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
The Doctor
Mr.Smartypants <bunghol...@lycos.com> wrote:
>On Jul 1, 10:44=A0am, doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) wrote:
>> In article <hetr07db65q8bsduf1s3flpt02m57se...@4ax.com>,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:58:24 -0600, while chained to a desk
>> >in the scriptorium "PV" <edrnouser@ spam telus.net> wrote:
>> >> $John Fleming wrote:
>> >> $> On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:31:55 -0600, while chained to a desk
>> >> $> in the scriptorium "PV" <edrnouser@ spam telus.net> wrote:
>> >> $>> $snowman wrote:
>> >> $>> $> On 30/06/2011 5:48 AM, The Doctor wrote:
>> >> $>> $>> USenet Lives or the Internet dies!!!
>> >> $>> $>
>> >> $>> internet, $> it's heyday is over.
>> >> $>> $
>> >> $>> $Good analogy Snow
>> >> $>> $
>as
>> >> $>> Usenet.
>> >> $>
>> >> $> Except that Betamax was technologically better than VHS.
>> >> $>
>> >> $> has largely been taken over by social media like Facebook
>> >> $> and Linked In, discussion boards on newspaper and magazine
>> >> $> web sites, and by applications like Twitter.
>> >> $
>> >> $Beta had the technology, VHS had the marketing, for instance:
>>
>> >It's also why Microsoft surged ahead when other superior
>> >products languished.
>>
>> Sad truth about inferior technology
>>
>>
>>
>elieved
>> >> $by some to have driven a significant amount of sales to VHS machines.=
>"
>> >> $
>> >> $http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videotape_format_war
>>
>> >Somehow that doesn't surprise me.
>>
>> So many urban tales.
>>
>>
>>
>d and
>> >> $controlled. =A0Usenet is the last free frontier but alas is gradually=
> being
>> >> $tamed like the old west
>>
>> >In the untamed old west, the environment brings out the
>> >at some of the posters who have frequented this group over
>> >with the abuse that gets hurled around.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>YOUR part of the web (your site) is the mess! Usenet is as unordered
>and freewheeling as anything online can be.
>
Lies chronic liar and satanic illuminati anti-Semitic bigot Mr.Smartypants .
Just to let you know SEO ranks my stie very highly.
Mr.SmartyPAnts is a luser lurker stalker.
Mr.Smartypants
> In article <284784f7-6ac3-49c5-b79d-7b37ccd66...@fs7g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>,
your "stie"? If you meant "sty" you'd be closer to the mark.
The Doctor
Mr.Smartypants <bunghol...@lycos.com> wrote:
>On Jul 2, 3:09=A0pm, doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) wrote:
>> In article <284784f7-6ac3-49c5-b79d-7b37ccd66...@fs7g2000vbb.googlegroups=
>> >> In article <hetr07db65q8bsduf1s3flpt02m57se...@4ax.com>,
>>
>> >> >On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:58:24 -0600, while chained to a desk
>> >> >in the scriptorium "PV" <edrnouser@ spam telus.net> wrote:
>> >> >> $John Fleming wrote:
>> >> >> $> On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:31:55 -0600, while chained to a desk
>> >> >> $> in the scriptorium "PV" <edrnouser@ spam telus.net> wrote:
>> >> >> $>> $snowman wrote:
>> >> >> $>> $> On 30/06/2011 5:48 AM, The Doctor wrote:
>> >> >> $>> $>> USenet Lives or the Internet dies!!!
>> >> >> $>> $>
>e
>> >> >> $>> internet, $> it's heyday is over.
>> >> >> $>> $
>> >> >> $>> $Good analogy Snow
>> >> >> $>> $
>ng =3D
>> >as
>> >> >> $>> Usenet.
>> >> >> $>
>> >> >> $> Except that Betamax was technologically better than VHS.
>> >> >> $>
>on
>> >> >> $> has largely been taken over by social media like Facebook
>> >> >> $> and Linked In, discussion boards on newspaper and magazine
>> >> >> $> web sites, and by applications like Twitter.
>> >> >> $
>> >> >> $Beta had the technology, VHS had the marketing, for instance:
>>
>> >> >It's also why Microsoft surged ahead when other superior
>> >> >products languished.
