On 18 May 2007 06:46:46 -0700, in a place far, far away, Allen Thomson
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
way as to indicate that:

On May 18, 7:52 am, (Rand Simberg)
wrote:
This is the kind of thing we used to do here before the trolls took
over.

http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/05...g-for-griffin/

Sorry, Henry, but Usenet really is dying. The interesting
conversation is happening on the web now.

Just read it, and it's excellent. I wonder who "anonymous" is.

Yes, many do. He (or she) is writing some of the most trenchant stuff
on space policy on the web right now, and (s)he only does it in
comments sections, mostly at Jeff's site.