doug (08/06/82)
a couple of people have responded favorable to a suggestion to have a net.physics. as originally suggested, it could be a place to (i) discuss gee-whiz, cosmic type stuff in physics (the current discussion about space and time in net.misc for example) (ii) talk about current research in physics (do protons decay? are diamonds forever?) (iii) ask "stupid" questions about physics (a comp sci student is in a canoe in a swimming pool. he has a bunch of heavy rocks in his canoe. if he takes the rocks out of his boat and drops them into the water, does the water level of the pool go up, go down or stay the same?) (iv) talk about using computers in physics! (v) etc. Is anyone out there interested? Doug Lerner doug@uwisc