Meeting new friends...
 

"List"?

List was the original nickname for UseNet. Most people call them Newsgroups
now.


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"List"?

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Spent a great evening with WayneB and his lovely wife Dianne aboard
his beautiful Grand Banks 49 "Long Legged Lady" then dinner ashore.

What boat - beautiful! Terrific dinner company too.

It was fun to meet and greet somebody off the list.


Glad to hear that you folks hooked up. I hope Wayne and his wife are
enjoying their trip to the NE.

Glad to hear that you folks hooked up. I hope Wayne and his wife are
enjoying their trip to the NE.

We are indeed. Four months on a boat is a long time but it has gone
amazingly fast. Next stop is Essex, CT which is another of our
favorite places. The plan is to hang out in Long Island Sound until
the worst of the hurricane season is over, and then start making our
way south again.

Tom,
If I understand you correctly, Usenet is the correct name for the method of
compiling and distributing Newsgroups/Lists/Electronic Bulletin Boards.
Newsgroups/Lists/Electron Bulletin Board can be read via Newsgroup Readers,
Web Sites such as Google, or Email Distributions Lists.

Since original most newsgroups were read via Email Distribution Lists, old
farts like yourself, sometimes call them "Lists". ; )

Did I get that correct?



"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 02:34:47 -0400, "Star-bucks"
wrote:

List was the original nickname for UseNet. Most people call them
Newsgroups
now.

Usenet has always been Usenet. List is a old timer's term for Usenet
newsgroups because back in the day, email "lists" were the newsgroup
of their day.

Thus the term.

"Star-bucks" wrote in message
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Tom,
If I understand you correctly, Usenet is the correct name for the
method of compiling and distributing Newsgroups/Lists/Electronic
Bulletin Boards. Newsgroups/Lists/Electron Bulletin Board can be read
via Newsgroup Readers, Web Sites such as Google, or Email Distributions
Lists.

Since original most newsgroups were read via Email Distribution Lists,
old farts like yourself, sometimes call them "Lists". ; )

Did I get that correct?



snip

No, not exactly. Newsgroups, mailing lists, and bulletin boards are all
different. Mailing lists came first, and in some cases were replaced by
newsgroups dealing with the same subject matter. Bulletin boards sprung
up with the low end PC, and are now primarily accessed by means of the
world wide web, having evolved to a webserver based technology.

Mailing lists use email as a transmission medium. Newsgroups use a
collection of News Servers, connected by NNTP, and bulletin boards use
the world wide web.

del cecchi

Del,
Thanks for clearing that up, it is now clear as mud.

I was correct though when I said "old farts" still refer to them as Lists.
; )



--

Starbuck

.... Art is vision not expression.
"Del Cecchi" wrote in message
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"Star-bucks" wrote in message
...
Tom,
If I understand you correctly, Usenet is the correct name for the method
of compiling and distributing Newsgroups/Lists/Electronic Bulletin
Boards. Newsgroups/Lists/Electron Bulletin Board can be read via
Newsgroup Readers, Web Sites such as Google, or Email Distributions
Lists.

Since original most newsgroups were read via Email Distribution Lists,
old farts like yourself, sometimes call them "Lists". ; )

Did I get that correct?



snip

No, not exactly. Newsgroups, mailing lists, and bulletin boards are all
different. Mailing lists came first, and in some cases were replaced by
newsgroups dealing with the same subject matter. Bulletin boards sprung
up with the low end PC, and are now primarily accessed by means of the
world wide web, having evolved to a webserver based technology.

Mailing lists use email as a transmission medium. Newsgroups use a
collection of News Servers, connected by NNTP, and bulletin boards use the
world wide web.

del cecchi

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 15:41:54 -0400, "Starbuck"
wrote:

I was correct though when I said "old farts" still refer to them as Lists.

10-4

I seem to remember the term "books" being used in the early '90's.

Eisboch

Harry,
I thought you were ignoring my posts? If you are ignoring them. why do you
comment on all of them?

--

Starbuck

"Guilt was the grease in which the wheels of the authority turned." -- Terry
Pratchett, _Small Gods_
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 15:41:54 -0400, "Starbuck"
wrote:

I was correct though when I said "old farts" still refer to them as
Lists.

10-4


Smithers tries so hard...