jwa@k.cs.cmu.edu (James Anderson) (12/18/86)
Could someone tell em what the purpose of this newsgroup is, other than the interesting name? Jim
smdev@csustan.UUCP (Scott Hazen Mueller) (12/18/86)
In article <> jwa@k.cs.cmu.edu (James Anderson) writes: >Could someone tell em what the purpose of this newsgroup is, other >than the interesting name? > Jim This is the place where net readers from Earth's colonies at other stars get together to discuss travel to and from Earth and the colonies via the StarGate. \scott Isn't it obvious why it's empty? :-) (-: -- Scott Hazen Mueller lll-crg!csustan!smdev City of Turlock work: (209) 668-5590 or 5628 901 South Walnut Avenue or maybe 5500 or maybe 5554 Turlock, CA 95380 <No room for a good quote>
rb@cci632.UUCP (Rex Ballard) (12/20/86)
In article <1076@k.cs.cmu.edu> jwa@k.cs.cmu.edu (James Anderson) writes: >Could someone tell em what the purpose of this newsgroup is, other >than the interesting name? > Jim Simply put, stargat is a project, intended to make distribution of volume news, such as the groups you are reading now, less expensive by distributing it via sattellite/cable TV rather than using the "backbone" and long distance telephone lines. There are usually monthly updates posted by the stargate committee (I forgot who's on it). Appearantly, they had made arrangements with carriers, sattellite companies, and had come up with an encryption standard. It's been a few months since anything came out on it. At last report there were some concerns over censorship issues. I don't know what the latest news is. Rex B.
suhler@im4u.UUCP (Paul A. Suhler) (12/22/86)
From _2001: A Space Odyssey_: The Star Gate opened. The Star Gate closed. In a moment of time too short to be measured, Space turned and twisted upon itself. Then Japetus was alone once more, as it had been for three million years -- alone, except for a deserted but not yet derelict ship, sending back to its makers messages which they could neither believe nor understand. The functioning and history doesn't fit, but the part about message content applies to most news groups. -- Paul Suhler suhler@im4u.UTEXAS.EDU