hofbauer@csri.toronto.edu (John Hofbauer) (05/05/91)
> Now, either mathematicians shouldn't be allowed within two yards of a > computer, or mathematicians should realise that uw.general is not, I repeat > *not* a maths newsgroup. > > I can see how this might confuse some mathematicians, but uw.general is a > University of Warwick general newsgroup. Not a maths forum in disguise. Well, well, and I thought only University of Toronto had this problem. ut.* is the structure of local University of Toronto newsgroups, as well as the University of Texas. Sometimes unwanted Texas postings show up on our system. It nows seems that uw.* (Waterloo and Warwick U.K.) has the same problem. It's time someone gave the Internet some artificial intelligence.
machman@milton.u.washington.edu (the machman) (05/06/91)
hofbauer@csri.toronto.edu (John Hofbauer) writes: >> I can see how this might confuse some mathematicians, but uw.general is a >> University of Warwick general newsgroup. Not a maths forum in disguise. >Well, well, and I thought only University of Toronto had this problem. >ut.* is the structure of local University of Toronto newsgroups, as well as >the University of Texas. Sometimes unwanted Texas postings show up on our >system. It nows seems that uw.* (Waterloo and Warwick U.K.) has the same >problem. probably moreso, as the Universities of Wisconsin and Washington are also included. >It's time someone gave the Internet some artificial intelligence. perhaps all that is necessary is some real, human intelligence in the posters to restrict the distribution of their posts to a geographical region in which such ambiguity is avoided.
drdan@SRC.Honeywell.COM (Dan Johnson) (05/08/91)
In article <1991May6.070840.4331@milton.u.washington.edu> machman@milton.u.washington.edu (the machman) writes: >hofbauer@csri.toronto.edu (John Hofbauer) writes: >... >>Well, well, and I thought only University of Toronto had this problem. >>ut.* is the structure of local University of Toronto newsgroups, as well as >>the University of Texas. Sometimes unwanted Texas postings show up on our > ... >>It's time someone gave the Internet some artificial intelligence. > >perhaps all that is necessary is some real, human intelligence in the posters >to restrict the distribution of their posts to a geographical region in which >such ambiguity is avoided. It's not that simple. We started getting cross traffic on "hi.general" (Honeywell, Inc.) in Minnesota because someone crossposted to "hi.general" (Hawaii) and "rec.arts.star-trek". (We have since renamed our hierarchy to "honeywell.*".) Daniel P. Johnson Honeywell Systems and Research Center e-mail: drdan@src.honeywell.com phone: 612-782-7427 office: 2433 fax: 612-782-7438 Mac Mail: "Johnson Dan" voice: "Yo, Dan!" US mail: MN65-2500, 3660 Technology Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55418
hanche@imf.unit.no (Harald Hanche-Olsen) (05/10/91)
In article <1991May8.135949.22296@src.honeywell.com> drdan@SRC.Honeywell.COM (Dan Johnson) writes:
It's not that simple. We started getting cross traffic on
What's this thread doing in sci.math? Follow-up to the concerned
parties only, please.
- Harald Hanche-Olsen <hanche@imf.unit.no>
Division of Mathematical Sciences
The Norwegian Institute of Technology
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