Beginning with a brief outline of Usenet's general structure and development over the past few years, the book addresses the problems of exploring virtual commu

Usenet. It is a strange term is it not? Almost like something Neo might have used in The Matrix film. The term conjures up images of archaic bulletin boards fro

The authors conducted online research to find out what makes the Internet "tick", resulting in this examination of the pioneering vision and actions that have h

A thorough, easy-to-understand, non-technical introduction to the USENET--an important and exciting part of the information superhighway. Fristrup introduces th

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