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• One basic notion underlying Usenet is that it is a cooperative.
  Having been on USENET for going on ten years, I disagree with this....
• Every group has a couple of experts. And every group has at least one idiot.
  Thus are balance and harmony (and discord) maintained....
• Every group has a couple of experts. And every group has at least one idiot.
  Thus are balance and harmony (and discord) maintained....
• et.god /net god/ n. Accolade referring to anyone who satisfies some combination of the following conditio
  has been visible on Usenet for more than 5 years, ran one of the original backbone sites, moderated an important newsgroup, wrote news software, or knows Gene, Mark, Rick, Mel, Henry, Chuq, and Greg personally....
• et.god: /net god/ n. Accolade referring to anyone who satisfies some combination of the following conditio
  has been visible on USENET for more than 5 years, ran one of the original backbone sites, moderated an important newsgroup, wrote news software, or knows Gene, Mark, Rick, Mel, Henry, Chuq, and Greg personally....
• flamer: n. One who habitually {flame}s. Said esp. of obnoxious {USENET} personalities.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• kremvax /krem-vaks/ n. [from the then large number of Usenet VAXen with names of the form foovax] Originally
  a fictitious Usenet site at the Kremlin, announced on April 1, 1984 in a posting ostensibly originated there by Soviet leader Konstantin Chernenko....
• AFAIK // n. [Usenet] Abbrev. for "As Far As I Know".
• I read it on USENET so it must be true.