>>
>> >> Sad truth about inferior technology
>>
>s b=3D
>> >elieved
>> >> >> $by some to have driven a significant amount of sales to VHS machin=
>es.=3D
>> >"
>> >> >> $
>> >> >> $http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videotape_format_war
>>
>> >> >Somehow that doesn't surprise me.
>>
>> >> So many urban tales.
>>
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>> >d and
>> >> >> $controlled. =3DA0Usenet is the last free frontier but alas is grad=
>ually=3D
>> > being
>> >> >> $tamed like the old west
>>
>> >> >In the untamed old west, the environment brings out the
>> >> >at some of the posters who have frequented this group over
>> >> >with the abuse that gets hurled around.
>>
>>
>> >YOUR part of the web (your site) is the mess! Usenet is as unordered
>> >and freewheeling as anything online can be.
>>
>s .
>>
>> Just to let you know SEO ranks my stie very highly.
>>
>> Mr.SmartyPAnts is a luser lurker stalker.
>> --
>
>your "stie"? If you meant "sty" you'd be closer to the mark.
>
Lies chronic liar and satanic illuminati anti-Semitic bigot Mr.Smartypants .
Mr.SmartyPAnts is a luser lurker stalker.
--
snowman
Face it Herr Doktor, Usenet's heyday is over. I can remember when
edm.general and calgary.general had a couple of hundred posts per day,
and now there are only a fraction of what used to be there. There used
to be prolific posters like TopPoster, Glennmor, and many others, all
have moved on. Usenet is a relic of dial-up, it has no appeal in a high
speed DSL and Cable ISP world. Those of us still here are are usenet's
stragglers.
The Doctor
If you believe that you believe what the media feeds you.
Roy
> In article <4e13b0a7$0$29787$a8266...@newsreader.readnews.com>,
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> snowman <x...@x.x> wrote:
> >On 01/07/2011 9:10 AM, The Doctor wrote:
Usenet IS a part of the "media" now...where have you been for the past
twenty years?
==
The Doctor
Roy <wil...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>On Jul 6, 6:30=A0am, doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) wrote:
>> In article <4e13b0a7$0$29787$a8266...@newsreader.readnews.com>,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> snowman =A0<x...@x.x> wrote:
>> >On 01/07/2011 9:10 AM, The Doctor wrote:
>> >> In article<50jq075sob4nb7574dir1javnhp4b86...@4ax.com>,
>> >>> On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:31:55 -0600, while chained to a desk
>> >>>> $snowman wrote:
>> >>>> $> =A0On 30/06/2011 5:48 AM, The Doctor wrote:
>> >>>> $>> =A0USenet Lives or the Internet dies!!!
>> >>>> $>
>> >>>> $> =A0Usenet is obsolete. =A0It's kind of like the Betamax of the in=
>ternet,
>> >>>> $> =A0it's heyday is over.
>> >>>> $
>> >>>> $Good analogy Snow
>> >>>> $
> Usenet.
>>
>> >>> Except that Betamax was technologically better than VHS.
>>
>> >>> has largely been taken over by social media like Facebook
>> >>> and Linked In, discussion boards on newspaper and magazine
>> >>> web sites, and by applications like Twitter.
>>
>> >>> --
>>
>> >>> John Fleming
>> >>> Edmonton, Canada
>>
>> >>> =A0 =A0 =A0And on that farm he had a genome E-I-E-I-O
>> >>> =A0 =A0 =A0With a SNP SNP here and a SNP SNP there,
>> >>> =A0 =A0 =A0Here a SNP, there a SNP, everywhere a SNP SNP
>> >>> =A0 =A0 =A0Old MacDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O
>>
>> >> You are believe the poison the mass media is feeding you.
>>
>> >edm.general and calgary.general had a couple of hundred posts per day,
>d
>> >to be prolific posters like TopPoster, Glennmor, and many others, all
>gh
>> >speed DSL and Cable ISP world. =A0 Those of us still here are are usenet=
>'s
>> >stragglers.
>>
>> >--
>> >--------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> >"It's the customer's privilege to burst their own f*cking yolk."
>>
>>
>> If you believe that you believe what the media feeds you.
>> --
Exactly my point. We controll the media, they have lost control.
The attempt to kill usenet is their way of gaining contril back.
