Mark
I plan to make the change on Tuesday unless something horrible happens.
~Mark
btw these new 300baud modems are lightening fast, huh?
But you need 256kb of system ram to use them, my box only has
128kb, darn.
To late.
Does this make me the first replyer ever?
Simon Bouchard
http://www.latitudezero.org
Brian
I agree.
Rob Carroll
Well, here it is over 23 years later, and I am still looking for that
change, Mark. :)
Jingo.
http://communication.ucsd.edu/bjones/Usenet.Hist/Nethist/0061.html
The earliest post at that site is from May 27, 1980
Lots of other ancient stuff on there too...
Drew
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Hope I didn't do that!
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hey this was written a month before i was born!!
mark wrote:
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> From sdcarl!rusty Mon May 11 09:00:58 1981
> To: ucbvax^mark
> Subject: newsgroup fa, net, etc.
> Won't we need to change the .ngfile also? Also is ALL an
acceptable
newsgroup
> on the left side of the dot such that ALL.ALL will catch
everything?
> Rusty is right (or is that "Rusty is Wright"?) - we have ALL in our
.ngfile
> so I tend to forget this. ALL.ALL may or may not work, but ALL
certainly does.
> Mark
> I plan to make the change on Tuesday unless something horrible
happens.
Well, here it is over 23 years later, and I am still looking for that
change, Mark. :)
How shall we celebrate the 24th anniversary of this post?
> I wonder if something horrible happened.
Yes: The U.S. getting bogged down in Lebanon, Somalia, and Iraq;
Israel getting bogged down in Lebanon, the
Soviet shootdown of a Korean airplane, the Chernobyl accident, the
Challenger accident, the Iran/Contra scandal,
Saddam's chemical warfare against Kurds and Iranians, the Soviet Coup,
the Waco fisaco, the Oklahoma Federal
Building bombing, the bombings of two U.S. Embassies in Africa, the
U.S. bombing Afghanistan, the Sudan, Iraq,
and Bosnia, the Florida election meltdown, the 9/11 terrorist attacks,
the subsequent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq,
terrorist attacks all over the world, and the December 26th tsunami.
> Just thought I would get in on history and reply to the first
newsgroup
> post cached in google.
> mark wrote:
>> From sdcarl!rusty Mon May 11 09:00:58 1981
> > To: ucbvax^mark
> > Subject: newsgroup fa, net, etc.
> > Won't we need to change the .ngfile also? Also is ALL an
> > acceptable
> > newsgroup
> > on the left side of the dot such that ALL.ALL will catch
everything?
> > Rusty is right (or is that "Rusty is Wright"?) - we have ALL in our
> > .ngfile
> > so I tend to forget this. ALL.ALL may or may not work, but ALL
> > certainly does.
> Mark
> > I plan to make the change on Tuesday unless something horrible
happens
I've tried to reply to that post in the past, but Google doesn't appear
to have counted i
> Won't we need to change the .ngfile also? Also is ALL an
acceptable
newsgroup
> on the left side of the dot such that ALL.ALL will catch
everything?
> Rusty is right (or is that "Rusty is Wright"?) - we have ALL in our
.ngfile
> so I tend to forget this. ALL.ALL may or may not work, but ALL
certainly does.
> Mark
> I plan to make the change on Tuesday unless something horrible
happens
Rusty: Iron oxide tea.
In the newsgroup "ALL", is everything on topic
Rusty: Iron oxide tea.
In the newsgroup "ALL", is everything on topic?
What is an fa group anyway?
Flapping: Flying bell.
Sleeping: Bell doing the Zs.
Starting: Astronomical bell.
Starting: Acting bell.
Starting: Beginning bell.
Hyping: Bell up above.
Hyping: Exaggerated bell.
Averting: Bell that prevents trouble.
Questing: Bell on a mission.
Resting: Bell remaining still.
Fasting: Speedy bell.
Fasting: Bell during Ramadan.
