Computer History (was: You all jump)

:) Vic you give me waaay too much credit. The only info needed is in the header which you can plug into a Domain Name Lookup query (I have one in my FTP program which I use to upload files to my website). That tells you the originating news server, even when posts are made through Google. Compare a whole bunch from one person and a pattern becomes evident - also, the location for the server is often provided in the Lookup results.

Reyd, you can access this info either through your newsreader and ISP's existing files or go to google and search for certain posts, viewing them in the "original format" to see the header info. Your ISP only stores past messages to a certain point (either how old or how much space is available) - Google stores them back to the group's inception.

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Reyd, there are a large number of ex-computer types here. Some of that may have to do with timing and age. PCs started back in th early 80s and Mainframes only really got common 20 years before that. If you look at this group, a large number are 50+ so they grew up with computers being the shinig light on the horizon, and computers becoming a household item when they were old enough to be thinking about careers. This was a result of the space race and the determination to push science in the schools. Now this group is getting old enough to think about retiring, or do it, and many are tired of playing with computers. After pushing numbers and paper, working with your hands and seeing tangible results can be very gratifying. Vic is right about soitary pursuits as well. YMMV Dave in Fairfax

if i really wanted to figure it out, i could useOTTools, or WhatRoute

I was teasing...

Young, smart alec whippersnappers... :)

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