On Tue, 6 Nov 2012 08:12:27 -0500, "jmcquown" >
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>Most teens have never *heard* of usenet/newsgroups, unless perhaps mommy or
>daddy have access. Hell, some alleged IT people have never heard of them,
>either. I remember when we got a new guy in IT, he was (at the very least)
>in his forties. He maintained the mail servers. The option to d/l
>subscribe to newsgroups was turned off (IIRC we were all using Outlook, not
>OE, but there was the button for ng's. It was disabled. I mentioned to him
>I'd like to be able to read newsgroups on my lunch hour. He gave me a blank
>look. "Newsgroups?". Yes, newsgroups. He had no idea what I was talking
>about.
>
>Jill

I haven't found any techies that knew what Usenet or newsgroups is.
Janet US