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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. Re:Good thing? by Guybrush1 · · Score: 2, Redundant

    You don't have to dig. Google has already given you links to a lot of good, historical posts.

    http://www.google.com/googlegroups/archive_annou nc e_20.html

  2. Re:That darn Google... by tetrad · · Score: 4, Redundant
    I just went and had a read at a whole bunch of posts from 10-15 years ago in which I was often a real prick ... Then, as soon as the sun comes up, I'm heading downtown to change my name.

    Good news for reformed pricks, you don't have to change your name! Google lets you remove your articles from its archive.

    (Of course, the articles may still be in some other archive...)