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What is Usenet
1 About Usenet
1.1 What is Usenet? Usenet is a distributed network which means that the submitted information is always available via the fast internet connections from your local Usenet Provider. Usenet offers the ability to efficiently exchange information among all other Usenet users around the globe. Usenet, which is short for Unix User Network, is one of the oldest communication networks, being developed in 1979 and was made available before the internet and the World Wide Web were invented. Usenet isn't governed by any authority and can be characterized by the absence of a central server or administrator. Usenet servers distribute all the information they receive among other Usenet servers around the world, enabling all Usenet users to have access to all information available on the global Usenet. Usenet was designed to be able to discuss scientific insights and ideas among universities and scientific institutions around the world on a broad scope. Therefor Usenet was designed to distribute only text messages. In 1990 a method was introduced to be able to decode files (like documents or images) to text, so they could be distributed on the global Usenet. Every post submitted to Usenet has to be stored by all Usenet servers. This results in a continuous flow of new Usenet articles. As the Usenet servers storage capacity isn't unlimited, older articles have to be removed in order to make room for newer articles. The period of time that articles are available is called retention. As different Usenet providers have different storage capacities, the retention differs per Usenet provider. The retention of Usenet services offered by Internet providers (ISPs) is significant lower (on average 10-20 days) then the retention offered by professional Usenet providers (hundreds of days). Being one of the oldest networks, Usenet has survived many new innovations. At present, Usenet's popularity is still growing, while more and more people discover the advantages of using Usenet. As more people are becoming active on Usenet, more information is offered to the global Usenet. The daily newsfeed (which is the amount of data offered to Usenet on a daily basis) is now well beyond 5 terabyte on average (winter 09/10). Usenet is known by many names. Synonyms for Usenet are Newsgroups, News or Newsserver. http://www.news-service.com/faq.html#faq1.1 |
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On 05/27/2010 05:43 PM, Hot-text wrote:
Obviously your apparent attempt is to start further arguments and possibly drum-up people in other groups. What? Trying to show something you aren't prepared to present or defend? 1 About Usenet And that had exactly what relevance to Microsoft's groups here on Microsoft's servers? NONE. What does it have to do with Usenet {use net}? See TOU [note that this part posted here is allowed specifically elsewhere in Microsoft's materials AND by following that and applicable Law]: http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal...t/Default.aspx "ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES. PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE LIMITATION. "Unless otherwise specified, the Services are for your personal and non-commercial use. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software, products or services obtained from the Services."" -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm Windows Info, Diagnostics, Security, Networking http://peoplescounsel.org The "real world" of Law, Justice, and Government ___--- |
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On 05/27/2010 05:43 PM, Hot-text wrote:
Obviously your apparent attempt is to start further arguments and possibly drum-up people in other groups. What? Trying to show something you aren't prepared to present or defend? 1 About Usenet And that had exactly what relevance to Microsoft's groups here on Microsoft's servers? NONE. What does it have to do with Usenet {use net}? See TOU [note that this part posted here is allowed specifically elsewhere in Microsoft's materials AND by following that and applicable Law]: http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal...t/Default.aspx "ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES. PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE LIMITATION. "Unless otherwise specified, the Services are for your personal and non-commercial use. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software, products or services obtained from the Services."" -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm Windows Info, Diagnostics, Security, Networking http://peoplescounsel.org The "real world" of Law, Justice, and Government ___--- |
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Thank you for reply here in microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion only!
"MEB" wrote in message ... On 05/27/2010 05:43 PM, Hot-text wrote: Obviously your apparent attempt is to start further arguments and possibly drum-up people in other groups. What? Trying to show something you aren't prepared to present or defend? 1 About Usenet And that had exactly what relevance to Microsoft's groups here on Microsoft's servers? NONE. What does it have to do with Usenet {use net}? See TOU [note that this part posted here is allowed specifically elsewhere in Microsoft's materials AND by following that and applicable Law]: http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal...t/Default.aspx "ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES. PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE LIMITATION. "Unless otherwise specified, the Services are for your personal and non-commercial use. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software, products or services obtained from the Services."" -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm Windows Info, Diagnostics, Security, Networking http://peoplescounsel.org The "real world" of Law, Justice, and Government ___--- |
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Thank you for reply here in microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion only!
