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Old November 28th 04, 04:47 AM
Bob Ward
 
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On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 00:10:20 GMT, Richard Thomas
wrote:

On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 21:41:55 GMT, Never anonymous Bud
wrote:

Trying to steal the thunder from Arnold, "John A. Weeks III" on Sat, 20 Nov 2004 11:55:13 -0600
spoke:

Because USENET goes places where there is no Internet, like central
Africa and the South Pole.


Usenet is a sub-set of the internet.

Without the internet, there is no usenet.


Wrong. you need to re-read your history of the internet.

Rich


It might not have started out that way, but it's pretty much the case
today. Theere are very few Fidonet nodes actively distributing Usenet
traffic these days, I'm pretty sure.