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Re: uunet ends newsfeed/newsreader in US
From: Miles Fidelman <mfidelman () meetinghouse net>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:34:16 -0400
George Bonser wrote:
How many of you realize that JOPES (Joint Operation Planning and Execution System), used by the Pentagon for command and control at the Joint Chiefs level, uses classified newsgroups for distributing operations plans and orders?No comment just a question... Why did it take so long? All good things must come to an end. and for NNTP that end was when web based Forums software and P2P was invented. Seriously does anyone still use UUCP for email? I thought it should have died when pr0n and w4rez took it over (in the late 90's).. but that ended up fueling the need :) Who is the Kim Dotcom of usenet? Lets bust him and move on. -ScottI think there is still a place for things like NNTP and UUCP but maybe not as they were used in the past. Private NNTP groups could be used to create discussion boards or even a coordination system for emergency response with each jurisdiction having its own group hierarchy. UUCP could be used to move mail and "news" between locations via telephone dial if the conventional internet is broken. UUCP has the advantage of moving email for entire domains rather than simply a user. It could be a good emergency backup or used in places where Internet connectivity is spotty/denied but telephone service is available.
-- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
Current thread:
- Re: uunet ends newsfeed/newsreader in US, (continued)
- Re: uunet ends newsfeed/newsreader in US JC Dill (Mar 30)
- Re: uunet ends newsfeed/newsreader in US John R. Levine (Mar 30)
- Re: uunet ends newsfeed/newsreader in US Michael Rathbun (Mar 30)
- Re: uunet ends newsfeed/newsreader in US Landon Stewart (Mar 31)
- Re: uunet ends newsfeed/newsreader in US Rich Kulawiec (Mar 31)
- Re: uunet ends newsfeed/newsreader in US Joe Greco (Mar 30)
- Re: uunet ends newsfeed/newsreader in US Justin M. Streiner (Mar 31)
- Re: uunet ends newsfeed/newsreader in US Miles Fidelman (Mar 30)
- Re: uunet ends newsfeed/newsreader in US JC Dill (Mar 30)
- Re: uunet ends newsfeed/newsreader in US Miles Fidelman (Mar 30)
- RE: uunet ends newsfeed/newsreader in US George Bonser (Mar 30)
- Re: uunet ends newsfeed/newsreader in US John Levine (Mar 31)
- Re: uunet ends newsfeed/newsreader in US Michael Painter (Mar 31)
- Re: uunet ends newsfeed/newsreader in US Justin M. Streiner (Mar 31)
- Re: uunet ends newsfeed/newsreader in US Cameron Byrne (Mar 30)
- Re: uunet ends newsfeed/newsreader in US Jeroen van Aart (Mar 30)
- Re: uunet ends newsfeed/newsreader in US C. A. Fillekes (Mar 31)