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Am 10.07.2016 22:52, schrieb The Starmaker:
>  From my perspective...this is what Usenet looks to me:
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> http://frontdoorsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Bee-Hives.jpg
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> I can hear the buzz in all the newsgroups...
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> In other words..
> Usenet is a man made beehive.
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> All I hear is buzzing..
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Well, in a way...

Actually the UseNet is a technical system, meant for discussion on 
certain subjects by electronic means.

So it's quite unlikely you hear something.

But in a metaphorical way you could say, that participants are just 
'humming in a beehive'.

Yes, somehow... But that's slightly too poetic for my taste.


TH

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