Remember the lightbulb thread...well....

[stitchysyl]

How many internet group subscribers does it take to change a light bulb? 1,331 !!

• 1 to successfully change the light bulb and to post to the group that the light bulb has been changed.
• 14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently.
• 7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.
• 27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs.
• 53 to flame the spell checkers.
• 6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb".
• 6 to condemn those 6 as puerile.
• 156 to write to the group moderator complaining about the light bulb discussion and its inappropriateness to this group.
• 41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames.
• 109 to post that this group is not about light bulbs and to please take this email exchange to alt.lite.bulb.
• 203 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar, alt.spelling and alt.punctuation about changing light bulbs be stopped.
• 111 to defend the posting to this group saying that we are all use lightbulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this group.
• 306 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique, and what brands are faulty.
• 27 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs.
• 14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post corrected URLs.
• 3 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group.
• 33 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote them including all headers and footers, and then add "Me Too."
• 12 to post to the group that they are unsubscribing because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy.
• 19 to quote the "Me Too's" to say, "Me Three."
• 4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ.
• 44 to ask "What is a FAQ?"
• 4 to say "Isn't there always a FAQ on Usenet?"
• 43 to ask "What's a Usenet?"
• 41 to propose a new group alt.change.lite.bulb.
• 47 to say this is just what alt.physic.cold_fusion was meant for, send it there.

[melboy]

....whats a usenet?

[maggiethecat]

lmao Very funny.

(I posted in that lightbulb (light bulb?) thread. )

[melboy]

So!!.........wot is a usenet

[stitchysyl]

Googled and found this:

Usenet is a distributed Internet discussion system that evolved from a general purpose UUCP network of the same name. It was conceived by Duke University graduate students Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis in 1979. Users read and post email-like messages (called "articles") to a number of distributed newsgroups, categories that resemble bulletin board systems in most respects. The medium is distributed among a large number of servers, which store and forward messages to one another. Individual users download and post messages to a single server, usually operated by their ISP or university, and the servers exchange the messages between each other.


Any the wiser???????

[maggiethecat]

...............

[paintinglemonjane]

lmao Very funny.

(I posted in that lightbulb (light bulb?) thread. )

Which lightbulb thread are we talking about

[maggiethecat]

Which lightbulb thread are we talking about

This one. lol

http://helpdesk.ebid.net/showthread....ght=lightbulbs

[damian_steele]

Any the wiser???????

Google Groups is an example. http://groups.google.co.uk/group/tea...lnk=hppg&hl=en There are literally thousands of Newsgroups. Each one is dedicated to a particuar topic - much like the forums here are - and users leave messages in much the same manner. The biggest difference is that with Newsgroups users can login to one of thousands of different computers, all over the world, which carry copies of all the messages within each newsgroup. These computers are constantly exchanging messages with other computers within the network. When a user writes a message on one of them, it can usually be seen anywhere within the network within a few hours (at worst). Some companies charge for accessing the various newsgroups and offer a range of services.