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MEB wrote:
> Oldus Fartus wrote:
>> MEB wrote:
>>> Oldus Fartus wrote:
>> snipped
>>
>>>> I suggest you do a bit of reading.   Wikipedia is as good as any to
>>>> describe the differences to avoid the confusion in your mind.
>>>>
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Www
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
>>>>
>>>  I would suggest the actual Internet Consortium, Internet defining
>>> authorities, and the like. And reviewing a few of the actual documents
>>> pursuant the Internet, protocols, etc., might help.
>>>  wikipedia is such a waste of time unless one actually READS the linked
>>> documents, visits the sites referenced, and the like, and expands from
>>> there. Otherwise you get the short explanations for common folk and
>>> those are generally misconstrued by those reading them. They have no
>>> background from which to work.
>>>
>> I agree, but sometimes it helps those who have an inability to
>> distinguish between the Internet, and the WWW to get a dumbed down
>> explanation.
>>
>>>  Would you like me to post the links for you?
>>>
>> I have probably already read them, but yes, go ahead.
>>
>>
> 
> Before I do:
> 
>  Would you mind if we started an actual new heading for the materials
> about to be discussed?

If you wish.   With the profiso we are both clear what is being 
discussed.   I entered the thread when I read:

 >> What part of you're using an INTERNET BASED NEWSREADER addressing the
 >> *SAME* forum don't you understand or do you think the messages just
 >> magically appear in your reader...
 > My "BROWSER" is not open or ACTIVE while I am sending this message on 
Usenet, you goose.
 >

 > NO but your web based newsreader IS, ya duck..
 >

to which I replied:

"You are spoiling your arguments by using the terms *web* and *Internet* 
interchangably.   Think Internet as being a connection of multiple 
networks and the WWW as being an application or protocol which runs on 
top of the Internet, as does SMTP, NNTP, FTP and others."

>  I'm rather sure most can no longer even see a new message appear or
> anything else. I'm getting ... [in threaded view] and can barely
> recognize a new message when it appears. And it may even be messing up
> the message headers.

What news reader are you using?   Mine (Thunderbird or Windows Mail - 
depending on which computer I am sitting at) has no problems.

>  We can kill all but the relevant discussion groups if you wish. This
> one is microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, what yours?
> 

Why change it?

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Oldus Fartus