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bq. Axiom #1: "The Usenet is not the real world. The Usenet usually does not even resemble the real world." Corollary #1: "Attempts to change the real world by altering the structure of the Usenet is an attempt to work sympathetic magic -- electronic voodoo." Corollary #2: "Arguing about the significance of newsgroup names and their relation to the way people really think is equivalent to arguing whether it is better to read tea leaves or chicken entrails to divine the future." Bytt ut _Usenet_ med _www_ eller _blogg_, og det er *fortsatt like riktig*. :D bq. Axiom #2: "Ability to type on a computer terminal is no guarantee of sanity, intelligence, or common sense." Corollary #3: "An infinite number of monkeys at an infinite number of keyboards could produce something like Usenet." Corollary #4: "They could do a better job of it." Fortsatt riktig. Men det gjelder også *evnen til å holde en mikrofon, eller en penn*. bq. Axiom #3: "Sturgeon's Law (90% of everything is crap) applies to Usenet." Corollary #5: "In an unmoderated newsgroup, no one can agree on what constitutes the 10%." Corollary #6: "Nothing guarantees that the 10% isn't crap, too." "Sturgeon's lov":http://www.jargon.net/jargonfile/s/SturgeonsLaw.html er like _on point_ som en elg i brunst. Les "farvelbrevet fra Gene Spafford, a.k.a spaf, usenets første barnepike":http://groups-beta.google.com/group/news.groups/msg/63926ede407972df (jeg fant det på Googles "20-års oppsummering av Usenet":http://www.google.com/googlegroups/archive_announce_20.html )