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[OFF-TOPIC] Google extends Usenet Archive to 20 years

------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 05:39:59 -0500 Send reply to: Law & Policy of Computer Communications <CYBERIA-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM> From: Seth Finkelstein <sethf@MIT.EDU> Subject: [OFF-TOPIC] Google extends Usenet Archive to 20 years To: CYBERIA-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM

Valuable list members, I beg your indulgence, but this is of major historical interest:

http://slashdot.org/articles/01/12/11/0132213.shtml

http://www.google.com/googlegroups/archive_announce_20.html

Google Groups 20 Year Usenet Archive Now Available

New! Google has fully integrated the past 20 years of Usenet archives into Google Groups, which now offers access to more than 700 million messages dating back to 1981. We believe this to be the most complete collection of Usenet articles ever assembled and a fascinating first-hand historical account.

To see for yourself the first posts detailing the World Wide Web, Linux and Mosaic as well as other memorable moments, click on the links below. If you come across other noteworthy historical posts while mining the archive, please forward them to us at usenet-timeline@google.com. We'll add the most interesting links to the timeline below. Please note that while your own first post was undoubtedly of great personal historical value, we will only be able to include submissions of interest to a wide range of users.

[Note: They *are* missing stuff, as what was archived in the very early days seems to be sparse. But this is still amazingly cool]

-- Seth Finkelstein Consulting Programmer sethf@sethf.com http://sethf.com http://archive.nytimes.com/2001/07/19/technology/circuits/19HACK.html BESS's Secret LOOPHOLE: http://sethf.com/anticensorware/bess/loophole.php BESS vs Google: http://sethf.com/anticensorware/bess/google.php

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