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Posted by Black Dragon on May 20, 2010, 8:33 am
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Durham, NC -- This week marks the end of an era for one of the earliest
pieces of Internet history, which got its start at Duke more than 30
years ago.
On May 20, Duke will shut down its Usenet server, which provides access
to a worldwide electronic discussion network of newsgroups started in
1979 by two Duke graduate students, Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis.
http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2010/05/usenet.html
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Black Dragon
Hear about...
the wild office Christmas party in a completely automated
company -- the photocopier got drunk and tried to undo the
typewriter's ribbon?
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Posted by Stormin Mormon on May 20, 2010, 10:39 am
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Thanks, I'd never have known this. I printed off the web page, I think
it's a historic moment.
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Durham, NC -- This week marks the end of an era for one of the
earliest
pieces of Internet history, which got its start at Duke more than 30
years ago.
On May 20, Duke will shut down its Usenet server, which provides
access
to a worldwide electronic discussion network of newsgroups started in
1979 by two Duke graduate students, Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis.
http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2010/05/usenet.html
--
Black Dragon
Hear about...
the wild office Christmas party in a completely automated
company -- the photocopier got drunk and tried to undo the
typewriter's ribbon?
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Posted by vinny on May 20, 2010, 7:45 pm
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> Thanks, I'd never have known this. I printed off the web page, I think
> it's a historic moment.
It's as if Ford shut their factory down.
We all should bow our heads in a moment of silence.
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Posted by Flash on May 21, 2010, 1:49 am
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AAAaaaah, "USENET".
"Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea -- massive,
difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind
boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it."
--Gene Spafford, 1992
Flash
> Durham, NC -- This week marks the end of an era for one of the earliest
> pieces of Internet history, which got its start at Duke more than 30
> years ago.
>
> On May 20, Duke will shut down its Usenet server, which provides access
> to a worldwide electronic discussion network of newsgroups started in
> 1979 by two Duke graduate students, Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis.
>
> http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2010/05/usenet.html
>
> --
> Black Dragon
>
> Hear about...
> the wild office Christmas party in a completely automated
> company -- the photocopier got drunk and tried to undo the
> typewriter's ribbon?
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Posted by Cliff on May 24, 2010, 11:47 am
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wrote:
>Durham, NC -- This week marks the end of an era for one of the earliest
>pieces of Internet history, which got its start at Duke more than 30
>years ago.
>
>On May 20, Duke will shut down its Usenet server, which provides access
>to a worldwide electronic discussion network of newsgroups started in
>1979 by two Duke graduate students, Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis.
>
>http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2010/05/usenet.html
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> it's a historic moment.