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Re: Why Usenet is worthless!

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    Michael Press
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    In article <[email hidden]>,
    [quote="!Jones"]On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:34:51 -0500, in rec.bicycles.tech "Edward

    Dolan said:

    Usenet will soon be as dead as a door nail. It has no redeeming features
    whatsoever. It only existed for as long as it did because it was based on a
    new technology that fascinated everyone.



    Actually, it is based on a protocol that predates TCP/IP. By Internet
    standards, it's ancient... its roots are in the earliest propagation
    algorithms of MILNET; it was fully functional by around '78 or so.
    Far from being "a new technology that fascinat[s] everyone", Usenet is
    an anachronism![/quote]

    Seven bit ascii? No mark up? No images? Disgusting!

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    Michael Press

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    Michael Press said:

    Seven bit ascii? No mark up? No images? Disgusting!

    But all ones realy needs to communicate the esscence of your point.

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