Tilman Schmidt wrote:
> Am 19.04.2012 23:42, schrieb Giles Coochey:
>> On 19/04/2012 01:28, Larry Martell wrote:
>>>
>>> 18) If you're on AOL, don't worry about anything I've said here.
>>> You're already a fucking laughing stock, and there's no hope for you.
>>>
>> Oh, that fateful day when AOL joined usenet, and usenet died.
>
> IIRC that wasn't the same day.
Usenet did not die that way. In fact, it was later that year? the next
year? that I was one of the 13 proponents who created a new Big 8
newsgroup.... On the other hand, AOL was a *royal* pain, given that they
autosubscribed people to selected newsgroups... and alt.best.of.internet
was one, and they had no clue, "we can post whatever we want wherever we
want"....
mark "why, yes, I *do* remember Kantor & Siegal, and the aftermath
to them"