Content: Against camping.
Contrail: Against hiking.
Contour: Against French bicycle races.
Produce: A supporter of Italian dictator Mussolini.
Protect: Favoring innovation.
Educe: Mussolini on the Internet.
Stirring: Ring that rotates.
Macing: Singing in the 5th month of the year.
Macy: Ocean in the 5th month of the year.
Remus wrote:
"Raphael Kearns" <rap...@kearns.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:cp84rr$mg6$1...@news6.svr.pol.co.uk...
> >>Apocalyse, Horsemen of -- 4
> >>Reaper, Grim -- 7
> >>Dwarves, Seven -- I0 - I0 - I0 I0 I0
> >>Anorexia clinic -- 1
> >>Slimming Club -- 8
> >>Tom, Peeping -- 0 0
> > Bin Laden, Osama - - - 141
> NASA - - - 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
> Rogers, Ted - - -321
> Dahmer, Jeffrey - - - 189
Pot, Society to Legalise -- #
Fame Academy --- *
The Ritz -- *****
1980 U.S. Olympic Ice Hockey Team: Number 1
Semester: Spinning part of a school year.
Slyvester: Spinning cartoon cat.
Sister: Spinning sibling.
Tester: Spinning exam.
Twister: Spinning storm.
Vaster: Large spinning object.
Vester: Spinning clothes.
Wester: Opposite of Easter.
Yeaster: Spinning bacteria.
Becoming: Vase that stimulates bees.
Humming: Vase that doesn't know the words.
Looming: An approaching vase.
Roaming: Wandering vase.
Summing: Vase that does math.
Bester: Spinning Psi Cop on Babylon 5.
Vaccuming: Vase that sucks.
Zooming: Fast moving Chinese vase.
Zooming: Vase with lots of animals inside.
Balming: Round Chinese vase.
Blaming: Accusative vase.
Booming: Loud vase.
Bumming: Unkempt vase.
Calming: Vase that reduces stress.
Grooming: Male vase that's about to get married.
Rooming: Vase for a genie.
Warming: Aggressive vase.
Warming: Hot vase.
> Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:40444967...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> > Spanker: Corporal punishment dog.
> >
> > Tracker: Racing dog.
> >
> > Wicker: Basket dog.
>
> Knicker: Kleptomaniac dog.
Knickers: New York basketball dogs.
> Ramsey: An ocean of male sheep
>
> Stagnation: Country of male deer.
>
> Mareination: Country of female horses.
Rumsey: Ocean of drunk Indians.
Cache Creek: River of Indian casinos.
> Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:4046C5FF...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> >
> >
> > nemo wrote:
> >
> > > Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> > > news:4041E4F5...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> > > > I don't look forward to swimming in a Liverpool.
> > >
> > > I'm quite symp-hepatic to that idea.
> > > >
> > > > I think that our nation is losing its Seoul in the fight
against
> > > > terrorism.
> > >
> > > IRAte that a rather pessimistic pun.
> >
> > Irate: Internet price.
> >
> Ireland: Nation of angry people.
Berate: Price of angry bee
> Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:4046C565...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> >
> >
> > nemo wrote:
> >
> > > Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> > > news:4041E326...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> > > > Therapy: A pea you eat to feel better.
> > > >
> > > > You are a grape human bean.
> > >
> > > A nabsulute bounder got a girl drunk on wine once and then had
his
> wicked
> > > way with her. She later went to the police station and reported
that
> she'd
> > > been graped!
> >
> > Wicker: Dog on food stamps.
> >
> > Wicker: Evil dog.
> >
> Wicker Man: Edward Woodward wouldn't!
Whisker: Long thin dog.
Whisper: Price of small light remnant
nemo wrote:
> Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:4046D632...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> Affirming: Hairy vase.
>
> Beaming: Vase full of apines.
>
> Charming: Vase that does the housework or makes the tea in a factory.
