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Old 10-02-2011, 04:36 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by Andrew H. View Post
Well, to be honest, Usenet has been dead for at least 5-10 years anyway.

I remember not only when it used to be useful, but when it was even used an an example of how anarchy could be a successful political system, since Usenet was so good at self-policing.

:-O
Sadly, Usenet has degenerated from a set of useful technical discussion groups to nothing more than a distribution system for pirated material. Commercial Usenet providers know damned well that they're essentially selling access to pirated content. I have absolutely zero sympathy for them.
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