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Great points in Usenet history

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wasn't-it-cool-when dept.

no_nicks_available writes "An article on The Register points to some of the highlights of Usenet history. " First mention of Microsoft, GNU, Madonna, the Compact Disc, and more. It's worth a look if only to read the first kibo post to alt.religion.kibology.

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  1. Re:Star Wars - Episode 6 by emerson · · Score: 5, Informative

    That address almost assuredly -doesn't- work these days, but since that's Randal L. Schwartz of Perl fame and Intel-prosecution infamy, I'm guessing you can track him down pretty easily....

  2. Re:An Excellent Resource by Plutor · · Score: 5, Informative

    Nice troll, that's not the link to the first Slashdot mention of Google. If the moderators would pay attention and do their job, they'd notice its something completely different.

    This is the link you're looking for.

  3. Re:Star Wars - Episode 6 by merlyn · · Score: 5, Informative
    Not that email address. But yes, at least a dozen people have already written me with comments.

    I don't find that post as interesting as a slightly earlier post I made, which I claim is the first announcement on Usenet of a remotely exploitable security hole.

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