NODE d71d50b5Aquaria wars ?
danisch@ira.uka.de (Hadmut Danisch)Thu, 12 Oct 95 10:09:37 PDT
I need some historical information for a discussion about which
security features are to be used in usenet. Perhaps someone can help:
Some (many) years ago there was a very large and long flamewar at the
usenet. As far as I know it was called "The Aquaria Wars" because it
began with a debate about the question whether the newsgroup should be
named "alt.aquaria" or "alt.aquarium". I am looking for historical
informations about this flamewar.
Can anyone remember it or is there anything available about?
Thanks a lot
Hadmut
NODE 881371b5[NOISE] Re: Aquaria wars ?
futplex@pseudonym.com (Futplex)Thu, 12 Oct 95 20:24:39 PDT
Hadmut Danisch writes:
> Some (many) years ago there was a very large and long flamewar at the
> usenet. As far as I know it was called "The Aquaria Wars" because it
> began with a debate about the question whether the newsgroup should be
> named "alt.aquaria" or "alt.aquarium". I am looking for historical
> informations about this flamewar.
That was before my time, but I've certainly heard about it. Check out the
entry for Richard Sexton in Part 4 of Dave DeLaney's excellent Net.Legends FAQ.
(I can't seem to find an _accessible_ HTML copy of it right now, just
several broken ones, but
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/net-legends-faq/part4 works.)
-Futplex <futplex@pseudonym.com>