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SBC/Pacbell To Filter 90% Of alt.binaries Groups

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-more-exotic-butterfly-pictures dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "I received an email from PacBell.net (Pacific Bell's ISP), stating that they're transitioning their usenet services to Prodigy. They're making a few changes along the way." He excerpts from the email: "In addition, after evaluating possible copyright infringement issues, newsgroup usage and the cost of providing newsgroup access, we will no longer offer some alt.binary newsgroups. For a list of alt.binaries that will no longer be offered, please refer to our FAQ at http://global.pacbell.net/usenet_update.html.' Note that the link currently doesn't go to the right place. After telephoning SBC, I was informed that upwards of 90% of the alt.binaries.* groups are going to be blocked."

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  1. Filter this! by ubertroll · · Score: -1, Troll


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    1. Re:Filter this! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      how do you do it? you are amazing!! keep up the good work!!

  2. Sad News... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I just heard some sad news on TV, apparently Slashdot website creator, Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda, was rushed to the hospital this afternoon after having his penis sliced off. Authorities say the accident involved Rob's penis, his computer, and an illegal computer device imported from China that was designed to stimulate the penis during cyber-sex. The authorities aren't releasing many details yet as to how it happened, but they suspect that the device malfunctioned which caused his penis to be sliced off. However, there is speculation among the Slashdot community that the Open Source Operating System "Linux" is to blame, for its faulty structure and lack of professional development. There is no word of whether there was any foul-play involved from hackers amongst the Linux community.

  3. Binaries newsgroups are dead by Baloo+Ursidae · · Score: 0, Troll

    most of *.binaries.* were obsoleted the moment it became easy and possible to set up a webserver. Hell, even Windows comes with Personal Web Server now.

    So why is it we're mourning the loss of bandwidth wasting uselessness and the all you can eat spam buffet here?

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    Help us build a better map!
  4. Re:Yeah so I'm nitpicking.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    how is that insightful, thats just fucking gay. what a homosexual nigger.

  5. Re:Hrmmm, but what is the criteria. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You are a gay man who loves to lick my balls.