2.1M of the oldest Usenet posts are now online for anyone to read

Re:2.1M of the oldest Usenet posts are now online for anyone... by chubot on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @11:53PM (#24772958)

Wow this, is an insane life story:

This guy was apparently a genius drummer as a young man -- jammed with Jaco Pastorius, and a friend of John Medeski.

Then a bodybuilder, steroid user (when it was legal), convicted felon, a sufferer of chronic illness, and epic Usenet flamewar participant.

And deceased since 2012, but people still flame him on Usenet.

And on top of it he also made drums. I remember that from the newsgroup:

I remember the flames but about drums and steroids, but I had no idea back then ...

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Re:2.1M of the oldest Usenet posts are now online for anyone... by ianmcgowan on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @11:24AM (#24777577)

The saying is you die twice - once when you stop breathing and again, a bit later on, when people stop flaming you on usenet ;_)

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Re:2.1M of the oldest Usenet posts are now online for anyone... by psychoslave on Thursday October 15, 2020 @11:23AM (#24789533)

That seems to indicate that usenet can’t die, can it?

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Re:2.1M of the oldest Usenet posts are now online for anyone... by kazinator on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @01:13PM (#24779044)

> convicted felon

It was drummed-up charges. :)

> jammed with Jaco Pastorius

Another tragic case, sadly.

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