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Posted by IchBin on 08/07/06 20:21
Rik wrote:
> mpar612@gmail.com wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> First, thank you very much for your help. Second, I apologize for not
>> using proper Google netiquette. I am new to forums and was not aware
>> of how things work.
>>
>> Thanks again for everyone's help and I will make all of my posts
>> proper
>> from now on.
>
> Well, thank you very much.
>
> 2 points though:
> 1. This is not a forum, this is usenet. Google only has made a webinterface
> to it. I personally think using a newsreader is a lot less cumbersome then
> some webinterface.
> 2. It's not Google netiquette, it existed way before Google.
>
Just for the hell-of-it:
What are Usenet newsgroups (Not Google's own web interface interface to it)?
They have been described in many ways but simply -- are discussion
groups on the Internet organized by subject matter. MP3, hobbies,
sports, (and yes, even pornography) are some of the subjects of many
newsgroups. Users in a newsgroup participate in discussions by posting
messages for others to read, and responding to the messages posted by
others. Although not the original intention of Usenet, posts can also
consist of software, music, and pictures freely available for
downloading. Currently there are over 100,000 newsgroup available and
new groups are added every day.
When did Usenet begin?
Usenet began in 1979, shortly after the release of Version 7 Unix with
UUCP (Unix to Unix CoPy: protocol used for the store-and-forward
exchange of Usenet News and other files). Duke University graduate
students Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis thought of linking computers
together to exchange information with the Unix community. Steve
Bellovin, a graduate student at the University of North Carolina, put
together the first version of the news software using shell scripts and
installed it on the first two sites: "unc" and "duke." At the beginning
of 1980 the network consisted of those two sites and "phs" (another
machine at Duke), and was displayed at the January Usenix conference.
Steve Bellovin later developed the scripts into C programs, but they
were never released beyond "unc" and "duke." Steve Daniel did another
implementation in C for public distribution as well. Tom Truscott made
further modifications, and this became the "A" news release.
> Thanks for taking the time to learn the netiquette,
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/docproject/zen/zen-1.0_6.html
Thanks in Advance...
IchBin, Pocono Lake, Pa, USA http://weconsultants.phpnet.us
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