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http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2010/05/usenet.html
The first of the usenet servers is closing down. :-(
John (raising a glass to Truscott and Ellis)
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Doctor John <rea### [at] mysig> wrote:
> http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2010/05/usenet.html
> The first of the usenet servers is closing down. :-(
Usenet is dying a slow death, as more and more usenet servers are being
terminated.
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- Warp
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On Wed, 19 May 2010 07:59:39 -0400, Warp wrote:
> Doctor John <rea### [at] mysig> wrote:
>> http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2010/05/usenet.html
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>> The first of the usenet servers is closing down. :-(
>
> Usenet is dying a slow death, as more and more usenet servers are
> being
> terminated.
There was an announcement a few days ago that Microsoft was also shutting
their newsgroups down (though I read somewhere that it was only a "sort
of" shutdown, not really a full shutdown).
Jim
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does anyone remember gopher? :P
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> There was an announcement a few days ago that Microsoft was also shutting
> their newsgroups down (though I read somewhere that it was only a "sort
> of" shutdown, not really a full shutdown).
Yeah, it's all "help yourself" web services nowadays. Even their online
documentation has the "community input" sections at the bottom like the PHP
documentation had for a long time.
What's the point of buying proprietary software if you have to document it
yourself, or experiment with it to figure out how it works even in normal
cases? Sheesh.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Ada - the programming language trying to avoid
you literally shooting yourself in the foot.
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On Wed, 19 May 2010 13:49:54 -0300, nemesis wrote:
> does anyone remember gopher? :P
I remember hearing about it, but never actually used it.
Jim
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On Wed, 19 May 2010 09:54:57 -0700, Darren New wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> There was an announcement a few days ago that Microsoft was also
>> shutting their newsgroups down (though I read somewhere that it was
>> only a "sort of" shutdown, not really a full shutdown).
>
> Yeah, it's all "help yourself" web services nowadays. Even their online
> documentation has the "community input" sections at the bottom like the
> PHP documentation had for a long time.
Yeah, that's a trend that's been around for a while, but I can't say I've
ever seen it used effectively. It seems that companies think "if we put
a place for people to comment/write/wiki/whatever they'll just
participate" - and that's generally not the case.
> What's the point of buying proprietary software if you have to document
> it yourself, or experiment with it to figure out how it works even in
> normal cases? Sheesh.
That's a pet peeve of mine today (just software documentation in general
not being very high quality - I remember telling someone about a doc page
that described a product UI by pointing out things like "the username
field is where you enter your username" and "the login button is what you
press to login".
Duh, smack me with a 25-story building, I never woulda' guessed that. >:-(
Jim
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On 19/05/2010 6:54 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Wed, 19 May 2010 13:49:54 -0300, nemesis wrote:
>
>> does anyone remember gopher? :P
>
> I remember hearing about it, but never actually used it.
>
Much more importantly is reason for a wake. ;-)
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Best Regards,
Stephen
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nemesis wrote:
> does anyone remember gopher? :P
Unfortunately yes...
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nemesis wrote:
> does anyone remember gopher? :P
I used that *and* archie.
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Ada - the programming language trying to avoid
you literally shooting yourself in the foot.
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