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Thread ID: 28452	2002-12-20 02:33:00	what is this: usenet.alt.computers.os2.applications	agent (30)	Press F1

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107675	2002-12-20 02:33:00	Can anyone tell me what things like "usenet.alt.computers.os2.applications" mean? This came from a forum, but is the whole domain.alt.topic.subtopic thingie back from the BBS days or something?	agent (30)
107676	2002-12-20 02:42:00	Usenet is a world-wide distributed discussion system . It has been around for a long time, and some would say it is the true internet . It consists of a set of "newsgroups" with names that are classified hierarchically by subject . "Articles" or "messages" are "posted" to these newsgroups by people on computers with the appropriate software -- these articles are then broadcast to other interconnected computer systems via a wide variety of networks . Some newsgroups are "moderated"; in these newsgroups, the articles are first sent to a moderator for approval before appearing in the newsgroup . Just log onto "groups" on google .	godfather (25)
107677	2002-12-20 02:50:00	It's a"newsgroup" . That's what we spent our time on before this WWW rubbish started . (I found I could keep up with 3 or 4 newsgroups which were about the computer types I was using) . "usenet" is the name for it . . . Go to google . Click on the "Groups" button . There are something in the tens of thousands of groups now (mostly in the alt group) . I still look at comp . risks . . . great stuff . That group you saw a reference to is in the "alt" category . . . = alternate . . in which subgroups could be started without discussion and voting . You can go down the name: computers --obvious, os2 -- a great operating system developed by Microsoft and IBM in partnership, until MS stabbed IBM in the back, appl -- probably about applications for OS/2 . All very logical . B-) The groups are cluttered now by the spammers; they use to suffer from the September influx of US students who were given their Internet access . ;-)	Graham L (2)
107678	2002-12-20 04:44:00	usenet - google groups is one of the great free things in life - totally uncensored - sometimes nonsense sometimes stimualting sometimes sad and unreadable take a look at alt.rec.audio.high-end for endless megalomanic tail-eating discussions by and for dedicated audiophiles for example, alt.tv.simpsons (the FAQ is superb) and alt.tv.sopranos often get looks in by yours truly another interestingly titled group is alt.dead.porn.stars :) I kid u not a good one for thriller fans is rec.arts.mystery - I once got an off list reply from American author James Hall (a lovely, wry missive IIRC) after making a somewhat lazy, cynical remark about him - just goes to show their readership then there's rec.games.chess.misc alt.music.dylan alt.music.lou.reed alt.music.blues alt.music.counting-crows rec.music.collecting-vinyl rec.music.classical-recordings is IMO one of the very best usenet groups - very erudite, often pompous but just sit back and watch the sparks fly! alt.drugs.hard is also compelling reading and often very funny like any gathering of annonymous people - say a bar - discussion can go from the inane to the brilliant to the offensive to the plain dumb note - posts take from 3 to 9 hours to show! and all are accessible via the net - don't add as newsgroups in OE or anything...the groups can be hard to locate as their urls aren't what you would expect groups.google.com for example is the addy of alt.tv.sopranos - best way is use the google group search (not web search) ...type in the topic and use the attendant results for linking to the group you wish I know you can do it the other way but it remains still time consuming and misses out groups also... hope this explains some things oh use a hotmail email account or something as spammers trawl ggroups...	artpepper (1321)
107679	2002-12-20 10:18:00	Just so you all know... FidoNet still lives too. Message echos rather than Newsgroups. FidoNet echos are normally moderated just to keep people ( On Topic ) and within the rules for the Echo.	Elephant (599)
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