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...Usenet can be best described as an electronic news bulletin, much like the hundreds of bulletin board systems used by computer hackers around the world. But Usenet comes free with most Internet accounts, and most of those who use it are not computer nerds...
...Usenet is also global in nature: whatever you post is just as likely to be read by someone in Santa Fe, N.M., as by somebody in Singapore--provided, of course, that your posted article is politically correct in the eyes of the Singaporan government...
This last point needs amplification. Internet, the global computer network which links millions of users from around the world, makes Usenet available at most of its sites. What is available on each Usenet server, however, varies from location to location...
There are hundreds of news groups (once again, a better name may be bulletin boards) on the Usenet. As many groups deal with such sensitive issues as free speech, legalization of marijuana and human (as well as non-human) sexual behavior, many UNIX system administrators feel obliged to shield their users from these potential hot spots...
Fortunately, here at Harvard we are able to access nearly all Usenet groups out there, meaning students can participate in intense debates over the North America Free Trade Agreement, or share their appreciation of German beer with others...