"MEB" wrote in message ... On 05/27/2010 05:43 PM, Hot-text wrote: Obviously your apparent attempt is to start further arguments and possibly drum-up people in other groups. What? Trying to show something you aren't prepared to present or defend? 1 About Usenet And that had exactly what relevance to Microsoft's groups here on Microsoft's servers? NONE. What does it have to do with Usenet {use net}? See TOU [note that this part posted here is allowed specifically elsewhere in Microsoft's materials AND by following that and applicable Law]: http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal...t/Default.aspx "ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES. PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE LIMITATION. "Unless otherwise specified, the Services are for your personal and non-commercial use. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software, products or services obtained from the Services."" -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm Windows Info, Diagnostics, Security, Networking http://peoplescounsel.org The "real world" of Law, Justice, and Government ___--- |
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Subject: Slower DSL download speed with router
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 04:48:27 +0100 (CET) From: chuckcar Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Newsgroups: can.internet.highspeed,comp.security.firewalls Leythos wrote in : In article , says... Take the case with this fool: If I kill file him, he'll just switch to another nym - he's already done exactly that - he really freaked before he did though and that was kind of satisfying - You see I didn't really kill file him. I just said I did and then read his posts, completely ignoring what they said in mine. That's reason number one. Reason number two, if you kill file them, they can say anything they want about you, and you'll never know it, and that can be very bad. I'm sure you can think of others, but you get the idea - you post they can read anything you post, but you never read anything they post. Doesn't make for good knowledge of the lay of the land. If you're talking about my changing my name, it's not happened in a LONG time, I've posted as Leythos for more than 5 years. No, you're just another victim that's experienced the "Steve delusion" problem. I've seen it happen on at least 6 other groups. Just in case you don't know (which apparently you don't - pay more attention to the "volume" posters - good and bad) Tony aka Steve aka Seedless Grape aka Steveo ... Are one and the same person. Welcome to usenet, where the loonies you cross the street to avoid can send you messages. -- (setq (chuck nil) car(chuck) ) Hot-text wrote: 1 About Usenet 1.1 What is Usenet? Usenet is a distributed network which means that the submitted information is always available via the fast internet connections from your local Usenet Provider. Usenet offers the ability to efficiently exchange information among all other Usenet users around the globe. Usenet, which is short for Unix User Network, is one of the oldest communication networks, being developed in 1979 and was made available before the internet and the World Wide Web were invented. Usenet isn't governed by any authority and can be characterized by the absence of a central server or administrator. Usenet servers distribute all the information they receive among other Usenet servers around the world, enabling all Usenet users to have access to all information available on the global Usenet. Usenet was designed to be able to discuss scientific insights and ideas among universities and scientific institutions around the world on a broad scope. Therefor Usenet was designed to distribute only text messages. In 1990 a method was introduced to be able to decode files (like documents or images) to text, so they could be distributed on the global Usenet. Every post submitted to Usenet has to be stored by all Usenet servers. This results in a continuous flow of new Usenet articles. As the Usenet servers storage capacity isn't unlimited, older articles have to be removed in order to make room for newer articles. The period of time that articles are available is called retention. As different Usenet providers have different storage capacities, the retention differs per Usenet provider. The retention of Usenet services offered by Internet providers (ISPs) is significant lower (on average 10-20 days) then the retention offered by professional Usenet providers (hundreds of days). Being one of the oldest networks, Usenet has survived many new innovations. At present, Usenet's popularity is still growing, while more and more people discover the advantages of using Usenet. As more people are becoming active on Usenet, more information is offered to the global Usenet. The daily newsfeed (which is the amount of data offered to Usenet on a daily basis) is now well beyond 5 terabyte on average (winter 09/10). Usenet is known by many names. Synonyms for Usenet are Newsgroups, News or Newsserver. http://www.news-service.com/faq.html#faq1.1 -- The Grandmaster of the CyberFROG Come get your ticket to CyberFROG city Nay, Art thou decideth playeth ye simpleton games. *Some* of us know proper manners Very few. I used to take calls from *rank* noobs but got fired the first day on the job for potty mouth, Hamster isn't a newsreader it's a mistake! El-Gonzo Jackson FROGS both me and Chuckcar Master Juba was a black man imitating a white man imitating a black man Using my technical prowess and computer abilities to answer questions beyond the realm of understandability Regards Tony... Making usenet better for everyone everyday |
