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Oldus Fartus wrote:
> 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.

 T-bird and Linux mostly - your screen may be larger than mine though.

> 
>>  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?
> 

 Okay what ever. Perhaps  you should first note the deliberate usage of
a lower case *web* not Web [as in the world-wide]. Change your thought
pattern, maybe.
 It was a Usenet *bait* offering, to reel in the trolls. You can see it
was successful [not meaning you of course].

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