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MEB wrote:
> Oldus Fartus wrote:
>> MEB wrote:
>>> Oldus Fartus wrote:
>>>> MEB wrote:
>>>>> Oldus Fartus wrote:
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>>>>
>>>>>> 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].

Never ever could bullshit its way out of a wet paper bag.