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Re: What is Usenet

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From: Tony
Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 20:54
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Subject: Re: DSL speed upgrades
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:14:35 -0330
From: "J. Conners" <jack.conners@tux.nil>
Organization: Datemas.de http://datemas.de
Newsgroups: can.internet.highspeed

chuckcar wrote:
> Senex <Senex@Senex.nex> wrote in
> news:mn.8d4b7d6b31a9b371.54228@Senex.nex:
>
>
>>chuckcar stunned us with this revelation on 11/17/2006 :
>>
>>
>>
>>>Madonna <nospam@nospam.ca> wrote in news:455e532d$1_1@x-privat.org:
>>
>
> <snipped>
>
>>Nothing has been "incorrectly quoted".  What you have provided is your
>>predictable folksey take on things which is invariably incorrect.
>>When you get caught out in your false assumptions, you always take
>>this agressive defensive posture.  You really should learn to observe
>>and learn something.  There is a lot of expertise in this News Group.
>>I've watched and learned a bunch.
>>
>>Give it up.  In this NG I'm certain you are in *way* over your head.
>>The knowledge base that I've observed here will ignore you for the
>>troll you are.
>>
>
>
> I'm certainly *not* the one getting defensive here. That would be *you*.
> The *only* quote from me was misquoted/badly edited period. That is
> *fact*. The fact of the matter is that the word modem gets it's name
> from the two words modulator/demodulator which was my point which you
> seem to have completely missed for some inexplicable reason. The fact
> that you *didn't* know this *basic* fact means you know absolutely
> nothing on this subject and are not even competant to even have an
> opinion here, much less point fingers.

You don't know me, I have said nothing to be defensive about and you
have no notion regarding what I do or do not know.  Hence, what you have
blurted above is horse hockey.

>
> What you also seem to fail to realize (if you aren't *yet* another
> persona of that Steve Troll) is that there is a kid abusing this group
> by posting his own twisted view of vengence under numerous identies such
> as Tony, Steve, and varations of that name along with others. Until this
> idiot is dealt with, *no* *one* in this group will get anywhere.

And that means absolutely nothing to me and has nothing to do with the
subject at hand.

Mad as a Box of Frogs wrote:

> Hot-text <hot-text@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >1 About Usenet
> >1.1 What is Usenet?
> >Usenet is a distributed network which means that the submitted information
> >is always available via the fast internet connections from your local Usenet
> >Provider.
> >Usenet offers the ability to efficiently exchange information among all
> >other Usenet users around the globe.
> >
> >Usenet, which is short for Unix User Network, is one of the oldest
> >communication networks, being developed in 1979 and was made available
> >before the internet and the World Wide Web were invented. Usenet isn't
> >governed by any authority and can be characterized by the absence of a
> >central server or administrator.
> >Usenet servers distribute all the information they receive among other
> >Usenet servers around the world, enabling all Usenet users to have access to
> >all information available on the global Usenet.
> >
> >Usenet was designed to be able to discuss scientific insights and ideas
> >among universities and scientific institutions around the world on a broad
> >scope. Therefor Usenet was designed to distribute only text messages. In
> >1990 a method was introduced to be able to decode files (like documents or
> >images) to text, so they could be distributed on the global Usenet.
> >
> >Every post submitted to Usenet has to be stored by all Usenet servers. This
> >results in a continuous flow of new Usenet articles.
> >As the Usenet servers storage capacity isn't unlimited, older articles have
> >to be removed in order to make room for newer articles.
> >The period of time that articles are available is called retention.
> >As different Usenet providers have different storage capacities, the
> >retention differs per Usenet provider.
> >The retention of Usenet services offered by Internet providers (ISPs) is
> >significant lower (on average 10-20 days) then the retention offered by
> >professional Usenet providers (hundreds of days).
> >
> >Being one of the oldest networks, Usenet has survived many new innovations.
> >At present, Usenet's popularity is still growing, while more and more people
> >discover the advantages of using Usenet. As more people are becoming active
> >on Usenet, more information is offered to the global Usenet. The daily
> >newsfeed (which is the amount of data offered to Usenet on a daily basis) is
> >now well beyond 5 terabyte on average (winter 09/10).
> >
> >Usenet is known by many names. Synonyms for Usenet are Newsgroups, News or
> >Newsserver.
>
> Unix User network huh? Very enlightening. I had no idea what this place
> was called..
>
> I was told it was the Cesspool.
>
> >
> >http://www.news-service.com/faq.html#faq1.1
> >
> >
>
> --
> "Ward, weren't you a little hard on The Beaver last night?" --June Cleaver

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Regards Tony... Making usenet better for everyone everyday
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