USENET thirty years ago.
On 2014-11-06 22:53:05 +0000, Graham. said:
On Thu, 6 Nov 2014 22:44:11 +0000, eastender
wrote:
On 2014-11-06 19:50:33 +0000, Graham. said:
Time to dig out your oldest news reader and follow this new
communications medium in real time minus 30 years
I wonder who wrote this:
Beishon, M (1984) Usenet's Pranks and Pragmatism. Hardcopy, 13(8), 20--28
Answer: me.
Sadly I don't think I have a copy, not even a hardcopy (and Hardcopy
was a US magazine of users of Digital Equipment Co computers such as
the Vax and PDP-11, which were the the key Unix machines of the day).
E.
Kinell, it's JR Hartley all over again.
I need something to pass on to the kids.
E.
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