On 01 Dec 2003 15:29:00 GMT, (Teacherjh)
wrote in Message-Id: :

But if you're not in a tux, is it ok to call them boards?

It's okay to call them anything you choose; it just displays your
ignorance publicly. One would think an airman would strive to use the
correct terms given the fact that aviation is rife with such
specifics.

My objection to referring to usenet newsgroups as bulletin boards is
that, that epithet conveys a sense of informal posting not intended
when usenet was conceived. Anyone who fails to appreciate the
difference does the usenet community a disservice IMNSHO.

Heres a quote for you:

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/what-is/part1/
(Note that the correct term is "newsgroups"; they are not called
areas, bases, boards, bboards, conferences, round tables, SIGs,
echoes, rooms or usergroups! Nor, as noted above, are they part
of the Internet, though they may reach your site over it.
Furthermore, the people who run the news systems are called news
administrators, not sysops. If you want to be understood, be
accurate.)

You can educate yourself about usenet he
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/what-is/part1/


But were just trolling....