Imminent Death Of The Net Predicted!
[USENET] prov. Since USENET
first got off the ground in 1980-81, it has grown exponentially,
approximately doubling in size every year. On the other hand, most
people feel the
signal-to-noise ratio of USENET has dropped
steadily. These trends led, as far back as mid-1983, to predictions of
the imminent collapse (or death) of the net. Ten years and
numerous doublings later, enough of these gloomy prognostications
have been confounded that the phrase "Imminent Death Of The Net
Predicted!" has become a running joke, hauled out any time someone
grumbles about the
S/N ratio or the huge and steadily
increasing volume.
