On Thu, 20 May 2010 23:26:07 -0500, Stu wrote:

> On Thu, 20 May 2010 20:09:19 -0500, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 20 May 2010 13:53:22 -0500, Stu wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 20 May 2010 14:36:51 -0400, " Joe" > wrote:
>>>
>>>>It's the end of an era. Duke is shutting down its usenet server:
>>>>
>>>>http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2010/05/usenet.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Just talked to their IT dept., it won't affect us
>>
>>When I just called you a "newbie dweeb" in the previous post, I gave
>>you way too much credit. But it does explain why you may have
>>called them.
>
> Steve it's unfortunate you're ignorant. I'm no newbie, I had a online
> chat with three of the guys in the IT dept. of Duke, just wanted to
> confirm the story was factual and not someone's idea of a joke.
> Unfortunately it's factual.

So now we're backpeddling and you admit you didn't call, but somehow
attracted the attention of 3 different IT guys in online chat.

Uh-huh. What was the name of the server and channel?

-sw