ISPs, Newsgroups, etc. ...OH MY!!!

[Christofer C. Bell]

On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 12:51 AM, Leo Mauler <webgiant at yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- On Sat, 6/28/08, Jeffrey Watts <jeffrey.w.watts at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> A few legitimate folks still use USENET, but let's be honest
>> here - it's been 8 years or so since it was relevant.
>
> Which is a statement about as accurate as "640k is enough for anybody."  Usenet may not have been relevant to *you* for eight years, but many thousands of people use the text-only portion of Usenet.

Haha!  "Thousands."  That reminds me of that Nike commercial from a
few years ago where the basketball scout is leading a budding player
from the court, arm out-reached and up over the lad's shoulder...

"Son, you can make hundreds of dollars a year in professional basketball!"

-- 
Chris