>
> Deeming: Vase containing the ashes of a character from "Neighbours"
who
> drowned because the car wasn't waterproof!
>
> Fuming: Not many vases left.
>
> Disclaiming: Vase made of something else.
>
> Exhuming: Vase that used to belong to Hubert.
>
> Foaming: Vase containing one's enemy's ashes!
Forming: In favor of Chinese vases.
Formings: 4 vases.
Former: In favor of oceans.
Formers: 4 oceans
> Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:4046CA65...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> > Pincing: crab song
> >
> > Wincing: Victory song.
> >
> Sea Shanty: Song sung by very obstinate sailors!
Booby: Buzzing insect that bombs.
Booby: Ghost bee.
Behold: Bee that sees the light.
Believe: Bee with religion.
Beneath: Bee underground.
Bereave: Bee in mourning.
Beseech: Begging bee.
Beset: Bees in trouble.
Besiege: Bees attacking a city.
Beside: Bee that's next to.
Bestir: Spinning buzzing insect.
Between: Bee with two bees to either side.
Bewail: Screaming bee.
Bewhale: Very large bee in the sea.
Bewilder: Confused bee.
> Deduct: Demon waterfowl.
>
> Forerunner: In favor of fast moving people.
Foreman: In favor of humanity.
Conman: Against humanity.
Reduce: Mussolini is back in power.
Subtract: A train underwater.
Duction: The process of becoming a duck.
Conduct: Against ducks.
Conduction: Against becoming a duck.
Reduction: To become a duck again.
Subtraction: How a sub pushes off against the ground.
Duct Tape: Used to tape together broken ducks.
Duct Tape: Recording of duck calls.
Submit: Mermaid's glove.
Mermaid: Underwater domestic worker.
Submission: The church SUBWAY sandwich shop employees belong to.
Mitten: What the tin man's baseball glove is made of.
Commission: What they call the mission of Viagra. If that mission
succeeds, we get an emission.
Emission: Another church on the Internet.
Porpoise: bad muscular co-ordination or bad manners and/or social
graces.
Prince of Wales: Very large, aquatic footprints.
Admit: Put on a glove.
Bar Mitzvah: Jewish glove coming of age.
Commission: A church on the Internet.
Commit: A command to a glove to approach you.
Emission: A dirty church.
Emit: Dirty glove.
Hermit: Female glove.
Kermit: Green hopping glove.
Kissmit: Glove in love.
Mitten: The 10th glove.
Mitigate: Gloves on an entryway.
Mitterand: French glove bought with South African currency.
Omission: Delete the church.
Omit: Delete the glove.
Permission: Price of a church.
Permit: Price of a glove.
Remission: To go to church again.
Remit: Put on the glove again.
Submission: Mermaid church.
Submit: A very wet glove.
Testament: Try out the glove before you buy it.
Transmission: Transgender church.
Transmit: Transgender glove
Adversity: A hostile city.
Converse: Singing criminal(s).
Reverse: To sing again.
Attract: What a train runs on.
Contract: Criminal railroad.
Retract: To go on the train again.
Subtract: What subway trains run on.
Subtract: A train underwater.
> Said while mining for graphite: "Oy. we've found a very good
Pennsylvania!"
>
> He put it that way because he was from Michigan, and was therefore a
> Michiganner!
Graphite: Warring drawings.
> Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:41B4C32C...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> > Looping: Toilet bell.
> >
> > Looting: A toilet bell that steals.
> >
> > Lupine: A toilet tree.
> >
> > Lupine: A wolf tree.
>
> Supine: A stew tree lying down lying face upwards.
>
> Atropine: A tree having a fully-dilated eye examination. (^!^) Very
> uncomfortable indeed!
>
> Cryptopine: An encoded tree.
>
> Gnoscopine: A tree possessing intellectual or esoteric knowledge of
> spiritual things.
What's a stew tree? Does meat in pots grow on it?
