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   On 2024-02-23, Chris Green  wrote:   
      
   > The Natural Philosopher  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 23/02/2024 04:54, Indira wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> https://groups.google.com/g/comp.sys.raspberry-pi   
   >>> Google Groups no longer supports new Usenet posts or subscriptions.   
   >>> Historical content remains viewable.   
   >>   
   >> We can be thankful for small mercies.   
      
   +1   
      
   >>> An updated web-searchable no-login web-search archive that reports a unique   
   >>> URL *will need* to be located that allows people to search before posting   
   to   
   >>> the c.s.r-p. newsgroup & which allows unique references to recent articles.   
   >>   
   >> Will need?   
   >>   
   >> I don't believe I have searched a Usenet archive ever.   
   >   
   > Way back before Google took it over DejaNews was actually very useful   
   > sometimes, Google made it more and more useless as time went on.   
      
   That's a standard technique when you're trying to kill something.   
   Make it more and more useless until nobody wants / cares about /   
   can use it anymore; then when you do kill it it won't be missed.   
      
   The local phone company used that technique to get rid of hard-copy   
   telephone directories.  They split the white pages into multiple   
   books, each of which covered a subset of the local area so you'd   
   have to thumb through several volumes to find what you were looking   
   for.  To add insult to injury, each volume included a complete   
   copy of the business pages - an incredible show of redundancy.   
   A couple of two-inch volumes turned into a foot-high stack, most of   
   which I would transfer directly from my doorstep to the recycle bin.   
      
   --   
   /~\  Charlie Gibbs                  |  The Internet is like a big city:   
   \ /        |  it has plenty of bright lights and   
    X   I'm really at ac.dekanfrus     |  excitement, but also dark alleys   
   / \  if you read it the right way.  |  down which the unwary get mugged.   
      
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