colonel@sunybcs.UUCP (George Sicherman) (12/14/83)
"Net.deaths" might be more appropriate, because 1) Many people still cannot distinguish between a eulogy and an elegy; 2) not all death notices are eulogies. (Some run more like "I'm glad you're dead, you fiend!")
mark@cbosgd.UUCP (12/15/83)
How about something similar to net.news.config, but for people instead of machines. In particular, I've sometimes seen birth announcements as well as death announcements, and both deserve a place. Likewise, it might be useful for the announcement of people who are leaving the net or moving to another company. Of course, we would not expect to see announcements of new users. I propose all of these go in one newsgroup called, say, net.people Mark Horton
msimpson@bbncca.ARPA (Mike Simpson) (12/16/83)
** Another vote for 'net.people' (see Mark Horton's previous letter). -- -- cheers, Mike Simpson Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc. Ten Moulton Street, Cambridge, MA 02238 (USnail) msimpson@bbn-unix (ARPA) decvax!bbncca!msimpson (Usenet) msimpson.bbn-unix@udel-relay (CSNET) 617-497-2819 (Ma Bell)
dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman) (12/16/83)
Mark suggests a place for birth and death announcements. I have no comments on the death part and whether or not net.eulogy is justified, but I think future birth announcements are likely to find their way into net.kids. That certainly seems appropriate, particularly since discussion in net.kids usually involves people discussing their own. If a particular contributor is suddenly speaking from a different perspective, he/she might want to tell the net. And I'm sure no-one on net.kids will object to such announcements. Dave Sherman Toronto -- {allegra,cornell,decvax,ihnp4,linus,utzoo}!utcsrgv!dave
jsgray@watmath.UUCP (Jan Gray) (12/22/83)
One more vote for "net.people"