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AT&T Dropping Usenet Netnews; Low-Cost Alternatives?
franknagy writes "This announcement message has appeared in all the news groups on
the AT&T/SBC News Server: 'Please note that on or around July 15, 2009, AT&T will no longer be
offering access to the Usenet netnews service. If you wish to continue
reading Usenet newsgroups, access is available through third-party
vendors.' So what free or low-cost alternatives are available for Netnews and
the NNTP services for clients?"
while only the crotchety remain.
It's not nice to talk about someone like that when I'm^Wthey are around ;)
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
I use EasyNews to get my pr0...um...er...oh...make that 'I heard EasyNews is good'.
I want a new quote. One that won't spill. One that don't cost too much. Or come in a pill.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Good one, you must be new here.
Sincerely,
AT&T
Try not to take me more seriously than I take myself.
What he meant was:
Kibo can grep all of Usenet for his name much faster using Google.
Fascism trolls keeping me up every night. When I starts a preachin', he HITS ME WITH HIS REICH!
Fortunately, that would never work here on Slashdot.
Proud neuron in the Slashdot hivemind since 2002.
What's top posting?
Let's all go into comp.lang.c and start top posting to threads. They LOVE IT when you do that.
It's when you reply to a string of earlier messages and place your reply on top, so that whoever reads will have no idea of the context.
What's top posting?
Let's all go into comp.lang.c and start top posting to threads. They LOVE IT when you do that.
Should I do this instead?
It's when you reply to a string of earlier messages and place your reply on top, so that whoever reads will have no idea of the context.
What's top posting?
Let's all go into comp.lang.c and start top posting to threads. They LOVE IT when you do that.
Should I do this instead?
No, no, no. When trolling a programming forum, make damn sure you post in HTML-formatted text. If you can figure out how to include the <blink> tag, you could probably hear their heads explode from halfway around the world.
If not, your best bet is to include code snippets in multiple languages, each using different tab-stops for indentation. Make frequent references in how this would be much easier in Java, unless posting to comp.lang.java, then post on how C# fixed it and is really Java done right.
Oh, and make sure to quote a multi-page question fully and answer only with one sentence. They love that.
Finally, big sigs with ASCII art and geek code blocks. The bigger the better. True masters have sigs bigger than their actual post.
Learning HOW to think is more important than learning WHAT to think.
Customer: So, since you cut a portion of my service, will I get a discounted rate?
ATTsaurus: RAAWWRRR...Why, I see your point there, of course we can do something for you!
Customer: ...what? really? Oh, ok, great!
ATTsaurus: Let me enter that into the computer...*pound pound pound*...ok...so...you used 5 megabytes accessing the Usenet server last month, and 9 gigabytes total...that comes to 0.054% off of your bill, or about 4.3 cents! Congratulations!
Customer: ...I hate you guys...
ATTsaurus: RAAWR!!!! *eats you*