8 Mar
2005
8 Mar
'05
12:58 p.m.
> I know that this one has probably been covered
countless times before
> and has been shot down
3) Some people don't have NNTP access. Seriously.
I've seen braindead
companies who don't consider usenet to be a good resource and block the
port at the firewall (despite usenet being IME a quicker way of getting
I have to, unfortunately, agree with 3), except I would have to change
"some" to "many". It's not only the company you might work for,
but
some I(dis)SP's actually block NNTP. I assume it has something to do
with usenet, along with IRC, being part of the so-called "seamy
underbelly" of the InTarWeb. Nevermind the fact that places without
inane bureaucratic restrictions are where the actual work gets done.
-dhbarr.