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Bob
 
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Greg provided:

> http://www.betanews.com/article/AOL_...ice/1106664611

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> In early 1994, seasoned newsgroup participants complained of the sudden
> influx of AOL newbies, who appeared to know little of Usenet etiquette.
> One dismayed user likened AOL members to drunk drivers on the Information
> Super Highway."


I guess that will leave webtv as the last bastion of bad Usenet netiquette.

Oh, and new users of Google who can't figure out how to quote...They're
Google-perplexed. (I apologize to those who GOT that joke; it was in
retaliation for the "pie are round, cornbread are square" thing.)

Bob