cazier@mbunix.mitre.org (Cazier) (07/17/90)
As an "outsider" to this newsgroup, I'm a little astonished by the lack of technical discussions within. About all I've seen in the past two weeks is about the Anaheim hot-tub party, cheap youth hostel info, and bookshop complaints! Boring to say the least! How do we go about getting back into usenix stuff? Or does this indicate that this newsgroup has deteriorated to a point of little use any more?
jik@pit-manager.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) (07/18/90)
Why do discussions in this newsgroup have to be "technical" in nature? We've got an entire hierarchy devoted to technical issues of virtually any sort; I therefore fail to see why technical discussions would or should take place in this newsgroup. All three discussions you mention in your post are related to Usenix in some way, and pretty much all of them belong more in this newsgroup than they would in any other. I therefore see no justification for your complaints. If you don't want to read about what's being discussed, then put the subjects in your kill file. Jonathan Kamens USnail: MIT Project Athena 11 Ashford Terrace jik@Athena.MIT.EDU Allston, MA 02134 Office: 617-253-8495 Home: 617-782-0710