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- noun Internet
electronic messages distributed by means ofnewsgroups , such as onUsenet
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Path: netnews. upenn.edu! msunews! uwm. edu! cs. utexas.edu! utnut! torn! uunet. ca! uunet. ca! news. sygma.net! magic!
FAN FICTION: The Talisman, an X-Files Tale Monture and Wicks 1994
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One poster on netnews mentioned a "Type III" Genesis.
Sega Genesis Hardware Internals - Revised by Rick McTeague 1993
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Those interested should read the netnews. alt.horror.cthulhu FAQ for more information.
Frequently Asked Questions about the Work on the Nrcromonicon Version 1.2 by Kendrick Kerwin Chua 1993
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Thanks go out to Thyagi Nagashiva, "Grendel" Al Billings, Colin Low, and Josh Geller of netnews. alt.magick, SemHaza and Lupo from alt. satanism, Marc Carlson, and Issac Truder.
Frequently Asked Questions about the Work on the Nrcromonicon Version 1.2 by Kendrick Kerwin Chua 1993
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If it doesn't have the resources to carry all newsgroups, how should newsgroups be selected? faq/netnews. writing
A List of Banned Computer Material version 1.09 by Carl Kadie 1992
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Particularly with netnews, there is no specific editing done whatsoever after the author posts the article, and moderators serve only at the whim of a majority of voters.
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Many UNIX machines with PWB-style RJE links use BLICN to queue mail and netnews for other UNIX machines.
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INN (InterNetNews) is an extremely flexible and configurable Usenet/netnews news server.
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Flaming is a common occurrence in computer conferences like those you find in netnews and in discussions on listserv lists.
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The next step, of course, is NNTP over IPv6 social network, so that you can use Facebook as infrastructure to do netnews; the sheer complexity of it all will ensure that whoever manages to figure it out will meet some niche demographic.
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