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From: Jim on 20 May 2010 15:53
Howard <Howard.not(a)home.com> wrote:

> > > > <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/20/usenet_duke_server/>
> > > >
> > > > "Duke University in North Carolina is where Usenet began, and today
> > > > the institution is shutting down its Usenet server. The college cites
> > > > 'low usage and rising costs' for the decision."
> > >
> > > Bullshit
> >
> > Which bit and why?
> >
> > Jim
>
> "The death of Usenet" ..........

You've not heard of exaggerating to make a point?

I'm not saying it's dead. I'm saying it's not well and it's not getting
better. It is, sadly, only a matter of time.

Jim
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From: Rowland McDonnell on 22 May 2010 08:41
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote:

> Howard <Howard.not(a)home.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/20/usenet_duke_server/>
> > > > >
> > > > > "Duke University in North Carolina is where Usenet began, and today
> > > > > the institution is shutting down its Usenet server. The college cites
> > > > > 'low usage and rising costs' for the decision."
> > > >
> > > > Bullshit
> > >
> > > Which bit and why?

<http://news.duke.edu/2010/05/usenet.html> contains bullshit - for
example, this sentence which demonstrates that the author doesn't know
what they're talking about:

"Although e-mail and other forms of online communication have largely
supplanted Usenet, it is still in use, with tens of thousands of
discussion groups."

> > > Jim
> >
> > "The death of Usenet" ..........
>
> You've not heard of exaggerating to make a point?

Wireless World - back in the 1980s IIRC - ran a series called `The death
of electric current'.

And they were deadly serious - the discussions were sufficient strange
that I couldn't follow 'em at the time.

Usenet is dying; so `the death of Usenet' is an appopriate subject line.
But `usenet dying' is not like real living creatures really dying. It's
a metaphor, innit?

> I'm not saying it's dead. I'm saying it's not well and it's not getting
> better. It is, sadly, only a matter of time.

Usenet will not die as mortal men die.

Usenet will enter the undead existence of zombie computing: the place
where Amiga and RISCOS pass their not-lives; the place where the
abandoned tech is kept on life-support in case it's needed again.

Rowland.

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From: Jim on 22 May 2010 08:44
Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote:

> Usenet will enter the undead existence of zombie computing: the place
> where Amiga and RISCOS pass their not-lives; the place where the
> abandoned tech is kept on life-support in case it's needed again.

In which case it'll end up on a machine in my house.

Jim
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From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 22 May 2010 09:49
On Sat, 22 May 2010 13:44:50 +0100, jim(a)magrathea.plus.com (Jim)
wrote:

>Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Usenet will enter the undead existence of zombie computing: the place
>> where Amiga and RISCOS pass their not-lives; the place where the
>> abandoned tech is kept on life-support in case it's needed again.
>
>In which case it'll end up on a machine in my house.

I have no doubt of this at all!

Cheers - Jaimie
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From: Jim on 22 May 2010 09:51
Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:

> >In which case it'll end up on a machine in my house.
>
> I have no doubt of this at all!

Actually, it technically already is - I run a leafnode server.

Jim
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product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious
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slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
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