Re: Netnews: The Origin Story

From	D <nospam@example.net>
Newsgroups	comp.misc
Subject	Re: Netnews: The Origin Story
Date	2024-11-07 10:04 +0100
Organization	i2pn2 (i2pn.org)
Message-ID	<7e2e9bc9-45a2-67c4-ba08-c303413dbf69@example.net> (permalink)
References	(2 earlier) <1r2lmw5.52vtyww92xsaN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <dbefbd43-fc2e-ac89-7f50-9d8aedffabfd@example.net> <1r2lzfq.b4cuy8v1gu71N%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <e6d433f1-101f-4dd5-f536-ad60999a0243@example.net> <1r2mhj6.tm5fyt1qsdehbN%snipeco.2@gmail.com>

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On Wed, 6 Nov 2024, Sn!pe wrote:

> D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 6 Nov 2024, Sn!pe wrote:
>>
>>> D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 6 Nov 2024, Sn!pe wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Wolfgang Agnes <wagnes@jemoni.to> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Rich <rich@example.invalid> writes:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes, it is in the form of a pdf, but be that as it may, it makes for an
>>>>>>> interesting view into the start of Usenet:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/papers/netnews-hist.pdf>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you for posting!
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Writing as someone addicted to Usenet for 30 years it's good to see the
>>>>> whole story, much of which was new to me; I've saved it, thanks again.
>>>>>
>>>>> # Usenet was my first love
>>>>> # And it will be my last...
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What has made you stick with it through all these years? How come you have
>>>> not been swept up by the winds of facebook and other social media?
>>>>
>>>
>>> "The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around It."
>>> <https://quoteinvestigator.com/2021/07/12/censor/>
>>>
>>> If I fall out with a NSP admin, I can regain access by using a different
>>> NSP.  Fuckerbergs* have the power of individual censorship.
>>>
>>> Also, Fuckerbergs drive a coach and horses through user privacy
>>> to facilitate commercial gain.  I fart in their general direction.
>>>
>>>
>>> * Fuckerberg:  generic term for controllers of proprietary networks.
>>>
>>
>> This is a good point! But you are not worried about the essentially
>> unencrypted nature of usenet?
>>
>
> AFAIAC Usenet is for chat and technical discussion -- there's no need to

And some light hearted trolling as well... must not forget that!

> encrypt that.  I generally mark political discussion threads as read as
> soon as it's obvious what they are.
>
> Anyway, vg vfa'g qvssvphyg rapelcg nal grkg jvgu r.t. CTC.

Hmm, I see what you just did there.

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Netnews: The Origin Story Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2024-11-05 18:27 +0000
  Re: Netnews: The Origin Story Wolfgang Agnes <wagnes@jemoni.to> - 2024-11-05 15:55 -0300
    Re: Netnews: The Origin Story snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2024-11-06 11:42 +0000
      Re: Netnews: The Origin Story Wolfgang Agnes <wagnes@jemoni.to> - 2024-11-06 11:17 -0300
        Re: Netnews: The Origin Story D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-11-06 16:54 +0100
          Re: Netnews: The Origin Story Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2024-11-06 16:29 +0000
            Re: Netnews: The Origin Story D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-11-06 21:37 +0100
              Re: Netnews: The Origin Story Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2024-11-06 21:48 +0000
                Re: Netnews: The Origin Story D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-11-07 10:03 +0100
                Re: Netnews: The Origin Story Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2024-11-07 11:04 +0000
                Re: Netnews: The Origin Story Wolfgang Agnes <wagnes@jemoni.to> - 2024-11-07 13:12 -0300
                Re: Netnews: The Origin Story Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2024-11-07 16:19 +0000
                Re: Netnews: The Origin Story Wolfgang Agnes <wagnes@jemoni.to> - 2024-11-07 18:28 -0300
                Re: Netnews: The Origin Story D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-11-07 23:04 +0100
                Re: Netnews: The Origin Story Wolfgang Agnes <wagnes@jemoni.to> - 2024-11-07 19:41 -0300
                Re: Netnews: The Origin Story D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-11-08 16:14 +0100
                Re: Netnews: The Origin Story D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-11-07 22:59 +0100
              Re: Netnews: The Origin Story kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2024-11-08 01:23 +0000
                Re: Netnews: The Origin Story D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-11-08 16:18 +0100
                Re: Netnews: The Origin Story Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2024-11-08 15:40 +0000
                Re: Netnews: The Origin Story D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-11-08 22:02 +0100
            Re: Netnews: The Origin Story Wolfgang Agnes <wagnes@jemoni.to> - 2024-11-06 22:51 -0300
              Re: Netnews: The Origin Story D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-11-07 10:07 +0100
                Re: Netnews: The Origin Story Wolfgang Agnes <wagnes@jemoni.to> - 2024-11-07 13:14 -0300
                Re: Netnews: The Origin Story D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-11-07 23:00 +0100
          Re: Netnews: The Origin Story not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2024-11-07 06:15 +1000
            Re: Netnews: The Origin Story Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2024-11-06 20:26 +0000
              Re: Netnews: The Origin Story D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-11-06 21:42 +0100
            Re: Netnews: The Origin Story D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-11-06 21:39 +0100
            Re: Netnews: The Origin Story Wolfgang Agnes <wagnes@jemoni.to> - 2024-11-06 23:16 -0300
      Re: Netnews: The Origin Story D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-11-06 16:52 +0100
        Re: Netnews: The Origin Story snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2024-11-06 17:17 +0000
          Re: Netnews: The Origin Story Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-11-06 18:56 +0000
            Re: Netnews: The Origin Story not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2024-11-07 06:20 +1000
          Re: Netnews: The Origin Story D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-11-06 21:37 +0100
            Re: Netnews: The Origin Story snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2024-11-06 22:45 +0000
              Re: Netnews: The Origin Story Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2024-11-07 10:10 +1000
                Re: Netnews: The Origin Story snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2024-11-07 00:34 +0000
                Re: Netnews: The Origin Story D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-11-07 10:06 +0100
                Re: Netnews: The Origin Story not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2024-11-08 06:32 +1000
                Re: Netnews: The Origin Story Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2024-11-07 21:03 +0000
                Re: Netnews: The Origin Story D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-11-07 23:03 +0100
                Re: Netnews: The Origin Story Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2024-11-07 23:00 +0000
                Re: Netnews: The Origin Story D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-11-08 16:16 +0100
                Re: Netnews: The Origin Story Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2024-11-08 15:48 +0000
                Re: Netnews: The Origin Story kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2024-11-08 01:29 +0000
                Re: Netnews: The Origin Story Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-11-07 03:20 +0000
              Re: Netnews: The Origin Story D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-11-07 10:04 +0100

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