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Group: rec.travel.australia+nz · Group Profile
Author: tony
Date: Jun 15, 2008 09:56

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:54:33 +0800, tony@altavista.com wrote:
>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.
>

Now, thats a bit of a boo boo by me, I forgot to paste the link.....

Well here it is:-
http://isoc.org/internet/history/
>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....
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