If you're tired of the usual airheads that become celebrities on the Internet, USENET celebrities might offer you something far more interesting. Many celebrities of USENET got that way by being very quirky, and immensely entertaining, users. Here are some interesting things about most USENET celebrities:

If you are looking for files or information on the USENET, then you need a search method. Although USENET beats all other methods for file downloads, it does fall a little short in the search facility. There is no way to search the USENET that is built into the system.

The Internet is rightly lauded for having made communication between far flung lands possible, but it sometimes has another, less useful, effect. It's sometimes hard to find regional information on the Internet. Because the system naturally brings people closer, it sometimes seems like people are really from nowhere at all and there is little...

Deepnet, DarkNet and other, similar terms, have been in the media a lot lately. Most famously, the hacker group Anonymous took down some sites on the DarkNet that were distributing illegal content. This has made quite a few people understandably interested in what the Deepnet really is. It's not USENET, which will become obvious as you start to...

USENET offers a lot of different services wrapped up in one product. USENET, for instance, offers access to discussion groups, access to binaries - which is any type of file attached to an article-and other goodies. This makes it a great forum for exchanging information. When you're using this system, however, remember that keeping safe is your...