"J. A. Mc." wrote:
> Q: why does an ocean going river get cold?
>
> A: because it has a shore throat.
Floozy: Ocean with a cold.
nemo wrote:
> Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:41539306...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> >
> >
> > nemo wrote:
> >
> > > Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> > > news:41521D83...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > nemo wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> > > > > news:414F555A...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Larry Krzewinski wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 05:44:10 +0100, Dougal
> > > > > > > <nomoreamusingfa...@atj.pl> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 21:39:19 -0700, Larry Krzewinski
> > > > > > > ><Feerles...@madmagazine.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >>>>>>>So what do you put your large breasts down
pygthur?
> Beer?
> > > > > Chocolate?
> > > > > > > >>>>>>>Posting pygthur Usenet?
> > > > > > > >>>>>>
> > > > > > > >>>>>>The Miracle Bra.
> > > > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > > > >>>>>What size of bra?
> > > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > > >>>>Two cups.
> > > > > > > >>>
> > > > > > > >>>D-lightful.
> > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > >>C-ertainly.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >B-have yourself.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > A-lmost never.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Z-estfully clean!
> > > > >
> > > > > X-trawled in Harry!
> > > >
> > > > W-ow!
> > > >
> > > V-Henna - a city where a reddish brown hair dye is manufactured.
> >
> > U-nite for world peace!
> >
> I am U-Nanny-Mouse with you in that.
>
> (Cross between a female sheep, a female goat and a small rodent!)
Rodent: Tooth healer on a boat
Michael Balarama wrote:
> Many people assume that Earl Gray tea got its name by being
> the favorite of that English earl. However, it seems that
> there is a small town in Wales named Earl Gray where the
> town's citizens are getting concerned about the ability of
> their mayor to continue in office. The incumbent was init-
> ially elected in 1972 and she has run unopposed in every
> election since. Unfortunately, her age now hinders her from
> getting about. What the citizens are saying is that --
>
> ..the Earl Gray mayor, she ain't what she used to be!
Earl Gray: Ex-CA Governor gets knighted
Creamer: Tasty ocean.
Seamer: Sewing machine ocean.
Steamer: Ocean of coal powered trains.
Stormer: Rainy ocean.
Shall I pound this message further?
Mark my words.
Ruble: Russian money bull.
Onkel Petey wrote:
> Al Jazeera
> Al Qaeda
> Al Ibi
> Al Abama
> Al Anon
> Al Cohol (He's a buddy of mine)
> Al Toona (So is she)
> Al Ligator
Al Gore.
Al Pine.
Al Gorithm.
> "Tim Bruening" <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:40B0A4A9...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> >
> >
> > nemo wrote:
> >
> > > Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> > > news:40014B91...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> > > > Rumble: Druken male cow.
> > >
> > > Tumble: Male cow with stomach(s) ache.
> > >
> > > Bumble: Male cow with sore arse/ass.
> > >
> > > Fumble: Male cow who's very clumsy.
> > >
> > > Humble: Male cow who'd like to be moo-sickle but can't remember
the
> words -
> > > or who stinks!.
> > >
> > > Scumble: Male cow who's intensly disliked.
> >
> > Grumble: Complaining bull.
> >
> > Amble: Bull just walking along.
> >
> > Scramble: Fast bull.
> >
> > Compatible: Friendly bull.
> >
> > Compatible: Electronic bull.
> >
> If she has income and is patable, why would anyone consider her to be
> incompatible?
Patentable: What Monsanto would do with a genetically engineer male
bovine
> Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:40B0AABC...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> >
> >
> > nemo wrote:
> >
> > > Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> > > news:40B00EA4...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > nemo wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> > > > > news:4041ED5A...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > nemo wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in
message
> > > > > > > news:403DBDD4...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> > > > > > > > B-10: The bee who lost.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Beanie: Part of a bee's anatomy you wear on your head.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Base Ball Cap: Covering for spherical objects in the
nether
> regions
> > > > > usually
> > > > > > > referred to using a rude word from the Nether Lands, or
is that
> > > > > bollocks?!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Like a condom? (*Those* ones are called Wellington Boots
over
> here!)
