Comments on: Verizon shuts down access to Usenet http://www.coderetard.com/2008/06/16/verizon-shuts-down-access-to-usenet/ Anything Geeky Goes! Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:40:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: adm_snackbar http://www.coderetard.com/2008/06/16/verizon-shuts-down-access-to-usenet/#comment-2122 adm_snackbar Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:53:06 +0000 http://www.coderetard.com/?p=949#comment-2122 I did visit the website as it certainly would be of greatest interest to me if it indeed were a portal to Usenet so if you could clarify things I'd appreciate it. Let's say I want to read alt.binaries.anime, what's the navigation path and URL to that newsgroup on that website? I did visit the website as it certainly would be of greatest interest to me if it indeed were a portal to Usenet so if you could clarify things I’d appreciate it. Let’s say I want to read alt.binaries.anime, what’s the navigation path and URL to that newsgroup on that website?

]]> By: Bobby Ewing http://www.coderetard.com/2008/06/16/verizon-shuts-down-access-to-usenet/#comment-2105 Bobby Ewing Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:56:36 +0000 http://www.coderetard.com/?p=949#comment-2105 adm_snackbar - The site linked ( http://www.jlaforums.com ) provides web based access TO USENET - not "topics the BB moderator decided to create" Most of the high traffic (and even low traffic) groups (both text and binary) are available there. adm_snackbar – The site linked ( http://www.jlaforums.com ) provides web based access TO USENET – not “topics the BB moderator decided to create” Most of the high traffic (and even low traffic) groups (both text and binary) are available there.

]]> By: dean collins http://www.coderetard.com/2008/06/16/verizon-shuts-down-access-to-usenet/#comment-1900 dean collins Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:26:15 +0000 http://www.coderetard.com/?p=949#comment-1900 The great Firewall of Cuomo Imagine if you went into work on Monday and only 8 out of every 1000 websites you saved in your browsers favorites folder was deemed 'cuomo' friendly? What would you do then? http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=22212833295 Cheers, Dean The great Firewall of Cuomo

Imagine if you went into work on Monday and only 8 out of every 1000 websites you saved in your browsers favorites folder was deemed ‘cuomo’ friendly?

What would you do then?

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=22212833295

Cheers,
Dean

]]> By: adm_snackbar http://www.coderetard.com/2008/06/16/verizon-shuts-down-access-to-usenet/#comment-1876 adm_snackbar Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:24:13 +0000 http://www.coderetard.com/?p=949#comment-1876 An online bulletin board is not going to replace Usenet in terms of sheer volume of data. Usenet is great because it is so broad, not limited to a handful of topics the BB moderator decided to create. Instead, you're better off looking for free Usenet servers to replace the one your ISP shut down. The West isn't gone yet, we still have free Usenet servers, FTP and IRC. An online bulletin board is not going to replace Usenet in terms of sheer volume of data. Usenet is great because it is so broad, not limited to a handful of topics the BB moderator decided to create. Instead, you’re better off looking for free Usenet servers to replace the one your ISP shut down. The West isn’t gone yet, we still have free Usenet servers, FTP and IRC.

]]> By: Son Riku http://www.coderetard.com/2008/06/16/verizon-shuts-down-access-to-usenet/#comment-1864 Son Riku Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:34:24 +0000 http://www.coderetard.com/?p=949#comment-1864 As general policy, i think its messed up that Internet providers are cracking down on these types of things. It looks like our future is headed towards a moderated internet, and the days of the wild wild west are slowly going away As general policy, i think its messed up that Internet providers are cracking down on these types of things. It looks like our future is headed towards a moderated internet, and the days of the wild wild west are slowly going away

]]> By: Bobby Ewing http://www.coderetard.com/2008/06/16/verizon-shuts-down-access-to-usenet/#comment-1857 Bobby Ewing Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:54:57 +0000 http://www.coderetard.com/?p=949#comment-1857 Why worry about ISPs dropping USENET when sites like http://www.jlaforums.com offer a convenient web based access to text and binary groups - all free? Why worry about ISPs dropping USENET when sites like http://www.jlaforums.com offer a convenient web based access to text and binary groups – all free?

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