On 10/26/2012 09:06 AM, George Cornelius wrote:
Michael Black wrote:

Come on, the guy posted back in 2006, your quote even points that out.

Chances are very slim that the guy is still here. Just because google
lets you reply to messages older than 30 days (and it is a bug, they need
to fix it, like they did once before) doesn't mean you should. Especially
when you're clueless enough to not realize how old the message is.

Well, since this thread is over 30 days old, guess I shouldn't post, eh?

But, for the record 'google groups' has nothing to do with google. Usenet
existed long before google saw the light of day, possibly when google's
founders were still in diapers.

Google's presence in Usenet began with DejaNews - essentially a Usenet
archive - which Google acquired at some point.

Google has no control over Usenet. If they refuse to allow posts to old
threads, then they are different from the dozens, even hundreds, of other
News clients that are out there.

If it's older than 30 days, don't reply to it. Start a new thread, saying
exactly what you want to say, instead of acting like some guy from six
years ago will be waiting to answer your late reply.

Reasonable advice. Quote the original, if you like, but a new thread
will get noticed by the current members of the group even though the
original contributors are likely long gone.

George Cornelius

Michael

Quite a few people here from the mid '90s.