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   by jazj 19y ago

   Saw this years back, tried it again just now to see if they got it to work by now. It thought the VU's "Sunday Morning" was Guardiani Del Destino's "Rhapsody" (and their "Rock & Roll" was Sonata Arctica's "Weballergy"), the head of Colt
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   by jazj 19y ago

   I think paid barriers to entry just amplify the positive or negative effects of other administrative measures; in and of themselves, all they do is reduce the rate of people coming in without much affecting its make-up. It doesn't even work
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   by jazj 19y ago

   Fair point. It was actually three years ago: "On February 9, 2005, AOL discontinued newsgroup access through its service (this was announced on January 25, 2005[6][7])."
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   by jazj 19y ago

   Of course "the September that never ended" ended two years ago. So this post appears to be not only a non sequitur but also self-contradictory.
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   by jazj 19y ago

   I suspect that this article is a direct consequence of Arc's sceptical reception on Slashdot, Digg, and Reddit.