"James B. Davis" <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 10:00:54 -0500, David Dyer-Bennet <dd-b@xxxxxxxx> > wrote/replied to: > > >> Yep, always been my little secret. The thing is though, you can't > >> really appreciate them withh something like Outlook Express to use > >> them. I've been an Agent user since the internet was born, the only > >> way to fly in the Newsgroups. > > > >Um, Agent was created more than two decades after the Internet was > >born.... Well, when was Agent created? I date the Internet to 1969, when ARPAnet went online. Usenet newsgroups started in late 1979. > David, I think you're wrong. But I exaggerated a bit, I wasn't on the > internet right after it was born, and neither were you. I have however > been using Agent for a very, very long time. > > Long enough to have no idea of how long... I've been on the Internet since 1981, Usenet about the same. Which is pretty darned close to birth for Usenet, not so much for the Internet. -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b@xxxxxxxx>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>
