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posthaste
join:2001-05-20
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Re: It is possible? Usenet is Dead?

There's always dcc bots to fall back on.

Exodus
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join:2001-11-26
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said by posthaste:

There's always dcc bots to fall back on.

That shit never worked right for me in the 90's.
posthaste
join:2001-05-20
Champaign, IL

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Yeah, I was being a bit facetious with that comment. It does seems like we're all being forced back to '90s (aka Internet stone age).

IRC is still a time-consuming, convoluted pain in the ass just as it was then. That's why it will never be conquered or tamed by "The Man."

I forsee more and more Usenet binaries being uploaded with nonsense cryptic file names. Not only will someone have to download headers, you'll also have to just download EVERYTHING in a particular group and decode/extract the shit to find out what it is.

Raw searches then become useless.

mr_slick
join:2003-05-22
Lynnwood, WA

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Long live IRC!!!

even though i have not used it in a long long time....