flynn@pixel.cps.msu.edu (Patrick J. Flynn) (11/10/89)
In article <5535@eos.UUCP> eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya) writes: >In article <1989Nov7.090932.25040@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu> jeffm@uokmax.UUCP (Jeff Medcalf) writes: >> >>The time has come for... >>comp.graphics.wizards :-) > >Actually you might not be too far off the mark. half 8) >The problem is we will go the way of unix-wizards. >I think in addition to images, a graphics hierarchy might >best structure like the current unix hierarchy with a questions >subgroup, .siggraph, .sources, etc. etc. I wish I had time to >propose an organization. You and me both (one-quarter ;-)). I don't like 'wizards' much; it's not very descriptive. How about comp.graphics.tools - for XXX-to-YYY converters, software product recommendations, etc. comp.graphics.hardware - "Which VGA should I buy" questions, etc. comp.graphics.theory - RTNEWS [VERY valuable], Q&A about *techniques* as opposed to products, latest info on the DECWRL archive comp.graphics.images - where to get images, etc. [ this is fun! how about `talk.graphics', where we can discuss the relative merits of SciVi, Virtual Reality, Cyberspace,... naaah. :-)] Disclaimer: just an idea. -- Patrick Flynn, CS, Mich. State U., flynn@cps.msu.edu "Custom tailored to fit everybody!"
eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya) (11/10/89)
Patrick Flynn makes a good set of proposals to subdivide comp.graphics.
I think one group I would want to add would be a comp.graphics.pc.
I believe this would be useful because of the frequency of cross-post with
the pc groups. If similar special groups for mac, sun, sgi, stardent, es,
etc., sure, no problem.
Another gross generalization from
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news.groups's own koblas@tillamook.cs.uoregon.edu (David Koblas) said:
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-Thus by including in the inital charter of a limit of 2Mb a
-month comp.graphics.images will just be in the top 20 newsgroups
-for volume (this is roughly 64Kb a day of data).
Good! We have another person who's volunteering to moderate the
newsgroup. You're not going to keep volume down in any other way.
AND...
For those of you who are getting tired of me making this "so you're going
to moderate" point, let me point this out: Before a vote can be held
on whether to create a moderated newsgroup, you need a moderator. I'm
perfectly willing to let a moderated images group go by; I will vote no
on an unmoderated one. I'm probably not the only one who feels this way.
So find yourself a moderator, and we can end this discussion, and get to
a vote.
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