eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya) (01/17/90)
At the request of an old reader friend, I briefly checked in on the old group.
Sorry I don't have more time, but the SNR [signal to noise ratio is
still a bit low] and I am really busy. I did notice an attempt
try and really serious answer questions and collect new references.
I encourage you guys to organize the group and not let real information
like that fall into /dev/null. Use those sophisticated tools to
start creating network memory. Amelia and I will help a little bit. 8)
Only you can solve the cyclic posting problem: raise the quality of the
net, etc. Some of us are working in other news groups on this problem
where solutions are more tractable. There is no reason why sci.space
(SPACE-DIGEST on the Internet mail side) can't be as good either.
Peter Yee's doing a good job, as well as quite a few netters.
The one thing I think you MUST realize is that for NASA's 20K civil servants,
there are about 100K contractors. Because these companies compete against
one another, not everything can be made public, immediately. When you
see a posting from a NASA site, there is no way to distinguish CS from
contractors (this is both good and bad). Some of these companies do attempt
gain advantage over their competitors. There ARE issues of privacy involved
here, and there is on going litagation on a wide variety of matters.
Do think about using more conventional sources of information request
like phone and snail mail. Bye again for now.
Another gross generalization from
--eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@aurora.arc.nasa.gov
resident cynic at the Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers:
"You trust the `reply' command with all those different mailers out there?"
"If my mail does not reach you, please accept my apology."
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Do you expect anything BUT generalizations on the net?