Path: ...!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-3.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 01:06:32 +0000 From: ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) Subject: Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action References: <432c32961d25d0e649fedb4aedbcf520abdba15f@i2pn2.org> <09jhjj18ilvlokctkrtjjaeiav80hld9l4@4ax.com> User-Agent: tin/2.6.2-20221225 ("Pittyvaich") (Linux/6.10.7-100.fc39.x86_64 (x86_64)) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 01:06:32 +0000 Lines: 39 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.180.143.226 X-Trace: sv3-3fVKqyzRBnmiBo7inknAIJmMTX3zGMsU8mslkK4C/0QVPE8GbHy+s3SizmWz7cOxfK0WgSSUYcMkmzC!XxWed+RFXEe6uiMhi+sHHDkJwzzT+dYb0Yu6OBIArPbvD/DZXCN+Pe9dO8KDlCxUhXsEgOavAsDV!0gjd6zzxMNhzypapFVN7gI+whvsT0toE X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 3012 Spalls Hurgenson wrote: > On Sun, 17 Nov 2024 01:03:45 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote: > >Are you looking at your saved local posts?! Or are those online? I miss DejaNews! :( > It's all local. (I have a spreadsheet!* ;-) Wow. You keep track of everything locally, don't you? ;-) > I mean, you can probably find them on narkive.com too if you dig > deeply enough. AFAIK it doesn't have a search feature though, so > you'll just have to keep adding older posts until you get to 2005. It > may take a few hours (days) but for something so important, I'm sure > you have the time ;-) > More realistically, you can still search Google's Usenet archives too, > on Google Groups. They aren't /updated/ past Feb 22 2024, but all the > older content is still there. It's useless for browsing though, since > Google didn't filter out any of the spam. But if you have an idea of > what you're looking for, it's probably findable. Ugh. See, this is why I miss DejaNews. Heck, Google Groups could in its early days before it got worse. And why does https://groups.google.com require me to log in? Frak that. > * not actually a spreadsheet Oh, you pecker. :P -- "[The Lord said] 'Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May the sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered, his right eye totally blinded!'" --Zechariah 11:17. Winter nights with a missing favorite chicken! "The spice must flow." Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://aqfl.net & http://antfarm.home.dhs.org. / /\ /\ \ Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail. | |o o| | \ _ / ( )