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Requiem for Usenet

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the damned-kids-and-their-pictures dept.

xoip writes "Jack Kapica at The Globe and Mail reports that '[Canadian ISP] Rogers is removing [Usenet] service without changing its rates, suggesting subscribers turn to portal technology controlled by Rogers/Yahoo, or to subscribe to an outside Usenet service -- at extra cost.'" From the article: "Aside from being based on the written word, which many game-playing kids would rather not make the effort to compose, Usenet is deeply flawed. Its democratic dream offers no defence against viruses, spammers, criminals, hucksters or deranged individuals. Rummaging about in Usenet is like slumming through the tenderloin district during the plague years -- your chances of catching a computer virus or a handful of invitations to unspeakable sexual acts is much greater than finding what you were looking for in the first place."

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  1. REALLY Old News by TripMaster+Monkey · · Score: 0, Troll


    Already posted on digg three times now.

    What's that sound? Why, that's the sound of spadefuls of dirt hitting Slashdot's coffin.

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  2. Its democratic dream ...in CANADA ? by MajorDick · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Its democratic dream "...
    A socalist majority , Some (granted not as much as elsewhere) limits on freedom and speech.
    so Its democratic dream , how does this apply to Canada ? Where a person has to go to the SUPREME COUT JUST TO BE ABLE TO RPOVIDE HIMSELF MEDICAL CARE ??!?!?!?!?