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Subject: Slower DSL download speed with router
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 04:48:27 +0100 (CET) From: chuckcar Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Newsgroups: can.internet.highspeed,comp.security.firewalls Leythos wrote in : In article , says... Take the case with this fool: If I kill file him, he'll just switch to another nym - he's already done exactly that - he really freaked before he did though and that was kind of satisfying - You see I didn't really kill file him. I just said I did and then read his posts, completely ignoring what they said in mine. That's reason number one. Reason number two, if you kill file them, they can say anything they want about you, and you'll never know it, and that can be very bad. I'm sure you can think of others, but you get the idea - you post they can read anything you post, but you never read anything they post. Doesn't make for good knowledge of the lay of the land. If you're talking about my changing my name, it's not happened in a LONG time, I've posted as Leythos for more than 5 years. No, you're just another victim that's experienced the "Steve delusion" problem. I've seen it happen on at least 6 other groups. Just in case you don't know (which apparently you don't - pay more attention to the "volume" posters - good and bad) Tony aka Steve aka Seedless Grape aka Steveo ... Are one and the same person. Welcome to usenet, where the loonies you cross the street to avoid can send you messages. -- (setq (chuck nil) car(chuck) ) Hot-text wrote: 1 About Usenet 1.1 What is Usenet? Usenet is a distributed network which means that the submitted information is always available via the fast internet connections from your local Usenet Provider. Usenet offers the ability to efficiently exchange information among all other Usenet users around the globe. Usenet, which is short for Unix User Network, is one of the oldest communication networks, being developed in 1979 and was made available before the internet and the World Wide Web were invented. Usenet isn't governed by any authority and can be characterized by the absence of a central server or administrator. Usenet servers distribute all the information they receive among other Usenet servers around the world, enabling all Usenet users to have access to all information available on the global Usenet. Usenet was designed to be able to discuss scientific insights and ideas among universities and scientific institutions around the world on a broad scope. Therefor Usenet was designed to distribute only text messages. In 1990 a method was introduced to be able to decode files (like documents or images) to text, so they could be distributed on the global Usenet. Every post submitted to Usenet has to be stored by all Usenet servers. This results in a continuous flow of new Usenet articles. As the Usenet servers storage capacity isn't unlimited, older articles have to be removed in order to make room for newer articles. The period of time that articles are available is called retention. As different Usenet providers have different storage capacities, the retention differs per Usenet provider. The retention of Usenet services offered by Internet providers (ISPs) is significant lower (on average 10-20 days) then the retention offered by professional Usenet providers (hundreds of days). Being one of the oldest networks, Usenet has survived many new innovations. At present, Usenet's popularity is still growing, while more and more people discover the advantages of using Usenet. As more people are becoming active on Usenet, more information is offered to the global Usenet. The daily newsfeed (which is the amount of data offered to Usenet on a daily basis) is now well beyond 5 terabyte on average (winter 09/10). Usenet is known by many names. Synonyms for Usenet are Newsgroups, News or Newsserver. http://www.news-service.com/faq.html#faq1.1 -- The Grandmaster of the CyberFROG Come get your ticket to CyberFROG city Nay, Art thou decideth playeth ye simpleton games. *Some* of us know proper manners Very few. I used to take calls from *rank* noobs but got fired the first day on the job for potty mouth, Hamster isn't a newsreader it's a mistake! El-Gonzo Jackson FROGS both me and Chuckcar Master Juba was a black man imitating a white man imitating a black man Using my technical prowess and computer abilities to answer questions beyond the realm of understandability Regards Tony... Making usenet better for everyone everyday |
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Subject: Bell + Rogers news
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 13:02:54 GMT From: Curmudgeon Organization: Aliant Internet Newsgroups: can.internet.highspeed chuckcar wrote: Spam Catcher wrote in . 1: Some Guy wrote in : JF Mezei wrote: With growth of DSL, one can expect many customers to drop additional voice lines that were used for dial-up or fax services. I don't know what it's like in other cities in Ontario, but here in London there are plenty of areas within city boundaries (including new subdivisions) that are too far from the CO to get DSL. Bell is being very stingy with rslams. Yup, in Toronto, a large section of Markham (high-tech capital of Canada) has no DSL service. Rogers is the only option for me. It's been like this for years, and I don't see Bell doing anything about it. That's just plain wierd: Out this way I know a guy that lives *near* Smith Falls on a RR address and *he* can get ADSL. Ah yes, "out this way", where the stench of pig **** reigns supreme. Right Chuckcar, er chuck, er fanghorn..... Actually, who are you today? Ah, I know, dip****. That's