--
Member - Liberal International This is doc...@nl2k.ab.ca Ici doc...@nl2k.ab.ca
John Fleming
in the scriptorium snowman <x@x.x> wrote:
> $On 01/07/2011 9:10 AM, The Doctor wrote:
> $> In article<50jq075sob4nb7574...@4ax.com>,
> $> John Fleming<nos...@sprynet.com> wrote:
> $>> On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:31:55 -0600, while chained to a desk
> $>> in the scriptorium "PV"<edrnouser@ spam telus.net> wrote:
> $>>> $snowman wrote:
> $>>> $> On 30/06/2011 5:48 AM, The Doctor wrote:
> $>>> $>> USenet Lives or the Internet dies!!!
> $>>> $>
> $>>> $> Usenet is obsolete. It's kind of like the Betamax of the internet,
> $>>> $
> $>>> $Good analogy Snow
> $>>> $
> $>>> $Sad but true, but I know of nowhere else that is as freewheeling as Usenet.
> $>> Except that Betamax was technologically better than VHS.
> $>>
> $>> But I agree. The heyday of Usenet is over. It's function
> $>> has largely been taken over by social media like Facebook
> $>> and Linked In, discussion boards on newspaper and magazine
> $>> web sites, and by applications like Twitter.
> $>
> $> You are believe the poison the mass media is feeding you.
> $
> $Face it Herr Doktor, Usenet's heyday is over. I can remember when
> $edm.general and calgary.general had a couple of hundred posts per day,
> $and now there are only a fraction of what used to be there. There used
> $to be prolific posters like TopPoster, Glennmor, and many others, all
> $have moved on. Usenet is a relic of dial-up, it has no appeal in a high
> $speed DSL and Cable ISP world. Those of us still here are are usenet's
> $stragglers.
Well put snowman.
It wasn't that long ago that 50 to 60 posts to edm.general
by severa different posters was a slow summer day.
Now, on a non-summer weekday, the group is almost dead.
John Fleming
desk in the scriptorium Roy <wil...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> $On Jul 6, 6:30�am, doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) wrote:
> $> If you believe that you believe what the media feeds you.
> $
> $Usenet IS a part of the "media" now...where have you been for the past
> $twenty years?
Methinks the doctor is living in denial.
The Doctor
The Doctor
John Fleming <nos...@sprynet.com> wrote:
>On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 11:57:58 -0700 (PDT), while chained to a
>desk in the scriptorium Roy <wil...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> $On Jul 6, 6:30�am, doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) wrote:
>
>> $> If you believe that you believe what the media feeds you.
>> $
>> $Usenet IS a part of the "media" now...where have you been for the past
>> $twenty years?
>
>Methinks the doctor is living in denial.
>
0/10 John. The media is living in denial.
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snowman
> In article<4e13b0a7$0$29787$a826...@newsreader.readnews.com>,
> snowman<x@x.x> wrote:
>> On 01/07/2011 9:10 AM, The Doctor wrote:
>>> In article<50jq075sob4nb7574...@4ax.com>,
>>> John Fleming<nos...@sprynet.com> wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:31:55 -0600, while chained to a desk
>>>> in the scriptorium "PV"<edrnouser@ spam telus.net> wrote:
>>>>> $snowman wrote:
>>>>> $> On 30/06/2011 5:48 AM, The Doctor wrote:
>>>>> $>> USenet Lives or the Internet dies!!!
>>>>> $>
>>>>> $> Usenet is obsolete. It's kind of like the Betamax of the internet,
>>>>> $> it's heyday is over.
>>>>> $
>>>>> $Good analogy Snow
>>>>> $
>>>>> $Sad but true, but I know of nowhere else that is as freewheeling as Usenet.
>>>>
>>>> Except that Betamax was technologically better than VHS.
>>>>
>>>> But I agree. The heyday of Usenet is over. It's function
>>>> has largely been taken over by social media like Facebook
>>>> and Linked In, discussion boards on newspaper and magazine
>>>> web sites, and by applications like Twitter.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You are believe the poison the mass media is feeding you.
