Who says NNTP is dead?

["Bill Kearney" <wkearney99@hotmail.com>]

Take a look at this:
 http://netscan.research.microsoft.com/Netscan/Frames/

Especially the cross-post visualization at:
 http://netscan.research.microsoft.com/Start.asp?content=crosspost

Now, attach an RSS feed to a newsgroup and then use this kind of 
engine to wander up/down/across the related feeds...

Also from one of my old favorites:
  http://www.theobvious.com/archive.html?thenextusenet

Cool, eh?

-Bill Kearney