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Google Expands Usenet Archive to 20 Years

Posted by chrisd on from the alt.pave.the.earth-archive dept.

Paul Boutin writes "The Ghost of Usenet Postings Past has returned to haunt many more of us: Google just announced the expansion of their Usenet archive back to May 3, 1981."Check out the past on Groups.google.com

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  1. Straight to the point by squaretorus · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Don't you love Google? This item took some decent reseach, holds genuine interest for many of us, is presented in a light format with no banner ads and is actually interesting.

    If only Google could take over the WWW as well as usenet we'd all be better off!

  2. A trip down Slashdot memory lane by IntelliTubbie · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It appears that this is the first message mentioning slashdot.org.

    This one is the first post by Rob Malda.

    First mention of Jeff "Hemos" Bates.

    First mention of CowboyNeal (is it the same guy?).

    Awww, you guys...

    Cheers,
    IT

    --

    Power corrupts. PowerPoint corrupts absolutely.

  3. Say thanks by augustz · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Hey Folks,

    A lot of fun and a great job. Christ it's a laugh to look up first mentions of things.

    Why not send a little thanks to google and the folks listed on their page that THEY give thanks to. For the lazy:

    comments@google.com
    bjones@wmhosting.com
    faq-admin@faqs.org
    magi@csd.uwo.ca

    Doesn't take but a few minutes... So go on and drop them a note. Probably matters more than you think :)