Re: Never used one.... - dslreports.com

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jbob Reach Out and Touch Someone Premium join:2004-04-26 Little Rock, AR ·Comcast ·AT&T Southwest 1 edit	reply to wifi4milez Re: Never used one.... I have been using USENET for over 10 years. In all that time I have never gotten or downloaded anything illegal from them. For the uninformed like you the USENET was around long before forums like this one to post in and get help. There are still many users out there who prefer text based message boards like one finds on the USENET. I see advantages to both. The ones you seem to be thinking of are WAREZ and Binary Newsgroups. There is so much more out there than that. You really need to get your head out of the sand.
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stomp357 join:2003-04-13 Lake Charles, LA ·Suddenlink	said by jbob : I have been using USENET for over 10 years. In all that time I have never gotten or downloaded anything illegal from them. For the uninformed like you the USENET was around long before forums like this one to post in and get help. There are still many users out there who prefer text based message boards like one finds on the USENET. I see advantages to both. The ones you seem to be thinking of are WAREZ and Binary Newsgroups. There is so much more out there than that. You really need to get your head out of the sand. Usenet is still where I get alot of my PC building help. Because most usenet users are of the "techie" bunch, I find it to be of a great asset. Hell, I still use FidoNet.
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ncherry Premium join:2003-07-13 Monroe Township, NJ ·Comcast	reply to jbob said by jbob : I have been using USENET for over 10 years. In all that time I have never gotten or downloaded anything illegal from them. ... I have, just once, I downloaded my own book (see sig) in PDF. That was an odd experience. I remember downloading Perl when it first came out. I thought it was odd and couldn't see the value of another shell language. Odd how I use it daily to do all sort of things. Hindsight is 20/20. Oh for those who have no idea, Perl is open source so downloading it is not a problem. -- Neil Cherry Linux Home Automation Linux HA Blog Author: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies
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