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!