It's not a matter of the media. You are the one who counts postings by
various persons, you should know better than anyone. How many posts are
there today as compared to a year ago? How many compared to 5 years
ago? Tell me that the numbers haven't been decreasing. Unless you
aren't completely blind, you should be able to see that for yourself.
snowman
> On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 11:57:58 -0700 (PDT), while chained to a
> desk in the scriptorium Roy<wil...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> $On Jul 6, 6:30 am, doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) wrote:
>
>> $> If you believe that you believe what the media feeds you.
>> $
>> $Usenet IS a part of the "media" now...where have you been for the past
>> $twenty years?
>
> Methinks the doctor is living in denial.
>
Methinks you are correct, sir.
Mr.Smartypants
> On 06/07/2011 6:53 PM, John Fleming wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 11:57:58 -0700 (PDT), while chained to a
> >> $On Jul 6, 6:30 am, doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) wrote:
>
> >> $> If you believe that you believe what the media feeds you.
> >> $
> >> $Usenet IS a part of the "media" now...where have you been for the past
> >> $twenty years?
>
> > Methinks the doctor is living in denial.
>
> Methinks you are correct, sir.
>
Herr Doktor loves usenet because he can post as many idiotic
statements as he wants whereas on other types of forums he'd have his
crap deleted or refused.
The Doctor
The Doctor
>On 06/07/2011 6:53 PM, John Fleming wrote:
>> On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 11:57:58 -0700 (PDT), while chained to a
>> desk in the scriptorium Roy<wil...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> $On Jul 6, 6:30 am, doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) wrote:
>>
>>> $> If you believe that you believe what the media feeds you.
>>> $
>>> $Usenet IS a part of the "media" now...where have you been for the past
>>> $twenty years?
>>
>> Methinks the doctor is living in denial.
>>
>
>Methinks you are correct, sir.
>
>
>
You 2 are deluded.
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The Doctor
Mr.Smartypants <bunghol...@lycos.com> wrote:
>On Jul 6, 10:51=A0pm, snowman <x...@x.x> wrote:
>> On 06/07/2011 6:53 PM, John Fleming wrote:
>>
>> > On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 11:57:58 -0700 (PDT), while chained to a
>> >> $
>> >> $Usenet IS a part of the "media" now...where have you been for the pas=
>t
>> >> $twenty years?
>>
>> > Methinks the doctor is living in denial.
>>
>> Methinks you are correct, sir.
>>
>
>
>Herr Doktor loves usenet because he can post as many idiotic
>statements as he wants whereas on other types of forums he'd have his
>crap deleted or refused.
>
Lies chronic liar and satanic illuminati anti-Semitic bigot Mr.Smartypants .
Mr.SmartyPAnts is a luser lurker stalker.
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John Fleming
desk in the scriptorium "Mr.Smartypants"
<bunghol...@lycos.com> wrote:
> $On Jul 6, 10:51 pm, snowman <x...@x.x> wrote:
> $> On 06/07/2011 6:53 PM, John Fleming wrote:
> $>
> $> > On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 11:57:58 -0700 (PDT), while chained to a
> $> > desk in the scriptorium Roy<wila...@hotmail.com> wrote:> $> >> $> If you believe that you believe what the media feeds you.
> $> >> $
> $> >> $Usenet IS a part of the "media" now...where have you been for the past
> $>
> $> > Methinks the doctor is living in denial.
> $>
> $> Methinks you are correct, sir.
> $
> $Herr Doktor loves usenet because he can post as many idiotic
> $statements as he wants whereas on other types of forums he'd have his
> $crap deleted or refused.
If he posted too many more, people might think he was
blonde.
John Fleming
in the scriptorium snowman <x@x.x> wrote
> $On 06/07/2011 6:30 AM, The Doctor wrote:
[snip]
> $It's not a matter of the media. You are the one who counts postings by
> $various persons, you should know better than anyone. How many posts are
> $there today as compared to a year ago? How many compared to 5 years
> $ago? Tell me that the numbers haven't been decreasing. Unless you
> $aren't completely blind, you should be able to see that for yourself.
I'm not sure he's going to change snowman.
A few of years from now, he'll be posting counts showing him
as top poster with 1 post--last month's post count.
snowman
That's probably closer to the truth that he would like to admit.
The Doctor
Parlez-vous francais?
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The Doctor
The Doctor
Snowman the blow-job man scores 0/10 .
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