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Gale
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what's the deal with these sorts of posts that have the little banner at the top that says:
View this Usenet post in original ASCII form
just curious.
View this Usenet post in original ASCII form
just curious.
Oooohhhh, a young person who has never heard of Usenet ... NOW I feel old.Gale17 said:AHA! of course... now... what is usenet then? are the people posting through that not regular members or something?
True enough. Well, I don't blame anyone for not knowing about Usenet. Except for a few moderated newsgroups, Usenet has become a wasteland of spam, flame wars, and trolls. Web-based discussion forums like PF and Slashdot have taken its place.Hurkyl said:Don't worry -- I bet there's lots of old people who've never heard of usenet too.
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