Anyone remember Usenet/Newsgroups?

The Dread Pirate Roberts · 04-17-2008, 06:44 PM

I'm probably dating myself with this question - yeah, I'm middle-aged - but anyone remember Usenet/Newsgroups? They were where folks like us hung out when the Internet was young and before.

Curufin · 04-17-2008, 06:46 PM

I remember them vaguely. Like back in 1996 when I first got internet access.

***Varnafindë*** · 04-17-2008, 06:55 PM

Yes! I remember them from the early 1990s when I was a part-time student of computer programming. I used to read alt.tolkien (there was more to that address, but I've forgotten). We discussed who would be suitable for the parts if anyone would ever be crazy enough to film The Lord of the Rings. It couldn't be done, of course, but it was funny to imagine. And therefore we needn't restrict ourselves to actually available actors either.

I seem to remember that Sean Connery was suggested for Gandalf and Kenneth Branagh was suggested for Faramir.

sisterandcousinandaunt · 04-17-2008, 10:59 PM

Well, I do.

Plato Empire, too.

The Gaffer · 04-18-2008, 05:17 AM

I remember 'em.

I am struck by the fact that much of what they now call "web 2.0" is, er, kinda like usenet/nntp with a swanky interface.

I also remember when I had one server that could run web services, email, FTP, network and file system for two OSes, backup and printer sharing for an entire department without breaking into a sweat.

Insidious Rex · 04-18-2008, 02:02 PM

Ha I remember the pre world wide web days when you used your 12 baud modem to dial into Bulletin Board systems and peruse a strictly text based online world. Now that was when being online was REALLY an underground subculture not what everyone does like it is today. And all you damn whipper snappers and your America Online and your youtube and your web cell phones and your myspace ruined it all! *waves cane feebly*

Gwaimir Windgem · 04-19-2008, 05:49 PM

Myspace is SO yesterday; facebook is where it's at, old man.

04-17-2008, 06:44 PM	#1
The Dread Pirate Roberts Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 987	Anyone remember Usenet/Newsgroups? I'm probably dating myself with this question - yeah, I'm middle-aged - but anyone remember Usenet/Newsgroups? They were where folks like us hung out when the Internet was young and before. __________________ ~The DPR "Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning."

04-17-2008, 06:46 PM	#2
Curufin The Ñoldóran Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Mishawaka, IN Posts: 2,050	I remember them vaguely. Like back in 1996 when I first got internet access. __________________ Then Celegorm no more would stay, And Curufin smiled and turned away... ~The Lay of Leithian

04-17-2008, 06:55 PM	#3
*Varnafindë* Princess of the Noldor (and Administrative Empress of the Lone Islands) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Imladris (and sometimes Norway) Posts: 3,304	Yes! I remember them from the early 1990s when I was a part-time student of computer programming. I used to read alt.tolkien (there was more to that address, but I've forgotten). We discussed who would be suitable for the parts if anyone would ever be crazy enough to film The Lord of the Rings. It couldn't be done, of course, but it was funny to imagine. And therefore we needn't restrict ourselves to actually available actors either. I seem to remember that Sean Connery was suggested for Gandalf and Kenneth Branagh was suggested for Faramir. __________________ Signature picture art - Bard the Bowman - by vigshane Avatar art - Footsteps of Spring (a young Luthien) - by Henning Janssen

04-17-2008, 10:59 PM	#4
sisterandcousinandaunt Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4,535	Well, I do. Plato Empire, too. __________________ That would be the swirling vortex to another world. Cool. I want one. TMNT No, I'm not emo. I just have a really poor sense of direction. (Thanks to katya for this quote) This is the best news story EVER! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26087293/ “Often my haste is a mistake, but I live with the consequences without complaint.”...John McCain "I shall go back. And I shall find that therapist. And I shall whack her upside her head with my blanket full of rocks." ...Louisa May Last edited by sisterandcousinandaunt : 04-17-2008 at 11:15 PM.

04-18-2008, 02:02 PM	#6
Insidious Rex Quasi Evil Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Maryland, US Posts: 4,634	Ha I remember the pre world wide web days when you used your 12 baud modem to dial into Bulletin Board systems and peruse a strictly text based online world. Now that was when being online was REALLY an underground subculture not what everyone does like it is today. And all you damn whipper snappers and your America Online and your youtube and your web cell phones and your myspace ruined it all! waves cane feebly __________________ "People's political beliefs don't stem from the factual information they've acquired. Far more the facts people choose to believe are the product of their political beliefs." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

04-18-2008, 05:17 AM	#5
The Gaffer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In me taters Posts: 3,288	I remember 'em. I am struck by the fact that much of what they now call "web 2.0" is, er, kinda like usenet/nntp with a swanky interface. I also remember when I had one server that could run web services, email, FTP, network and file system for two OSes, backup and printer sharing for an entire department without breaking into a sweat.

04-19-2008, 05:49 PM	#7
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Myspace is SO yesterday; facebook is where it's at, old man. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

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