Each topic has its own newsgroup and users at each site can browse through any of them. The system that distributes the articles of each newsgroup is called Usenet. It ensures that each sites has received a copy of every article posted anywhere on the network. The name of a newsgroup is indicative of its topic. Warning The reader is warned against taking anything posted on Usenet all too seriously.
People posting articles present their opinions without reservations, hidden behind a terminal.
Their articles do not represent any official position by either countries or employers posters are affiliated with. If you have not accessed a Usenet newsgroup before, you might need to instruct your browser which host to use as its news server. Most often the computer name needed is of the form news. An HRI Project. All Rights Reserved.