On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 18:13:16 -0700, "Craig J. Ries"
<silvanthalas@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>BioHzard wrote:
>> I used to come to this group often to discuss DL matters. I decided to
ask a
>> few questions, but it doesn't seem to be activly used any longer. Where
did
>> everyone go? I mean Margaret Weis used to post on here some.
>
>Usenet, as a primary means of discussion, seems to have gone the way of
>the dodo, as have many mailing lists.
You're spot on. USENET gave way to web-based message boards. IRC
gave way to chat clients like AOL Instant Messenger. FTP servers for
data transfer gave way to BitTorrent and P2P networks. GOPHER gave
way to the World Wide Web. Of all of the original Internet-based
protocols, TELNET is the only one left that seems to be used on a
regular basis, and even then, it's mostly relegated to IT
professionals rather than general, residential users.
If it isn't colorful and instantly easy to use, it just doesn't appeal
to the post-1997 Internet generation. I'm not speaking negatively of
them, it's just how it is. I think it was ultimately AOL's fault with
their snazzy, blinking, talking ("You've got mail!") online service
masked as an Internet ****tal.
Back on topic, though, I did just add a bunch of Dragonlance books to
my Amazon wishlist a few weeks ago in preparation for Christmas.
Mostly older stuff -- The Art Of, The Atlas Of, Leaves From The Inn Of
The Last Home (1 & 2), etc. Literary sourcebooks.
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