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Author: tony
Date: Jun 15, 2008 09:54

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:20:44 +0800, tony@altavista.com wrote:
>On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:28:06 -0500,
>texan....usenet@texas...removethisbit.usacom.. wrote:
>
>>On 10 Jun 2008 13:08:38 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:
>>
>>>tony@altavista.com wrote:
>>>[...]
>>>
>>>> And here endeth the sermon from the netcop....
>>>
>>> Well, if you had pointed to the part which - in some rather twisted
>>>way - could be considered netcopping, you might have had a point, since
>>>you didn't, you haven't.
>>
>>Frank, as you well know which obviously tony dosen't, USENET is *not* the internet.
>>
>>Speaks volumes for his posting.
>>
>>Cath
>
>Cath,
>
>Something to take your mind out of the fog....
>
>"What is the Internet?
>
>The Internet today is a large-scale network of millions of computers
>that allows continuous communication across the globe. The various
>applications of the Internet are:
>
> * The World-Wide Web (the web or WWW)
> * Electronic Mail (E-Mail)
> * File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
> * Internet Relay chat (IRC)
> * USENET (a news service)"
>
>Just a small quote from:-
>
>http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/starthere/historyofthenet.html
>
>Makes interesting reading......
>
>Why I can remember way back when the usenet portion of the Internet
>was just showing its face.
>
>Knew a chap who worked at a university, and he had great delight in
>showing us reams of paper, which had been transmitted ONE (1) letter
>per page, as part of a message.
>
>Now back to today, "Usenet" is still a part of the internet.
>
>Meaning "interconnected"
>
>It just so happens that for most the only part they see is the WWW
>secton of the "Internet"
>
>Hope you have a nice day..
>

And again Cath,

Some further reading which may enlighten you.

Some interesting links and articles there.

Funny I did a "Find" search of the mainpage and I could come up with
no articles written by you....
no comments
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