eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya) (07/26/89)
>Con: People new to the net (the ones who ask "where can I get references > on ..." who obviously don't know about SIGGRAPH yet or they would >Kelly Booth >SIGGRAPH past chair We hope to have the SIGGRAPH biblio from 74-86 (currently only have 85-86) on decwrl/gatekeeper shortly. We are in an editing phase, but we are very short handed (many people desiring information, but few willing to help). This says nothing of future maintenance. It then becomes a matter of a crontab entry to regularly post a message directing people to seek references on said host rather than post a request (frequency needs to be determined empirically). But it is the maintenance which worries me. I know how little help we can expect. Nothing like having an out of date resource. Another gross generalization from --eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@aurora.arc.nasa.gov past president Bay Area ACM/SIGGRAPH 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." {ncar,decwrl,hplabs,uunet}!ames!eugene Live free or die.