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Re: Dark Gray Tanker
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Sun, 23 Jan 2000 22:39:34 GMT
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On Sun, 23 Jan 2000 02:16:55 GMT, Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net>
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> Jasper Janssen wrote:
> > On Sat, 22 Jan 2000 13:03:10 GMT, Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net>
> > wrote:
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> > > Do people still even use forums?
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> > Larry? Look around this virtual space. What is it you see?
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> Something non IBMish.
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> Perhaps, just perhaps, I wasn't talking to you(1), and wasn't talking
Never.
> about newsgroups(2). Forums are a peculiar, IBM specific thing that
A newsgroup is a forum.
> significantly predate the widespread adoption of newsgroups. They were
> dying out, relatively speaking, within IBM when I left.
They were essentially an early implementation of news, much as has
been developed in a lot of places (various universities had an imp,
DEC had one, Xerox PARC probably had one..). Direct precursors to
NETnews, as it were.
> 1 - unless you just changed your name to Frank, that is.
If you want to talk to someone in private, email is over that ---->
way.
> 2 - here's a clue, do you know of a newsgroup named IBMTEXT NITPICK
> FORUM?? Note the capitalization and lack of periods in the name. Here's
> another clue... do you know what a "conferencing disk" is(3)? Doesn't
> SOUND much like "news server" does it?
I can read for context. I have a pretty good idea of what a
conferencing disk is, because you're not even the first person to
mention the IBM FORA in passing where I could read it.
BTW, what do you think this is? It's not a USEnet news server, you
know. It's not even an NNTP server. It5 just uses much of the same
protocol for simplicity.
And next time I try to make a joke in .fun, I'll be sure to include a
smiley. Furrfu.
Jasper
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| "Jasper Janssen" <jasper@janssen.dynip.com> wrote ... (...) Hey hey hey... I *still* consider NOTES (a.k.a. VAXNotes, later renamed to be more corporately-correct to VMSNotes, I believe, even though there are clients for almost every platform used (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Something non IBMish. Perhaps, just perhaps, I wasn't talking to you(1), and wasn't talking about newsgroups(2). Forums are a peculiar, IBM specific thing that significantly predate the widespread adoption of newsgroups. They were dying out, (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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