# alt.fan.cecil-adams mentioned on slashdot.org
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**Created:** [January 3, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alt-fan-cecil-adams-mentioned-on-slashdot-org/386595 "2007-01-03T20:51:33Z")
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### Author:  [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alt-fan-cecil-adams-mentioned-on-slashdot-org/386595/1 "2007-01-03T20:51:33Z")
> **[Predicting the Internet in 1995 - Slashdot](https://slashdot.org/story/07/01/03/166259/predicting-the-internet-in-1995)**
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> _alt.fan.cecil-adams_. Cecil Adams is an acerbic and funny know-it-all, and author of The Straight Dope, a syndicated column in which he spreads his wisdom, answering amazingly varied questions from readers. The alt.fan.cecil-adams group is where Cecil (through his assistant Ed Zotti) posts his weekly column, and where would-be Cecils ponder the mysteries of the universe. Less chaotic than alt.folklore.urban, and just as entertaining.
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2007, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alt-fan-cecil-adams-mentioned-on-slashdot-org/386595/2 "2007-01-04T14:30:02Z")
We may see an influx of newbies.
Good.
🙂
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### Author:  [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2007, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alt-fan-cecil-adams-mentioned-on-slashdot-org/386595/3 "2007-01-14T05:00:46Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor]
We may see an influx of newbies.
Good.
🙂
[/QUOTE]
Expecting people to make it from a Usenet newsgroup to a Web message board is an iffy proposition. In fact, this has a rather tenuous connection to the SDMB: Very few SDMB people know AFCA exists, and most AFCA people don’t care much about the SDMB.
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### Author:  [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alt-fan-cecil-adams-mentioned-on-slashdot-org/386595/4 "2007-01-14T18:22:07Z")
[QUOTE=Derleth]
Expecting people to make it from a Usenet newsgroup to a Web message board is an iffy proposition. In fact, this has a rather tenuous connection to the SDMB: Very few SDMB people know AFCA exists, and most AFCA people don’t care much about the SDMB.
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Me, for example. I have known AFCA existed for some time, but I never went there. Just now, I made a coupla stabs at it, and now I know how little I know. :smack: I haven’t any idea how to find it. Can you point me in the right direction?
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### Author:  [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alt-fan-cecil-adams-mentioned-on-slashdot-org/386595/5 "2007-01-14T18:45:15Z")
Easiest way (IMO) to get there is to go to [Google Groups](http://groups-beta.google.com/) and enter _alt.fan.cecil-adams_ under “Explore Groups.”
GT