Feeling old thanks to nz.comp

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#119707 11-Jun-2013 03:48

I came across some old emails I had archived and realised just how many Geekzoners were hanging around on nz.comp 10-12 years ago. Back in the days when I hid behind a gender-neutral nic and none of you knew I was female. LOL

What surprised me is that nz.comp is still going.

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#833888 11-Jun-2013 07:49

Age is just a state of mind. Hmmm and a state of joints. :p

Here is a crazy notion, lets give peace a chance.

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#833906 11-Jun-2013 08:19

KiwiNZ: Age is just a state of mind. Hmmm and a state of joints. :p

... and the more joints you have, the younger you feel?

Sometimes I just sit and think. Other times I just sit.

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#834479 11-Jun-2013 21:11

Ahhh, yes, I was a regular there back in the day. I probably spend more time on nz.general and nz.politics though. That would have been the late 90s, early 2000s.

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#834527 11-Jun-2013 22:22

Usenet is dying. The sharpest decline was probably following the arrival of Google Groups, when simple web-based interface made it too easy to post, the average quality of posts declined, many ng were inundated with spam - and Google did nothing to address abuse of their system.
NZ.politics has died due to cross-posting from overseas nutters. NZ.general is dying, as refugees from NZ.politics seem to have taken over the place - about 9/10 posts are bickering crap - the usual stuff defending poor behaviour by one politician by dredging up some example of equally poor behaviour by another politician in the past.

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#834599 12-Jun-2013 08:58

Had some interesting experiences with nz.comp :-p And other nz. based groups....some right freaks in there. (present company included :-p)

XPD / Gavin

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