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"Vic Smith" wrote in message
... On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:38:16 -0600, cavelamb himself wrote: Capt. JG wrote: "Roger Long" wrote in message ... The last column in the current issue of PC magazine is an obituary for Usenet. This group, and others like it, are now like CB radio in the early 1980's. There are still a few die hards out there talking but the airwaves are gradually going quiet. 10-4 good buddy. What's your 20?.... -- Roger Long Breaker breaker. I'm in the rocking chair! Anyone besides Scotty know that reference? There's probably a bear in the air with a camera. LOL What's your 20, bandit? Let's stay on topic with the group. Somebody has to mention rubber ducky. --Vic LOL... I'm not a Jimmy hauling hogs. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
It's official: We're dinosaurs.
Capt. JG wrote:
"Roger Long" wrote in message ... The last column in the current issue of PC magazine is an obituary for Usenet. This group, and others like it, are now like CB radio in the early 1980's. There are still a few die hards out there talking but the airwaves are gradually going quiet. 10-4 good buddy. What's your 20?.... -- Roger Long Breaker breaker. I'm in the rocking chair! Anyone besides Scotty know that reference? There's probably a bear in the air with a camera. LOL Not mention Smokey with a blow-dryer. Cheers Martin |
It's official: We're dinosaurs.
"Marty" wrote in message
... Capt. JG wrote: "Roger Long" wrote in message ... The last column in the current issue of PC magazine is an obituary for Usenet. This group, and others like it, are now like CB radio in the early 1980's. There are still a few die hards out there talking but the airwaves are gradually going quiet. 10-4 good buddy. What's your 20?.... -- Roger Long Breaker breaker. I'm in the rocking chair! Anyone besides Scotty know that reference? There's probably a bear in the air with a camera. LOL Not mention Smokey with a blow-dryer. Cheers Martin Are you talking about a bear on an eggbeater? -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
It's official: We're dinosaurs.
On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:41:36 -0800, "Capt. JG"
wrote: "Marty" wrote in message m... Capt. JG wrote: "Roger Long" wrote in message ... The last column in the current issue of PC magazine is an obituary for Usenet. This group, and others like it, are now like CB radio in the early 1980's. There are still a few die hards out there talking but the airwaves are gradually going quiet. 10-4 good buddy. What's your 20?.... -- Roger Long Breaker breaker. I'm in the rocking chair! Anyone besides Scotty know that reference? There's probably a bear in the air with a camera. LOL Not mention Smokey with a blow-dryer. Cheers Martin Are you talking about a bear on an eggbeater? I don't think a blow dryer would be that useful from an eggbeater, good buddy. Everything looks clean and green from here. |
It's official: We're dinosaurs.
Capt. JG wrote:
"Marty" wrote in message ... Capt. JG wrote: "Roger Long" wrote in message ... The last column in the current issue of PC magazine is an obituary for Usenet. This group, and others like it, are now like CB radio in the early 1980's. There are still a few die hards out there talking but the airwaves are gradually going quiet. 10-4 good buddy. What's your 20?.... -- Roger Long Breaker breaker. I'm in the rocking chair! Anyone besides Scotty know that reference? There's probably a bear in the air with a camera. LOL Not mention Smokey with a blow-dryer. Cheers Martin Are you talking about a bear on an eggbeater? More like a county mounty in a plain wrapper taking pictures.... Cheers Martin |
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... On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:59:26 -0500, wrote: On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:02:02 -0500, "Roger Long" wrote: The last column in the current issue of PC magazine is an obituary for Usenet. This group, and others like it, are now like CB radio in the early 1980's. There are still a few die hards out there talking but the airwaves are gradually going quiet. 10-4 good buddy. What's your 20?.... PC magazine? Someone should write an obit for THEM. They lost any relevance about the time Windows 98 did. Son of a gun! http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...ow_article= 1 They're enviro tree-huggers and believe in gaaak *evolution*. LOL -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
... Capt. JG wrote: "Marty" wrote in message ... Capt. JG wrote: "Roger Long" wrote in message ... The last column in the current issue of PC magazine is an obituary for Usenet. This group, and others like it, are now like CB radio in the early 1980's. There are still a few die hards out there talking but the airwaves are gradually going quiet. 10-4 good buddy. What's your 20?.... -- Roger Long Breaker breaker. I'm in the rocking chair! Anyone besides Scotty know that reference? There's probably a bear in the air with a camera. LOL Not mention Smokey with a blow-dryer. Cheers Martin Are you talking about a bear on an eggbeater? More like a county mounty in a plain wrapper taking pictures.... Cheers Martin He's got the hammer down and headed for the bear cage. Thank God they're just city kitties. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
It's official: We're dinosaurs.
In article , Geoff Schultz wrote:
It's very true. If you look at the amount of traffic (excluding the "binaries" groups) that usenet generates, you'll see that it's on a steady/rapid decline. Ask the average person if they know what a newsgroup is and you'll probably get a blank stare. Even among my computer savvy friends, very few of them still use newgroups. In reality, why? The interface is clunky. Message threads are lost unless you use deja news (groups.google.com) to search them. Many groups are loaded with spam. The user interface technology has improved massively since news was created. It's death and/or lack of relevance is purely just a matter of time. UI technology may have improved some software, but my newsreader is still great, $DEITY knows how long after it was first created, there is no need for a point an click GUI, it's not possible to make it easier to use with a mouse. I find usenet so much better to follow than a web forum. I hate those things. Too many bouncy smilies, (l)users whose 'avatar' has to me an animated GIF that is (if you're lucky) worth seeing once, but loops endlessly and is a distracting as hell and makes you want to actually kill the person because, of course, they are a prolific poster and you can't browse the forum without seeing it a million times. Then there are the flashing banner ads so many forums carry to generate revenue. The lack of decent threading, the almost total disregard of context quoting. The fact that "this is the interface, if you don't like it create your own forum", whereas with usenet it's "here is a newsfeed, use it how you like" - GUI, text, braille, text-to-speech (OK, you can do some of those with a web-forum, but, in my experiments here with a Mac, speaking will start at the top of the page and read all the adverts before it gets to the post). Damn, I *hate* those things. Justin. -- Justin C, by the sea. |
It's official: We're dinosaurs.
On 2008-11-20 16:48:14 -0500, Justin C said:
UI technology may have improved some software, but my newsreader is still great, $DEITY knows how long after it was first created, there is no need for a point an click GUI, it's not possible to make it easier to use with a mouse. I like having a variety of options. About all I use are the mouse and a scroll-wheel. Programmed the keys so the left thumb is back, right finger forward. No need to reach for function keys, etc. -- Jere Lull Xan-à-Deux -- Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD Xan's pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/ Our BVI trips & tips: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/ |
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