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| From | Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: olduse.net |
| Date | 2014-03-08 19:07 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <bo1838Ft3j4U3@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <bo0sbfFt3j4U2@mid.individual.net> <798139938415992655.198511usenet-stephenthomascole.com@news.eternal-september.org> |
On Sat, 08 Mar 2014 17:35:19 +0000, Stephen Thomas Cole wrote: > Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> wrote: >> On Sat, 08 Mar 2014 15:13:24 +0000, Stephen Thomas Cole wrote: >> >>> Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> wrote: >>>> On Sat, 08 Mar 2014 07:23:05 +0000, Lewis wrote: >>>> >>>>> In message <lfde28$vlh$1@speranza.aioe.org> >>>>> john <nospam@no.net> wrote: >>>>>> RS Wood wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>> Maybe you all are already aware of this. In case you aren't: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> olduse.net is a real-time historical exhibit: a Usenet server that >>>>>>> posts whatever was posted thirty years ago, so you can watch >>>>>>> things as they >>>>> >>>>>> That is pretty cool. Much respect the old-timers! >>>>> >>>>> Hmm, none of the groups I read existed in 1984. >>>> >>>> Mine did, by definition. I'm waiting for one of my posts to show up. >>>> My first post was 1983 AFAIR. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> That's pretty neat! I'm guessing from your .sig you're UK based? How >>> did you access Usenet in the UK in 1983? Academic connection? >> >> Yup, we had an early UUCP connection via modem to start with. Then we >> provided a UK academic service. University of Kent. >> >> I still work there, teaching CS. >> >> >> > Which campus, Bob? I'm a stone's throw from the Medway campus, in > Rochester. When we did all this, Canterbury. Medway campus was only recent. I work at Canterbury but teach at Medway sometimes. I'm up there Monday week (17th) to run an intensive UNIX course for 1st year students. Strictly command line only! (I've used UNIX since 1975) > Do you have any knowledge of how the uk.* hierarchy started out? I'm > sure I've read somewhere that its genesis was something to do with UoK. > If so, > what were the motivations/philosophy behind setting up a national > hierarchy? How was it administered in the early years, before the > current Committee led set-up took over in the mid-90s? We probably just thought it was a good idea at the time, but I know no details. I know someone who might know though. -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org My posts (including this one) are my copyright and if @diy_forums on Twitter wish to tweet them they can pay me £30 a post *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor
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olduse.net RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-07 20:23 +0000
Re: olduse.net john <nospam@no.net> - 2014-03-07 12:35 -0900
Re: olduse.net Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-08 07:23 +0000
Re: olduse.net Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-03-08 14:27 +0000
Re: olduse.net Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2014-03-08 15:13 +0000
Re: olduse.net Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-03-08 15:46 +0000
Re: olduse.net Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2014-03-08 17:35 +0000
Re: olduse.net Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-03-08 19:07 +0000
Re: olduse.net Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2014-03-09 08:15 +0000
Re: olduse.net Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-03-09 09:43 +0000
Re: olduse.net Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2014-03-09 10:51 +0000
Re: olduse.net Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2014-03-09 11:04 -0400
Re: olduse.net Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-03-09 17:27 +0200
Re: olduse.net RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-09 17:54 +0000
Re: olduse.net Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-03-09 18:12 +0000
Re: olduse.net Conceited Jerk <cj.speakeasy@AAARGHgmail.com> - 2014-03-17 13:02 -0500
Re: olduse.net Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-17 19:48 +0000
Re: olduse.net Conceited Jerk <cj.speakeasy@AAARGHgmail.com> - 2014-03-17 15:32 -0500
Re: olduse.net Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-17 22:20 +0000
Re: olduse.net Conceited Jerk <cj.speakeasy@AAARGHgmail.com> - 2014-03-19 08:44 -0500
Re: olduse.net Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2014-03-09 17:55 +0000
Re: olduse.net Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-03-09 18:14 +0000
Re: olduse.net Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2014-03-10 08:59 +0000
Re: olduse.net Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-10 10:18 +0000
Re: olduse.net Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2014-03-10 10:39 +0000
Re: olduse.net Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-10 10:58 +0000
Re: olduse.net Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2014-03-10 11:38 +0000
Re: olduse.net Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-10 11:48 +0000
Re: olduse.net Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2014-03-10 12:05 +0000
Re: olduse.net RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-10 12:09 +0000
Re: olduse.net Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-10 12:44 +0000
Re: olduse.net RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-10 13:08 +0000
Re: olduse.net Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2014-03-10 13:16 +0000
Re: olduse.net Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-10 14:27 +0000
Re: olduse.net Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2014-03-10 13:13 +0000
Re: olduse.net Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-10 22:28 +0000
Re: olduse.net Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-03-10 16:51 +0000
Re: olduse.net Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-03-10 16:55 +0000
Re: olduse.net Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-03-10 21:25 +0000
Re: olduse.net Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-03-10 22:31 +0000
Re: olduse.net Adrian C <email@here.invalid> - 2014-03-09 20:52 +0000
Re: olduse.net cykros@devio.us - 2014-03-11 04:42 +0000
Re: olduse.net Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-10 00:31 +0000
Re: olduse.net Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2014-03-11 11:21 +0000
Re: olduse.net Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-11 14:08 +0000
Re: olduse.net Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2014-03-11 17:39 +0000
Re: olduse.net Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2014-03-11 15:02 -0400
Re: olduse.net Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-03-11 19:32 +0000
Re: olduse.net Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2014-03-11 15:56 -0400
Re: olduse.net Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-03-11 23:31 +0000
Re: olduse.net Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-12 00:34 +0000
Re: olduse.net Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-03-12 01:34 +0000
Re: olduse.net Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-12 02:36 +0000
Re: olduse.net Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-03-12 09:37 +0000
Re: olduse.net Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-12 17:08 +0000
Re: olduse.net Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-03-12 17:43 +0000
Re: olduse.net Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-13 00:38 +0000
Re: olduse.net Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-03-08 10:11 +0000
Re: olduse.net "wjwlsn" <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-03-07 18:58 -0600
Re: olduse.net "wjwlsn" <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-03-07 22:25 -0600
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