2 Jun
2011
2 Jun
'11
7:55 a.m.
On 6/2/11 2:30 AM, SPC wrote:
Well, I translate the notice as it appears in the web
version of this
newspaper:
"For many years it maintained an almost vegetative life, but on 20 May, Duke
University, Durham (USA), decided to unplug the server host that kept it
alive: Usenet, the online network of discussion groups formally signed death
. It was a precursor to the Internet, but mail, RSS, and especially Facebook
and Twitter have sustituidoel service they provide."
My news server receives, on average, 34,000 messages per day. I get
a full feed EXCEPT the binaries groups, which account for most of the
traffic on Usenet.
That's hardly "vegetative". Usenet, much to my utter shock and
delight, is still very much alive.
But I suspect that something is wrong with this,
because I can't locate it
searching inside 'El Pais' website. However, it appears in the RSS version.
What's wrong is that they're clueless. ;)
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL