Notices tagged with usenet
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Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer)'s status on Saturday, 04-Feb-2017 20:53:20 EST 
Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca
I once helped set up a #Usenet node connected with UUCP. Usenet was available to anyone who had bandwidth and storage. It was much later when people with bandwidth and storage started charging people who only had news clients... -
Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer)'s status on Saturday, 04-Feb-2017 20:32:07 EST
Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca
Remember when #Usenet used to be a free service? -
Adam Moore (LÆMEUR) (laemeur)'s status on Thursday, 11-Feb-2016 06:53:10 EST 
Adam Moore (LÆMEUR)
Thinking about #USENET/ !GNUsocial analogies (thanks, @smj) made me think of this: when replying to a notice that was posted to a group, if you think your reply will be of interest to the other members of the group, be sure to mention the group in your reply. The USENET analogy is this: mentioning the group is like posting a "Follow-up", and replying without mentioning is more like posting a "Reply" via email. -
mlinksva (mlinksva)'s status on Monday, 30-Jul-2012 01:59:38 EDT 
mlinksva
@rozzin nah, OStatus is about the same point now as #Usenet in 1992, the year before https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September ;-) -
Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Sunday, 22-Apr-2012 12:49:00 EDT 
Joshua Judson Rosen
Just left the #usenet group on identi.ca. It's like #giving-up on usenet all over again. -
Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Monday, 13-Jun-2011 13:39:50 EDT
Joshua Judson Rosen
#Historic !usenet, re-enacted in real #time, for the next 10 years..., until 1991: http://ur1.ca/4cpui
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