dat@hpcnof.UUCP (10/27/85)
Hi! I've recently started a mailing list called "Computers and Society" and had much more of an enthusiastic turnout than I expected!! (over 150 subscribers in the first two weeks!!) To avoid my being executed for monopolizing the communications lines here in Fort Collins, I'd like to propose that I gateway the digests into a NEW notes group called mod.comp-society mod.cas mod.comp-soc mod.c-and-society (or something else - vote on your favorite!) Anyway, if we decide to do this (and perhaps even if not) the machine that I'm posting on, hpcnof (Hewlett Packard, Colorado Networks Operation) will be soon connecting directly to gatech (thanks to Gene Spaffords generous offer!) so that the propagation times should be about 2 to 3 days from my original posting to being "out in the real world". (Why mention that? Because currently the propagation delay to get notes out of HP is terrible - at least 7 days - and that would be too much of a time delay for the digest.) What I'd like to hear is what people think of YANG (Yet Another News Group), and, if you like it, suggestions on a decent name. Thanks! --- Dave Taylor hplabs!hpcnou!dat
csg@pyramid.UUCP (Carl S. Gutekunst) (10/31/85)
In article <53200002@hpcnof.UUCP> dat@hpcnof.UUCP writes: >I'd like to propose that I gateway the digests into a NEW notes group called > > mod.comp-society > mod.cas > mod.comp-soc > mod.c-and-society > > (or something else - vote on your favorite!) Does the content of the computers & society mailing list differ significantly from the existing ARPA-gatewayed group fa.risks? Can or should these lists be merged or cross-gatewayed? -- -m------- Pyramid Technology Carl S. Gutekunst, Software R&D ---mmm----- 1295 Charleston Rd {cmcl2,topaz}!pyrnj! -----mmmmm--- Mt. View, CA 94039 {ihnp4,uwvax}!pyrchi!pyramid!csg -------mmmmmmm- +1 415 965 7200 {allegra,decwrl,dual,sun}!
klick@ihuxa.UUCP (Vickie Klick) (11/05/85)
I am on the mailing list for Computers and Society, and it promises to continue to be an interesting digest. I vote for the creation of mod.comp-soc. Vickie Klick AT&T Bell Laboratories, Naperville, IL ...ihnp4!ihuxa!klick
eduardo@dartvax.UUCP (Eduardo Hernandez) (11/05/85)
In article <55@pyramid.UUCP> csg@pyramid.UUCP (Carl S. Gutekunst) writes: >In article <53200002@hpcnof.UUCP> dat@hpcnof.UUCP writes: >>I'd like to propose that I gateway the digests into a NEW notes group called >> >> mod.comp-society >> mod.cas >> mod.comp-soc >> mod.c-and-society >> >> (or something else - vote on your favorite!) > >Does the content of the computers & society mailing list differ significantly >from the existing ARPA-gatewayed group fa.risks? Can or should these lists be >merged or cross-gatewayed? I also would like to see a NEW group created from the current mailing list. Or, if its easier, have the digest relayed to fa.risks. Any means of allowing other USENET readers access to the digest would be very much appreciated.
6243tes@whuts.UUCP (STERKEL) (11/06/85)
The computers and society mailing list has apparently overwhelmed its host in less than one month of existance. I believe that this unusual success clearly qualifies it under the rules for "demonstrated interest". In addition, the signal to noise ratio is at least 4 : 1!!! this is a YES vote for mod.comp-society
ins_akaa@jhunix.UUCP (Kenneth Adam Arromdee) (11/08/85)
I support the creation of this group too.
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