cheeko upchuck wrote:
> Chat and Usenet are not
> the same thing. They're completely distinct.

People converse - both. People reply - both. Looks, smells, and
tastes like chatting to me.

> Newsgroups are specifically defined hierarchies
> of topical repositories within Usenet. Usenet is *not* chat.
>
> Chat, whether IRC, instant messaging, or some similar means of real-time
> communication, is entirely different in method, design, scope, etc.,
> from newsgroups (Usenet).

So let me get this straight. You are violently opposed to real-time
chat, yet you consider these usenet groups to be very good and
different because the chat is in delayed time. You're ****ed, Upchuck.

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