lear@NET.BIO.NET (Eliot Lear) (11/12/88)
Please be aware that the following groups will be created over the weekend, and that they are legitimate. bionet.technology.conversion is for discussion on the use of biotechnological processes for biomass and waste treatment, for energy, environmental, food and feeds. bionet.molbio.ageing is for discussions of cellular and organismal ageing. If you do not receive a bionet newsfeed and would like one, please contact me through electronic mail or by phone at +1-415-962-7323. Eliot Lear The BIONET Project -- [lear@NET.BIO.NET]
roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) (11/15/88)
lear@NET.BIO.NET (Eliot Lear) writes: > Please be aware that [bionet.{technology.conversion,molbio.ageing}] will > be created over the weekend, and that they are legitimate. Why bother? From what I can see, all the bionet groups combined get perhaps one or two articles a week. Hardly enough to justify a single newsgroup, and certainly not enough for the 20 or so groups that already exist. Perhaps something is wrong with my feed (rutgers) and I just don't get most of the stuff? Also, according to my copy of Webster's, it should be "aging", not "ageing". -- Roy Smith, System Administrator Public Health Research Institute {allegra,philabs,cmcl2,rutgers}!phri!roy -or- phri!roy@uunet.uu.net "The connector is the network"
lear@NET.BIO.NET (Eliot Lear) (11/16/88)
Roy, The BIONET newsgroups are part of a grant supported effort to keep biologists around the world in close contact. These newsgroups are linked to the BIOSCI mailing lists at EMBL/EARN. When a new mailing list is created, the corresponding newsgroup is created. There is, in fact, a discussion in progress on the BIONET/BIOSCI management list on the topic of the name space. As far as ageing vs aging is concerned, you should find both in your dictionary. The reason the group was named ``ageing'' is because most Europeans speak English english where ``ageing'' is apparently the preferred spelling. Eliot -- Eliot Lear [lear@net.bio.net]