> > > > > >
> > > > > Sentence in murder case or whole country manufacturing
rubbers:
> > > > > Condomnation.
> > > >
> > > > Sentencing: What the judge sings at the end of a trial.
> > >
> > > Not the famous naked judge, Justice Shoesansocks?
> >
> > Was he imprisoned in Iraq?
>
> Only his shoesansocks were. There's a footwear shortage out there.
A lack of sole
> Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:40B095B6...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> >
> >
> > Larry Krzewinski wrote:
> >
> > > On 17 May 2004 09:16:12 -0500, "Milton J. Smuthworthy, I"
> > > <tonworth...@SexMagnet.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > >>>>>>>>> Datsa not a knot hole -- datsa bung hole.
> > > >>>>>>>> I'd break into a chorus of Jethro Tull's "Bunghole In
The
> Jungle",
> > > >>>>>>>> but it might get Milt too excited.
> > > >>>>>>> Hehe! Hahaha! Watch me swing on this vine! Oo...Hey! Wait
a
> > > >>>>>>> minute...! <Boink!>
> > > >>>>>>You misspelled "Bunged!"
> > > >>>>>Now there's a visual. I always wondered why Tarzan yelled
like
> that.
> > > >>>>Tarzan stumped when him find out Jane really John. That make
Tarzan
> > > >>>>yell.
> > > >>>Yeah, that Hollywood Blvd can be a real jungle.
> > > >>
> > > >>"The Celluloid Jungle" by Milt Smuthworthy I. A tale of sex,
lies and
> > > >>videotape found on Hollywood Blvd. Now available at all Cheeta
> > > >>Bookstores worldwide.
> > > >>Photos by Jane.
> > > >
> > > >I was thinking of calling the movie version Beyond the Valley of
the
> > > >Beans. And instead of a sword, this guy grinds everybody up and
stuffs
> > > >them in a giant percolator.
> > >
> > > Interesting idea, Milt. Are you by any chance smoking beans
instead
> > > of drinking them?
> >
> > How do you smoke a bean?
> >
> Depenz aan which legume been stannin orn at the toim! (Sposed to be a
West
> Country accent!)
Legume: Below the Armgume
Cracker: Dog biscuit.
Laker: Dog in big body of water.
Laker: Basketball dog.
Rocker: Stone dog.
Rocker: Big brid dog.
Sicker: Unwell dog.
Slicker: Slippery dog.
Smoker: Burning dog.
Smoker: Cigarette puffing dog.
James King wrote:
> In article <fcd1f4e4.04033...@posting.google.com>, artyw
> <art...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > "Michael Balarama" <mba...@ev1.net> wrote in message
> > news:<106lh8m...@corp.supernews.com>...
> > > I would like to reaffirm my belief in Buddha," Said the monk,
> > > "but there is a great deal to be said for margarine.
> > Praise the Lard!
>
> The benefit of Oleo to butter or lard is margarinal.
>
> My brother holds the weight lifting record for lifting cooking fat.
He
> canola lot of bottles of oil.
>
> Crisco: a company comprised of elves, reindeer, and a jolly CEO known
> as Mr. Kringle, although a claus in his contract states several
> aliases.
>
> I'm fried after thinking of these.
Is there a Santa Clause stating that a person who kills Kringle must
take his place
> "NottNick" <nmm6...@bellows.org.uk> wrote in message
news:c2q8ri$hcn$1...@titan.btinternet.com...
> > I've been a member of this group for a while now and realise I'm
not the
> > only Nick.
> > So I'm now NOTTNICK.
> > :-)
> >
> So am I
>
> Strange NotNick
Nottingham: Not a pig.
Willingham: A pig football coach (just hired by the Washington Huskies)
who wants sex!