On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 22:00:46 +0000, IMBJR <no### [at] spamhere> wrote:
> Like the UK is still part of Europe, Alaska is a part of the USA, this
> server is part of usenet.

Wrong example.

Usenet is not every newsserver ever existed. Usenet is network of servers
where every server eexchange its data. Usenet groups can be accessed by
anyone, and contain informal messages on a variety of topics. POVRay groups
can be accessed by selected members (in other words you can be banned here)
and does not contain groups available on any other server. Usenet is
completely decentralized and does not represent any particular server.
news.povray.org is localized and unique. The only thing shared between Usenet
and news.povray.org is shared protocol and viewer for operating. Usenet
predates Internet and not every Usenet machine is in the internet.
news.povray.org can be closed and data can be lost. Usenet if reality can't be
simply closed because it is equally distributed over the world.

ABX

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