as a layman i'm inclined to ask naive questions . . . have google groups posts               
affected google search rankings, possibly independent of their nearly obsolete     
usenet connection which might help to explain the incomparably vast quantities      
of spam passed along to usenet newsgroups without any regard whatsoever to the           
irreparable consequences they have wrought against unwary users of this user's                   
network? some might say it's deliberate, "embrace, extend, extinguish" tactics