Re: Another Dog Walking Find (was Spam)

In article <47366cde$0$79875$742ec2ed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply <mmeahan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I have been on Usenet for about 15 years, originally starting with
access on someone's Unix box using trn (stands for "threaded read
news"), long before internet access for the common man was available,
when 2400 bps was screaming fast, when the www did not exist, and when
the proper etiquette for asking a question was to have replies emailed
to you so as not to waste bandwidth and then you were morally obligated
to post a summary of all responses.

A lot has changed since that time, and honestly, a lot of times I miss
the old days.

Yup. Not that there weren't kooks and such even then, but they were a
higher quality. :-)
--
Kevin Michael Vail    | I would rather have a mind opened by wonder
kevin@xxxxxxxxxx      | than one closed by belief.   -- Gerry Spence
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: How can I delete a folder if I dont own it and dont have read/write permissions?
    ... > You didn't destroy it - you removed their list from your list. ... In the trash were files I did not ... > This is all covered in Kernighan and Pike ("The UNIX Programming ... > is pretty much a requirement for anyone studying operating systems, ...
    (uk.comp.sys.mac)
  • Re: Text-based News Readers
    ... But marking the cross-posted threads in trn which rn ... I've tried slrn and other news clients, ... I always ended up back with trn4. ... Support for multiple servers/newsrcs is also nice. ...
    (comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc)
  • Re: Recent Unix Technology News!!!
    ... There is an interesting technology news here at tekwits. ... Get the latest industry news about Unix Admin. ...
    (microsoft.public.vc.mfc)
  • Re: Whats annoying (re: UC) - long
    ... :>Can I ask what you use to read mail and news with? ... I'm not crazy about tin but I can't find a non-gui ... I switched from trn to tin because I didn't like trn. ... I would rather use trn then a gui based news reader. ...
    (rec.photo.darkroom)
  • Re: Im outta here
    ... Anthony Nance wrote: ... to using trn, so much the better. ... Most news services can be used with a wide variety of newsreaders. ...
    (rec.arts.sf.written)