Re: list and usenet

2006-02-27 Thread Travis Crook
On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 23:22:46 +0100 Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am 2006-02-21 12:53:01, schrieb Mike McCarty: > > Kevin Mark wrote: > > > BTW, I hear that Germany has a proposed "knife control law". > > If the knife-blade is longer the 11cm (4" 1/4) and > the Police controll you

Re: list and usenet

2006-02-27 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-02-21 12:53:01, schrieb Mike McCarty: > Kevin Mark wrote: > BTW, I hear that Germany has a proposed "knife control law". If the knife-blade is longer the 11cm (4" 1/4) and the Police controll you, you can run into trouble... Me, fucked by the Police because a Gerber BMF. :-) > But I am

Re: list and usenet

2006-02-22 Thread Michael M.
Mike McCarty wrote: Interesting. Google found http://www.grokster.com/ which claims that it logged my IP address simply for visiting the site. I wonder what the phrase "unauthorized peer-to-peer services" means? That's "RIAA-speak." Not entirely accurate, unsurprisingly. It's not the servic

Re: list and usenet

2006-02-21 Thread charles norwood
On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 11:24 -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 14:08:22 -0500 > Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > some folks see the idea of suing bar owner or gun owners and wining > > damages as liberal justice. > > Well, I'm a bar owner, so I have to

Re: list and usenet

2006-02-21 Thread Kevin Mark
On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 11:24:48AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 14:08:22 -0500 > Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > some folks see the idea of suing bar owner or gun owners and wining > > damages as liberal justice. > > Well, I'm a bar owner, so I

Re: list and usenet

2006-02-21 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 14:08:22 -0500 Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > some folks see the idea of suing bar owner or gun owners and wining > damages as liberal justice. Well, I'm a bar owner, so I have to chime in ;) The concept of making the bar owner responsible for the actions of p

Re: list and usenet

2006-02-21 Thread John Hasler
Paul E Condon writes: > I wonder, has anyone tried to implement a DNS/bind system for dial-up > networking?-) We didn't need it. We had Pathalias and the map project. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: list and usenet

2006-02-21 Thread John Hasler
Mike McCarty writes: > But you completely ignored my statement that networked computers have > existed since the early 1960s at least. The OP was claiming that Usenet > had some sort of priority. Only as a peer to peer network. Early networks were distinctly hierarchical. Usenet is completely de

Re: list and usenet

2006-02-21 Thread Kevin Mark
On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 12:53:01PM -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: > > >>>I dont understand the supreme court, they are powned! > > Anyway, I read what the EFF has to say, and it's odd what the > Supreme Court ruled. Alot of FLOSS folks agree, it odd! > > I see the same argument used repeatedly now,

Re: list and usenet

2006-02-21 Thread Mike McCarty
Kevin Mark wrote: hi John, several people in a discussion amongst some Free software folks had the same idea when the recent supreme court ruling was announced. We said Which decision is this? What country? If USA, which State or was it the USA Supreme Court? The US Supreme Court. google for

Re: list and usenet

2006-02-21 Thread Kevin Mark
On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 08:21:06AM -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: > Kevin Mark wrote: > >On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 05:52:15PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > > > >>Baron Christophe wrote: > >> > >>>What is usenet? > >> > >>Mike McCarty writes: > >> > >>>A collection of open post groups. > >> > >>Actually, it

Re: list and usenet

2006-02-21 Thread Paul E Condon
On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 11:36:54AM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Mike McCarty writes: > > OTOH, as is also clear from what is there, [Usenet] was based on uucp, > > which presumes that some sort of network already exists... > > It presumed only a modem attached to each host. And a telephone dial-up

Re: list and usenet

2006-02-21 Thread Mike McCarty
John Hasler wrote: Mike McCarty writes: OTOH, as is also clear from what is there, [Usenet] was based on uucp, which presumes that some sort of network already exists... It presumed only a modem attached to each host. Yes. But you completely ignored my statement that networked computers ha

Re: list and usenet

2006-02-21 Thread John Hasler
Mike McCarty writes: > OTOH, as is also clear from what is there, [Usenet] was based on uucp, > which presumes that some sort of network already exists... It presumed only a modem attached to each host. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscrib

Re: list and usenet

2006-02-21 Thread Mike McCarty
John Hasler wrote: I wrote: Actually, it's the original peer to peer network. Mike McCarty writes: Hardly "the original". Just like the rest of the internet, it grew out of the DARPA net. Usenet developed entirely independently of ARPANet and is truly decentralized. Hmm, from http://

Re: list and usenet

2006-02-21 Thread John Hasler
I wrote: > Actually, it's the original peer to peer network. Mike McCarty writes: > Hardly "the original". Just like the rest of the internet, it grew out of > the DARPA net. Usenet developed entirely independently of ARPANet and is truly decentralized. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: list and usenet

2006-02-21 Thread Mike McCarty
Kevin Mark wrote: On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 05:52:15PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: Baron Christophe wrote: What is usenet? Mike McCarty writes: A collection of open post groups. Actually, it's the original peer to peer network. Hardly "the original". Just like the rest of the internet, it

Re: list and usenet

2006-02-20 Thread Kevin Mark
On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 05:52:15PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Baron Christophe wrote: > > What is usenet? > > Mike McCarty writes: > > A collection of open post groups. > > Actually, it's the original peer to peer network. hi John, several people in a discussion amongst some Free software folks

Re: list and usenet

2006-02-20 Thread John Hasler
Baron Christophe wrote: > What is usenet? Mike McCarty writes: > A collection of open post groups. Actually, it's the original peer to peer network. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: list and usenet

2006-02-20 Thread Mike McCarty
Baron Christophe wrote: is this a usenet list ? No, it is an e-mail list (echo). What is usenet? A collection of open post groups. Can I use this list using email? You can if you subscribe. Forgive I understand noting about what is related to network. Forgiven, but try using Google

Re: list and usenet

2006-02-18 Thread Felix Miata
Baron Christophe wrote: > is this a usenet list ? No > What is usenet? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet > Can I use this list using email? Yes. Some email apps are also newsreaders for Usenet, e.g. M$ Outhouse, M$ Outbreak Excess, Netscape 4/6/7, Mozilla, SeaMonkey and Thunderbird. -- "

Re: list and usenet

2006-02-18 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 13:05:22 +0100 (CET) Baron Christophe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > is this a usenet list ? > What is usenet? > Can I use this list using email? Yes. If you want to post send the e-mail to debian-user@lists.debian.org If you want to subscribe/unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL P

Re: List and Usenet management

2002-04-12 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Fri, 12 Apr 2002, Shawn McMahon wrote: > It's very liberating. Every time one of your friends changes jobs or > internet providers and sends you new contact information, it brings a > little smile to your face knowing you'll never have to do this again. Yes. I might have to do it one more ti

Re: List and Usenet management

2002-04-12 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin Paul 'Baloo' Johnson quotation: > > I started serving myself. Got tired of free municipal email addresses > getting changed or going away. It's very liberating. Every time one of your friends changes jobs or internet providers and sends you new contact information, it brings a little smi

Re: List and Usenet management

2002-04-12 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Karsten M. Self wrote: > I hear there's a group in Ramallah that's been working on that for a > while Yeah, but that involves being locked in a nearly airtight space for 20 hours, then listening to Cartman complain about East Denver, and be hated by everyone around me. A

Re: List and Usenet management

2002-04-11 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Apr 11, 2002, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > I'm subscribed to another list which is very high volume, and > > focusses largely on entertainment industry issues. Reader > > habits are highly different: botto