Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Starmaker Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics Subject: Re: Google Groups shutting down for good Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2023 12:41:50 -0800 Organization: The Starmaker Organization Lines: 41 Message-ID: <657F5D0E.32C@ix.netcom.com> References: <657BD892.607B@ix.netcom.com> Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="a22d6bf06647d0f83e591404aeb2097e"; logging-data="3273623"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/XVw05XLMPdWhPZlQl1PUUK4iWj0kwMPg=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:slvxF9BpzE4C3huqYtkg3jBCkNs= X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 231217-2, 12/17/2023), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Xref: csiph.com sci.physics.relativity:625991 sci.physics:883830 whodat wrote: > > On 12/17/2023 12:11 PM, Volney wrote: > > On 12/17/2023 12:08 PM, JanPB wrote: > >> On Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 8:39:34 PM UTC-8, The Starmaker wrote: > >>> by now most of yous heard > >>> Google Groups will shut down for good... > >> > >> Well, it was fun while it lasted (I started posting to Usenet in 1985). > >> > >> -- > >> Jan > > > > Why do you say that? There are many newsreaders and NNTP servers in > > existence for you to use. Since you were posting in 1985, long before > > there was any such a thing as Google Groups (or even Google), you know > > this. > > Way fewer groups, with a "net" prefix. I didn't have a "pager" back then > so it was a battle to try reading when my incoming stream was 300 baud. > > Somehow I managed. > > BTW, there always were some idiots. your momma was one Evrybody knows you are the one responsible for Google Groups shutting down, you're the ONLY ONE responsible. cheeze eater a rat. a dirty rat. -- The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge the unchallengeable.