who you are today. Rogers is making inroads in the outlying areas, particularly the affluent residential and newly built-up commercial areas on the northern boundary of London. Hot-text wrote: 1 About Usenet 1.1 What is Usenet? Usenet is a distributed network which means that the submitted information is always available via the fast internet connections from your local Usenet Provider. Usenet offers the ability to efficiently exchange information among all other Usenet users around the globe. Usenet, which is short for Unix User Network, is one of the oldest communication networks, being developed in 1979 and was made available before the internet and the World Wide Web were invented. Usenet isn't governed by any authority and can be characterized by the absence of a central server or administrator. Usenet servers distribute all the information they receive among other Usenet servers around the world, enabling all Usenet users to have access to all information available on the global Usenet. Usenet was designed to be able to discuss scientific insights and ideas among universities and scientific institutions around the world on a broad scope. Therefor Usenet was designed to distribute only text messages. In 1990 a method was introduced to be able to decode files (like documents or images) to text, so they could be distributed on the global Usenet. Every post submitted to Usenet has to be stored by all Usenet servers. This results in a continuous flow of new Usenet articles. As the Usenet servers storage capacity isn't unlimited, older articles have to be removed in order to make room for newer articles. The period of time that articles are available is called retention. As different Usenet providers have different storage capacities, the retention differs per Usenet provider. The retention of Usenet services offered by Internet providers (ISPs) is significant lower (on average 10-20 days) then the retention offered by professional Usenet providers (hundreds of days). Being one of the oldest networks, Usenet has survived many new innovations. At present, Usenet's popularity is still growing, while more and more people discover the advantages of using Usenet. As more people are becoming active on Usenet, more information is offered to the global Usenet. The daily newsfeed (which is the amount of data offered to Usenet on a daily basis) is now well beyond 5 terabyte on average (winter 09/10). Usenet is known by many names. Synonyms for Usenet are Newsgroups, News or Newsserver. http://www.news-service.com/faq.html#faq1.1 -- The Grandmaster of the CyberFROG Come get your ticket to CyberFROG city Nay, Art thou decideth playeth ye simpleton games. *Some* of us know proper manners Very few. I used to take calls from *rank* noobs but got fired the first day on the job for potty mouth, Hamster isn't a newsreader it's a mistake! El-Gonzo Jackson FROGS both me and Chuckcar Master Juba was a black man imitating a white man imitating a black man Using my technical prowess and computer abilities to answer questions beyond the realm of understandability Regards Tony... Making usenet better for everyone everyday |
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MEB I ask to block guy.com Server IP @ UseNetWork! HMM
"MEB" wrote in message ... On 05/27/2010 05:43 PM, Hot-text wrote: Obviously your apparent attempt is to start further arguments and possibly drum-up people in other groups. What? Trying to show something you aren't prepared to present or defend? 1 About Usenet And that had exactly what relevance to Microsoft's groups here on Microsoft's servers? NONE. What does it have to do with Usenet {use net}? See TOU [note that this part posted here is allowed specifically elsewhere in Microsoft's materials AND by following that and applicable Law]: http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal...t/Default.aspx "ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES. PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE LIMITATION. "Unless otherwise specified, the Services are for your personal and non-commercial use. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software, products or services obtained from the Services."" -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm Windows Info, Diagnostics, Security, Networking http://peoplescounsel.org The "real world" of Law, Justice, and Government ___--- |
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MEB I ask to block guy.com Server IP @ UseNetWork! HMM "MEB" wrote in message ... On 05/27/2010 05:43 PM, Hot-text wrote: Obviously your apparent attempt is to start further arguments and possibly drum-up people in other groups. What? Trying to show something you aren't prepared to present or defend? 1 About Usenet And that had exactly what relevance to Microsoft's groups here on Microsoft's servers? NONE. What does it have to do with Usenet {use net}? See TOU [note that this part posted here is allowed specifically elsewhere in Microsoft's materials AND by following that and applicable Law]: http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal...t/Default.aspx "ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES. PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE LIMITATION. "Unless otherwise specified, the Services are for your personal and non-commercial use. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software, products or services obtained from the Services."" -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm Windows Info, Diagnostics, Security, Networking http://peoplescounsel.org The "real world" of Law, Justice, and Government ___--- |
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