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Re: Usenet Stories

From Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx>
Newsgroups alt.folklore.computers
Subject Re: Usenet Stories
Date 2020-09-06 14:08 +0000
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On Sun, 06 Sep 2020 12:08:36 +0000, Jason Evans wrote:

> I'm doing a couple of conference presentations next month on reviving
> Usenet. Part of it will be telling stories from Usenet to both stir .
> 
> One of the most famous stories is from a Finnish grad student starting
> his own OS. I've already got that one in my notes.
> 
> What I'm looking for are interesting and/or funny stories from Usenet.
> I've got several gigs of archives from archive.org going back to the
> 80's. If you can tell me the story, the newsgroup, and approximately
> when (withing 3-5 years), I can probably find the original posts with
> some digging. That's how I found the original post from the grad student
> :).

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Usenet Stories Jason Evans <jsevans@mailfence.com> - 2020-09-06 12:08 +0000
  Re: Usenet Stories Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-09-06 14:08 +0000
    Re: Usenet Stories Bud Spencer <bud@campo.verano.it> - 2020-09-06 18:02 +0300
      Re: Usenet Stories John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2020-09-06 18:27 +0000
        Re: Usenet Stories Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-09-06 23:01 +0100
    Re: Usenet Stories Jason Evans <jsevans@mailfence.com> - 2020-09-07 16:59 +0000
      Re: Usenet Stories Michael LeVine <mlevinespmfltr@redshift.com> - 2020-09-07 10:35 -0700
      Re: Usenet Stories JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2020-09-08 09:31 -0500
        Re: Usenet Stories Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-09-08 14:43 +0000
          Re: Usenet Stories Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2020-09-08 14:53 +0000
            Re: Usenet Stories Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-09-08 15:41 +0000
          Re: Usenet Stories Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-09-08 20:53 +0100
            Re: Usenet Stories scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-09-08 20:45 +0000
            Re: Usenet Stories Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2020-09-09 14:45 +0000
              Re: Usenet Stories Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-09-09 17:20 +0000
                Re: Usenet Stories Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-09-09 18:48 +0100
                Re: Usenet Stories Robert Swindells <rjs@fdy2.co.uk> - 2020-09-09 19:02 +0000
                Re: Usenet Stories Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-09-09 21:06 +0100
                Re: Usenet Stories John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2020-09-09 21:33 +0000
                Re: Usenet Stories Robert Swindells <rjs@fdy2.co.uk> - 2020-09-09 21:50 +0000
                Re: Usenet Stories scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-09-10 15:49 +0000
              Re: Usenet Stories Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-09-09 18:03 +0100
  Re: Usenet Stories Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2020-09-06 16:22 +0000
    Re: Usenet Stories Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2020-09-06 19:01 +0000
  Re: Usenet Stories Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2020-09-06 19:44 +0300
  Re: Usenet Stories Owen Rees <orees@hotmail.com> - 2020-09-06 21:46 +0100
    Re: Usenet Stories Jason Evans <jsevans@mailfence.com> - 2020-09-07 06:27 +0000
  Re: Usenet Stories Dallas <dallas@texas.usa> - 2020-09-09 12:22 -0500
    Re: Usenet Stories "Kerr-Mudd,John" <notsaying@127.0.0.1> - 2020-11-03 19:46 +0000
  Re: Usenet Stories DNews <newsup@somewhere.cbr> - 2020-10-16 08:23 +0000
    Re: Usenet Stories Faux Dameron <fauxdameron@mailfence.com> - 2020-10-16 14:40 +0000
      Re: Usenet Stories f6k <f6k@huld.re> - 2020-10-16 23:02 +0200
    Usenet Stories Schmitty <Thomas.Heinrich.Schmidt@googlemail.com> - 2020-11-06 10:13 +0100
      Re: Usenet Stories Schmitty <Thomas.Heinrich.Schmidt@googlemail.com> - 2020-12-04 15:17 +0100
        Re: Usenet Stories f6k <f6k@huld.re> - 2020-12-09 18:58 +0100
          Re: Usenet Stories f6k <f6k@huld.re> - 2020-12-09 19:06 +0100
            Re: Usenet Stories Schmitty <Thomas.Heinrich.Schmidt@googlemail.com> - 2020-12-11 15:56 +0100
  Re: Usenet Stories "A.T. Murray" <mentificium@gmail.com> - 2020-10-21 12:30 -0700
    No Usenet Stories Schmitty <Thomas.Heinrich.Schmidt@googlemail.com> - 2020-10-23 12:05 +0200
      Re: No Usenet Stories Jason Evans <jsevans@mailfence.com> - 2020-10-24 07:10 +0000
        Re: No Usenet Stories Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2020-10-24 08:47 +0100
          Re: No Usenet Stories Jason Evans <jsevans@mailfence.com> - 2020-10-24 18:00 +0000
          Re: No Usenet Stories JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2020-10-24 18:17 -0500
            Re: No Usenet Stories Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2020-10-25 08:03 +0000
              Re: No Usenet Stories JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2020-10-25 10:32 -0500

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