Ook wrote:
Usenet may be fading
away

not if you ask me

google got on the usenet wagon, now google archives these q & a
sessions; thus: Google Groups
http://groups.google.com/

only difference google carries at the big 8 in the heiarchy, they also
allow a user to create their own group, where'as with usenet it's not
so easy to get a group started

I agree, it really is an "on time" source of help

how long has usenet been around anyway? since the days of 300 baud
modems?