u/Parker51MKII

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"Perhaps you weren't around for their heyday in the 70s through 90s. They 100% were seen as harmless by most people who even knew they existed. It wasn't until xenu dot net and the Usenet group alt.religion.scientology that people started to find out about the dark side."

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u/Parker51MKII — 8 days ago

"I'm 65. I'm here because it's basically Usenet. There are communities that are helpful, informative, and have the same interests and hobbies I do. I've been on Reddit for 18 years."

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u/Parker51MKII — 8 days ago

"Online anonymity can be traced to Usenet newsgroups in the late 1990s where the notion of using invalid emails for posting to newsgroups was introduced."

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u/Parker51MKII — 16 days ago
▲ 31 r/ClassicUsenet+1 crossposts

Any Gen X net.goths about?

Just found these in a drawer. From a long gone Whitby Gothic Weekend when Usenet was the main way we connected and stayed in touch. I’m an old, grey and boring corporate drone approaching retirement, now 😆

u/Parker51MKII — 17 days ago
▲ 24 r/ClassicUsenet+1 crossposts

Cream Cheese Pound Cake

I have not tried this recipe but I will do so some day. So many recipes so little time ;-) Source is unknown except the recipe came through Usenet.

CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE

Recipe By:

Serving Size: 1

Ingredients:

3/4 lbs. Butter 3 C Cake flour, sifted

3 cups Sugar, granulated 1/4 t Salt

1/2 lb. Cream cheese 1 1/2 t Almond extract

6 lg Eggs 1 t Vanilla extract

Directions:

  1. Pre-heat oven to 325℉ Cream the butter, sugar and cheese together until the mixture is light and fluffy. Add salt, vanilla and almond extract. Beat well. Add eggs, one at a time, blending well after each.

  2. Stir in flour. Don''t be vigorous; mix it just enough to incorporate the flour. Spoon into a greased tube pan. Bake in preheated oven for 1 1/2 hours. Cool for 15-20 minutes, then invert the cake onto a serving dish and remove the tube pan. If you wait too long, it will stick.

  3. NOTES:

  4. * A pound cake made with cream cheese -- I got this recipe from Annette Hall at Computer System Resources, in Georgia (annette@XXXX). She posted it to net.cooks, claiming that it''s the best pound cake you''ll ever taste. She''s right! Yield: One large cake.

  5. : Difficulty: easy : Time: about 2 hours and 15 minutes : Precision: measure carefully.

  6. : Jeff XXXX : Relational Technology, Inc., Alameda, California, USA : {XXXX} XXXX {XXXX}!mtxinu!rXXXX

  7. : Copyright (C) 1986 USENET Community Trust

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u/MissDaisy01 — 17 days ago

"Gen X here: Hell no! At least for an introverted, constantly curious, ADHD brain like mine. It opened up whole new worlds and means of communication. We no longer had to associate only with the jocks and losers in our hometown. The world became our oyster, practically overnight . 🦪"

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u/Parker51MKII — 21 days ago

"The biggest problem with Usenet was the total lack of any kind of procedural agreements. No, I’m not talking about whether, or not obviously criminal behavior should be allowed. What I’m talking about is directly conflicting beliefs about what the minimal basic manners should be."

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u/Parker51MKII — 21 days ago

"That's what happened over email and usenet. A famous example I was proximal to was the role of multiple inheritance and C++. It was an insane multi-year discussion. C++ itself was largely standardized over USENET comp.lang.c++. There was a huge FAQ resulting."

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u/Parker51MKII — 22 days ago
▲ 8 r/smokingpipes+1 crossposts

Any other old-timer netizens about?

This was around 2004. The back says "In gratitude for all who serve"

u/Parker51MKII — 27 days ago

"On Oct 14th 1996, Matthias Ettrich, a CS student in Germany, posted to three Usenet groups asking for programmers to help build a real desktop for Linux.That post led to the creation of KDE, one of the most impactful free software communities in the world."

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u/Parker51MKII — 28 days ago

"I have a Wyse terminal that I don't have the heart to throw out. I couldn't afford a computer but could read Usenet with a Supra modem, dialup ISP (primenet), nn newsreader and vi editor."

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u/Parker51MKII — 1 month ago

"I got trained early. Since the days of Usenet. Knowing the difference between genuine discourse and arguing with a troll is not an easy skill. Takes time to learn."

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u/Parker51MKII — 1 month ago

"I used usenet-rewind.com to search for my old Usenet posts going back to about 1989. Given this was 35 years ago, I thought my .sig was kinda ironic now that we're in the of AI:"

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u/Parker51MKII — 1 month ago

"Twenty five years ago today after the towers fell I spent the day on the Usenet group rec.roller-coaster reaching out to everyone in the coaster enthusiast community, especially those in NYC and DC hoping that they were all ok."

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u/Parker51MKII — 1 month ago