NODE 985cc738DejaNews all over again--a URL for Usenet Searching
tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May)Tue, 7 Nov 1995 05:17:01 +0800
I usually avoid passing on URLs of interesting sites, in the name of
conserving bandwidth (*), but this one really has me jazzed:
http://dejanews.com/
It allows searching of Usenet archives (a few months' worth, from what I
can see).
This was pointed out to me on the Cyberia list, by Eugene Volokh, who wrote:
" Check out http://dejanews.com/ -- truly a remarkable service.
They index a huge number of Internet news groups, and let you search
through them for any word or words you want.
" Want to know what people are saying about some new book? About
some political topic? Most importantly, about you behind your back?
Check it out! Lots of fun, and a bit scary."
A good way for newcomers to find out what's been written on some topic that
interests them, or to see who's writing what. (I checked out the index for:
"Blacknet," "Chaum," and a bunch of other things...the possibilities are
endless, and I suspect this will be the URL I go to more often than any
other.)
--Tim May
(* Perhaps someday we might ask people what their favorite URLs are. We've
done polls on books, so why not URLs?)
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NODE 321d1ecdRe: DejaNews all over again--a URL for Usenet Searching
s1113645@tesla.cc.uottawa.caSat, 11 Nov 1995 08:44:23 +0800
On Mon, 6 Nov 1995, Timothy C. May wrote:
> A good way for newcomers to find out what's been written on some topic that
> interests them, or to see who's writing what. (I checked out the index for:
Lycos includes the entire cpunks archive at hks.net (not just the
address, the whole damn archive can be keyword searched), also another nice
method. Did me wonders for a term paper.
Will have to do until keyword searches are added to the archive itself.
(wildcard searches also work at dejanews, which gives me 68 hits for
tcmay@* , including your sensemedia address. Somehow I don't think any of
the klaus@* addresses are yours)
NODE bf781516Re: DejaNews all over again--a URL for Usenet Searching
roy@cybrspc.mn.org (Roy M. Silvernail)Sat, 11 Nov 1995 08:44:47 +0800
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In list.cypherpunks, tcmay@got.net writes:
> I usually avoid passing on URLs of interesting sites, in the name of
> conserving bandwidth (*), but this one really has me jazzed:
>
> http://dejanews.com/
Just a pointer to the thread in comp.society.privacy re the Dejanews
"Author Profiles". I expect most any c'punk expects their words to last
forever and eventually get cross-referenced, but some people are getting
really tweaked about seeing all their posting activity correlated.
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NODE a67ee157Re: DejaNews all over again--a URL for Usenet Searching
shields@tembel.org (Michael Shields)Tue, 7 Nov 1995 08:28:10 +0800
In article <acc3adfa0702100476eb@[205.199.118.202]>,
Timothy C. May <tcmay@got.net> wrote:
> I usually avoid passing on URLs of interesting sites, in the name of
> conserving bandwidth (*), but this one really has me jazzed:
>
> http://dejanews.com/
Equally interesting is the author profile feature. They don't provide
a perfectly convenient way to access it, so use this form.
<head>
<title>DejaNews author profile quickskip</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="http://marge.dejanews.com/cgi-bin/dnauthor-profile.tcl">
<p><input type=text size=64 name=author value="shields@tembel.org"></p>
<p><input type=submit></p>
</form>
<p>DejaNews is here</p>
</body>
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Shields.
NODE e6f5e991Re: DejaNews all over again--a URL for Usenet Searching
s1113645@tesla.cc.uottawa.caTue, 7 Nov 1995 12:36:15 +0800
Synchronicity at work.
On Mon, 6 Nov 1995, Timothy C. May wrote:
> http://dejanews.com/
>
> It allows searching of Usenet archives (a few months' worth, from what I
> can see).
It's extremely funny that you of all people should post this Tim, as your
tcmay@got.net address was the first thing I ran a search on when I
discovered this site.
Judging by the amount of posting you do here, I was surprised that I only
got 36 listings on your new address (1/3 of which quoted you but not
directly written by you). Either you post more to alt, soc and talk (which they
don't have) or you use a third address (the second thing I tried was
tcmay@netcom.com, even less, though the archive's pretty recent, so that's
expected).
Hmm, so you know insiders at Apple and recently held around $65,000 of their
stock and sold off, saving around $12k in the process after being tipped
off? Hmmm... (from rec.investment or something along those lines. Want me
to repost your original article? heheheh. <insert evil smile>)
I figured I'd send this to you as a private note, but then I figured
this thing really is scary and has a lot to do with anonymity.
Watch out folks. Litte Brother is saving everything you've ever said on
usenet. Your old posts just won't go away.
(Not that someone who is so open in his views and true name as yourself
would mind, Tim, but I'm certainly happy for my sake, that alt isn't archived
yet. It's bad enough they have rec.)
Ps. I will of course run searches on every other address that the who
command on majordomo@toad.com supplies me with, so watch what you say
ladies, gents and otherwise. ;->
Get those 'nyms ready.
NODE 17c0de1bRe: DejaNews all over again--a URL for Usenet Searching
sameer <sameer@c2.org>Sat, 11 Nov 1995 08:45:12 +0800
> I figured I'd send this to you as a private note, but then I figured
> this thing really is scary and has a lot to do with anonymity.
> Watch out folks. Litte Brother is saving everything you've ever said on
> usenet. Your old posts just won't go away.
This is where I step in. ;-)
DejaNews will soon be putting up a privacy statement where
they refer people to my site if they want privacy. (I haven't cheked,
it may be up there already.)
>
> (Not that someone who is so open in his views and true name as yourself
> would mind, Tim, but I'm certainly happy for my sake, that alt isn't archived
> yet. It's bad enough they have rec.)
>
> Ps. I will of course run searches on every other address that the who
> command on majordomo@toad.com supplies me with, so watch what you say
> ladies, gents and otherwise. ;->
> Get those 'nyms ready.
>
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