On 2008-01-23, Tim Bruening wrote:
> Below is the 1st message in this glorious thread:
>
> From: Sebastian Klein (aus001@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
)
> Subject: Longest Thread Ever
> Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
> Date: 1995-02-03 11:38:56 PST
>
>
> What was the longest thread ever to be posted to USENET?
Until we know when the USERNET will shutting down, it's impossible to
say.
In _The Miocene Arrow_, they say something like "Prepare to shut down
the operating system in an orderly manner!" but I haven't got the
exact quote because someone else requested the book from the library
before I'd finished it.
> Just 11 days to the 13th anniversary of this thread!!!!!
Happy Barfday.
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Usenet is a cesspool, a dung heap. [Patrick A. Townson]
