From: ravewolfromel@aol.com   
      
   On Saturday, April 26, 2014 3:28:26 PM UTC-5, coyo wrote:   
   > On 3/20/2014 2:41 PM, §ñühwö£f wrote:   
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   > > You're 10 years too late.   
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   > Yeah, this place is kinda dead, now. I love fandom history, so I'm   
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   > mostly here to enjoy the historical significance of this place and to   
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   > help keep Usenet alive.   
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   > I hate Twitter and Facebook. Using Usenet is no less private or secure,   
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   > so I don't see why not. Plus, Usenet these days are being associated as   
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   > a superior alternative to Bittorrent for downloading music and movies. I   
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   > find that to be somewhat sad. Unfortunately, Usenet is a lot more   
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   > complex than IRC or Email to implement, server or client, so it's not   
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   > trivial for me to write new software to help keep Usenet alive from a   
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   > technical standpoint.   
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   > However, I imagine if I get a lot better at programming, I'll eventually   
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   > have the skill to write a fully-fledged and modern Usenet server.   
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   > Although I have a few minor quibbles about the way Usenet works, base64   
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   > encoding is not that bad, especially when used with both file and line   
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   > compression. OpenSSL has a base64 codec that is faster than encrypting   
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   > an decrypting things, so it's not a major concern.   
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   > What is a major concern is the centralization of Twitter and Facebook   
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   > and the thousands of privacy and security implications that has for both   
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   > individuals and organizations. If it's a choice between Usenet and   
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   > Facebook, I will choose Usenet every time.   
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   > Yes, I am aware that Usenet and Facebook do not directly compare,   
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   > however, federated decentralized social network systems generally   
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   > implement the federation protocol as an RSS/Atom feed with some minor   
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   > tweaking, such as Salmon, PubSubHubBub and ActivityStreams.   
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   > My thinking is, "Usenet was doing that before it was cool."   
      
   Coyo, I just got here myself, and I think it's awesome that it's still manned   
   by at least some furs.  It's like going to that used to be hip bar and it's   
   just the owners and long-time friends left and you want to be there in case it   
   closes just so you    
   can say you were there.  Ever had that experience?  We lost a lot of cool bars   
   and clubs in Chicago, I actually worked at a great one (Circuit) and it's   
   still there.  If only a shadow of itself.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)