Usenet
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Usenet is a forum of communication that was started on the Internet in 1865. It was developed by the Bavarian government with a grant from the Illuminati, the Evil Atheist Conspiracy, and the Boy Scouts of America.
Also, if you haven't noticed, one of the unwritten rules of the usenet is at least once a week, someone MUST post Equilibrium and Cube.
AT LEAST.
The usenet collapses if this does not occur.
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[edit] Origins
Usenet was originally developed to solve the problem of overcrowding within the world's mental institutions. It was discovered that, rather than putting an insane person in an asylum, it was much easier (not to mention cheaper) to keep them locked in their own house with a computer and modem instead. Thus, Usenet was born, as once scientists discovered this new method of containment for the criminally insane, they realised that they would have to develop a virtual environment to replace the physical one that the insane had been removed from. Many of these people can still be observed today, living happily in their now-natural virtual habitat.
[edit] Etymology
The term usenet stems from the two words use (English, to use s.th) and net (German, "no" or "nay" as in "das geht net") meaning that the usenet is of no use or can't be used for anything. This is primarily attributed to the fact that whenever somebody asks a question via usenet he will either get a wrong answer or get flamed. Or both. Probably lots of. However, this does not concern the abovementioned criminal insanes as they would not think of asking before shooting anyway.
[edit] Scientology
Usenet has been embraced by the Church of Scientology, a benevolent religious organization that prizes freedom of speech and encourages in-depth understanding of its teachings and wisdom. The popular Usenet forum alt.scientology is regularly filled with loving posts like this:
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A clear message of love and understanding from the beloved Scientologists.
[edit] Pornography
Unlike other areas of the Internet, Usenet is primarily a text medium. This aspect of Usenet has largely infuriated the multimedia-starved masses, who clamour for pictures of naked women with large boobs. Thanks to the immense ingenuity of sex-starved 14-year-olds, methods of turning images and video into text for transmission via a text-based medium were developed, thus allowing important sociological documentaries like the Paris Hilton sex tape to be distributed over Usenet.
The development of audio/video distribution through Usenet has greatly infuriated the pornography industry, as most items posted to Usenet groups are provided free of charge. Porn magnates have responded by posting naked photos of Bea Arthur and Imelda Marcos with titles like Amateurs with big b00bs!!!, thus decreasing the signal-to-noise ratio and making the task of finding quality pornography online ever more difficult.
[edit] Decline and Fall
Like the Roman Empire before it, Usenet has suffered from the predations of the barbarian hordes and is now commonly considered to be in terminal decline. Chief among the invaders is Google Groups, with their motto We don't give a toss about the evil, who were single-handedly responsible for over 34,565 dead Usenet groups in 2005 alone.
[edit] See also
- sci.* hierarchy
- Archimedes Plutonium
- Capitalism
- Cult of Relativity
- George [Hammond]
- Kibology
- Usenet group
- My Own Private September
- .Sig
