Local News: Quartzsite, AZ 

 | 

Sign Up

 | 

Sign In

Advertisment

Usenet News Editors

RoboBlogger

I edit this news page on Topix when no humans are available to help.

People just like you make Usenet News on Topix better every day. If you're interested in becoming an editor, apply today!

Edits History | Editor Blog

RSS icon mobile icon

Usenet News

News on Usenet continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

11 hrs ago | The Big Apple

Republicrat

Entry from November 15, 2009 Republicrat A "Republicrat" is someone who has traits of both political parties.

Comment?

Related Topix: US News, Labour Party (UK), US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election

Thu Nov 12, 2009

LinkFilter

Audio Analysis of the Beatles Multitrack Masters

All links are posted and moderated by users. Links can be ranked on several levels: clicks, votes, age, or a combination of all three called points.

Comment?

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Scientific Blogging

Ten Laws Of Geekdom*

My column title is a throwback to Jane Austen's famous first line in Pride and Prejudice ... Full Bio Becky Jungbauer *Laws that should be formally on the books but sadly are only known in the collective Geek conscious.

Comment?

Related Topix: Jane Austen, Vocal, Pride and Prejudice, Entertainment, Drama, Television

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Groong Armenian News Network

Letters to Editors

Date : Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:00:08 -0800 Dear Groong readers, We bring to your attention the following letters we've received.

Comment?

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Hughw36.blogspot.com

always check sources to kill myths

In a nummber of cases the problem arises because they have copied someone else's research without checking , That persn had copied from dsomeone else with out checking - and so on - and the first person in the chain had made an error - so everyone is wrong because no-ne had bothered to check.

Comment?

Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Genealogy

Sat Nov 07, 2009

MetaFilter

Colin Douthwaite Logs Off

A posting last month to RISKS on the topic of posthumous emails brings to mind the story of Colin Douthwaite.

Comment?

Related Topix: Social Software

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Filepedia.com

Alt.Binz (Portable) v0.25

Checking the downloaded files, auto unpausing missing PAR2 blocks, repairing, and finally unraring them, are just a few options in this utility.

Comment?

Thu Nov 05, 2009

E-Bitz

At what point in time did the technet content pages turn into "the lost souls of support" pages?

At what point in time did the technet content pages turn into "the lost souls of support" pages? The sections at the bottom are for clarifications of content, not to be posting "help me, something broke". With Microsoft having forums and newsgroups and Partner support forums , isn't it bad enough that I see Twitter being used as a support channel ...

Comment?

Related Topix: Microsoft, Startups, Software, Social Software

Tue Nov 03, 2009

ResourceShelf

How to access newsgroups when your ISP dumps Usenet

What Verizon didna t tell customers is that they can get free access to Usenet and other types of message boards through Google Groups .

Comment?

Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Search Engines

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Freshnews

Newshosting Announces Launch for New Website, Video Series

Newshosting , the world's premier provider of Usenet newsgroup access, today launched its new website as part of its continued commitment to provide online visitors with the absolute best service in the industry.

Comment?

ScienceBlogs

Obligatory Reaction to The Gathering Storm [Uncertain Principles]

"Uncertain Principles" features the miscellaneous ramblings of a physicist at a small liberal arts college.

Comment?

Related Topix: Physics, Science

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Uncertain Principles

Obligatory Reaction to The Gathering Storm

Blogroll Scientists Academics Books Punditry Categories Archives Category: Books Pop Culture SF Posted on: October 30, 2009 11:44 PM, by Chad Orzel No, this is not a reference to the National Academy of Sciences report from a few years ago.

Comment?

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Wired

Spam Monster Eyes Another Target

Coming soon to the instant messaging program on your desktop -- "spim." Assuming that it hasn't already arrived, that is.

Comment?

Related Topix: Email Spam, Computers

Tue Oct 27, 2009

RSS 2.0 at Harvard Law

Christian Sandvig: USENET history gone! Temporarily?

USENET history gone! Temporarily? October 27th, 2009 Just noticed that google groups historical search doesn't work anymore.

Comment?

Related Topix: Science / Technology, Internet

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Switched.com

The Unavoidable Rules of the Internet

The Telegraph has a look at the 10 most prominent truisms on the Web that anyone who has ever spent anytime on a message board or forum will recognize -- if not by name, than as generally being true.

Comment?

Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas

Kiwiblog

The wonderful world of Peter Zohrab

I've never met Peter Zohrab, but most people online in the 90s would have seen his posts on Usenet about the feminazis.

Comment?

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Telegraph.co.uk

Internet rules and laws: the top 10 from Godwin to Poe

Any internet user will know that the web, like the outside world , follows certain rules.

Comment?

Related Topix: Zimbabwe, Africa, World News

Mon Oct 19, 2009

Little Green Footballs

Meet Robert Stacy McCain, Neo-Confederate Wacko Extraordinaire

Sergey Romanov, a contributor to a blog called "Holocaust Controversies" that normally focuses on debunking Holocaust deniers, has a scathing post about white supremacist blogger Robert Stacy McCain , with examples from the messages posted by McCain on Usenet: Meet Robert Stacy McCain, a neo-Confederate wacko extraordinaire .

Comment?

Related Topix: Blog News

DarkVision Hardware

NewsBin Pro 5.54 build 9644

NewsBin Pro downloads files from Usenet Newsgroups as fast as your internet connection will allow.

Comment?

Humor Break

Identifying USENET readers

BEGINNER: - Thinks rn is a typo. - Posts empty articles. - Wonders what `@' means.

Comment?

Also on Topix