Yeah, isn't it great...
Google bought DEJAnews (btw, directly surf to http://groups.google.com, and
don't forget to try the "advanced search") and claim to have some 3.5
terabytes of text.
Nevertheless: In the early days http://altavista.digital.com, then arachnes
standard search page, would also give usenet archive search. In fact it
wouldn't surprise me if it's a third hand database by now.
BRB
At 14:37 3-9-01 -0500, you wrote:
>L. D,
>
>It seems to me that the newsgroups are more accessible than ever,
>even if many ISP's are not maintaining full feeds anymore. Access
>is changing rapidly.
>
>For instance, check out newsgroup access from Http://www.google.com
>
>Their aim is to provide access to *every* newsgroup posting ever
>posted all the way back to the very begining. And to do this is in
>an easily used and searchable format.
>
>Rather disconcerting to know that anything you ever posted in a
>momentary lapse of judgement will now be preserved for posterity.
>But it's going to be there from now on.
>
>Try doing a search of your name and see what they have. I can't imagine
>any possible relevance to fleeting chit chat from six years ago, but
>it's preserved now and is easily called up at Google. In fact, it's
>probably easier to find at Google than it would be on my own hard-
>drive if I had saved copies of my old Usenet postings.
>
>
>
>On Mon, 03 Sep 2001 14:54:06 -0400, L.D. Best wrote:
>
>> I got this spam, and had to share ... because it tells me something
>> scary about "the internet" and access to it.
>
>> 1. AOL type censorship has apparently taken over??
>> 2. People are so ignorant of the net that they think UseNet isn't
>> accessible any other way?
>> 3. Too many providers are not maintaining their own UseNet access and
>> the "lease owners" of servers with ngs are cutting back on access to
>> save bucks?
>> 4. There's a sucker born every minute?
>> 5. Pity the fool!
>
>> ----- Forwarded message begin -----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>> Over 82,000 Completely Uncensored and Anonymous Newsgroups
>
>> Even The BANNED Groups!
>
>> Click Here To View
>> http://www.explosia.org/usenet/index.html?marketing_id=nf44
>
>> [Attached file: 99S427N0.htm]
>> ------ Forwarded message end ------
>
>> -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
>
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>
>
>Sam Ewalt
>Croswell, Michigan, USA
>-- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
>
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