wampler@unmvax.unm.edu (Bruce Wampler) (09/10/88)
I find that about 1 in 30 or so articles in comp.sys.ibm.pc has something relevant for me - stuff about programming for PC compatibles. All the stuff about monitors, ega cards, hard disks, etc., etc., is worthless to me, but I must wade through it all for the occasional worthwhile tid-bit about a MSC bug or getting around problems with PROGRAMMING the machine. I don't know who is responsible for such things, but it seems what is really needed is a comp.sys.ibm.pc.programming or .tech or whatever it should be called. Maybe if there is enough positive response, the powers that be will create such a group and a lot of us can quit wasting time with 30 or 40 articles a day that don't help much. Comments??? Bruce Wampler unmvax!wampler
dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) (09/10/88)
In article <1198@unmvax.unm.edu> wampler@unmvax.unm.edu (Bruce Wampler) writes: >I don't know who is responsible for such things, but it seems what >is really needed is a comp.sys.ibm.pc.programming or .tech or whatever >it should be called. I agree. We need comp.sys.ibm.tech by analogy with comp.sys.amiga.tech. This newsgroup would be for truly technical discussions. However, note that it is not easy to confine discussion like this. The ideal example of this is the pair of newsgroups comp.unix.questions (naive questions) and comp.unix.wizards (technical stuff). People still post indicriminately, often cross-posting to both and thus defeating the purpose of the split. If comp.sys.ibm.pc.tech gets created, somebody will have to draft some guidelines for posting, post them in the newsgroup every couple of months or so, and persuade everybody to read them. Since this is just the discussion stage, your opinions may be posted here. (When voting is done, votes are emailed, not posted.) -- Rahul Dhesi UUCP: <backbones>!{iuvax,pur-ee,uunet}!bsu-cs!dhesi
u-dmfloy%sunset.utah.edu@utah-cs.UUCP (Daniel M Floyd) (09/11/88)
I agree. There is a lot of junk. But I'd end up reading selected articles from both groups anyway. So, I say leave it as is. Besides, someone may post some junk you think is gold one day.
dean@violet.berkeley.edu (Dean Pentcheff) (09/11/88)
I heartily support the idea of a technical subgroup! Someone want to volunteer to collect votes on a formal basis? -Dean ----------------- Dean Pentcheff (dean@violet.berkeley.edu) ----------------- "A university is a place where people pay high prices for goods which they then proceed to leave on the counter when they go out of the store." Loren Eiseley
haugj@pigs.UUCP (The Beach Bum) (09/13/88)
In article <5719@utah-cs.UUCP> u-dmfloy%sunset.utah.edu.UUCP@utah-cs.UUCP (Daniel M Floyd) writes: >I agree. There is a lot of junk. But I'd end up reading selected >articles from both groups anyway. So, I say leave it as is. >Besides, someone may post some junk you think is gold one day. why leave it as it is? if you want to read junk, fine. but don't make the rest of us read it. with college students returning in droves, the quality of the entire net is ready for a nose dive. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-The Beach Bum at The Big "D" Home for Wayward Hackers-=-=-=-=-=-= Very Long Address: John.F.Haugh@rpp386.dallas.tx.us Very Short Address: jfh@rpp386 "ANSI C: Just say no" -- Me