From: admin@127.0.0.1   
      
   On Fri, 24 Jun 2022 15:06:30 -0700   
   Cheetah99218  wrote:   
      
   > That link won't let me in without subscribing.   
   > I'm posting everyday to another zombie (alt.binaries.humor.skewed)   
   > using Agent and wondering how much longer that'll last.   
   >   
      
   I got in, but it doesn't mention many more; not even MySpace.   
      
   > On Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:31:11 -0700, Les Albert    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   > >An interesting article in today's NY Times:   
   > >MapQuest and Other Internet Zombies, by Shira Ovide.   
   > >   
   > >It's about internet programs from the 1990's that fell out of favor a   
   > >long time ago, but are still being used.  An excerpt:   
   > >"More than 17 million Anericans still use MapQuest ... Ask Jeeves, a   
   > >web search engine that started before Google, still has fans ... There   
   > >is something about pioneers that shaped the early internet, lost their   
   > >cool and dominance, and essentially carved out a niche.".   
   > >   
   > >You can read the article and the reasons these old programs have   
   > >persisted at,   
   > >https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/21/technology/mapquest-internet-zombies.html   
   > >or https://tinyurl.com/5596jysw   
   > >   
   > >Alt fan cecil-adams is a zombie and I'm posting to it with another   
   > >zombie program, Agent.   
   > >   
   > >Les   
      
      
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