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
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>
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