Thread: Is Usnet Dying?
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Larry Jaques
 
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Default Is Usnet Dying?

On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 13:46:44 GMT, "George Gibeau"
brought forth from the murky depths:

Tom,

I teach in the Networking Technologies department at the local community
college - this semester I am teaching 3 sections of an Intro to Networking

-snip-
shocked to see no one was using this great resource. (But then again, most
of these kids don't even know how to get around in DOS ;-))


I remember teaching the local Marines how NOT to use
WordimPerfect to edit their config.sys and autoexec.bat
files. Hell, I remember back when an operating system
fit on a single-sided 5-1/4" floppy. (Dad's Kaypro w/ CPM)
Ask your kids about those for a laugh.

Usenet is the second (if not top) most valuable resource on
the Internet. Search Engines and their access are top. But
if you need a question about ANYTHING answered in a matter
of minutes, Usenet comes through every time. And most of the
answers are somewhat right, too! =:0


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