[net.news.group] net.biology?

emigh@ecsvax.UUCP (12/02/83)

I would like to know if there is any interest in starting a news
group dedicated to the discussion of biological issues.  As *most*
of us have some facility with computers and computing, I would like
to see the news group include discussion of the computing end of
biological research:  statistics; biological simulation; computing
and ''biotechnology''; etc.  Of course, other topics would be welcome.

Feel free to comment in net.news.group, or send your comments to
...!decvax!duke!unc!ecsvax!emigh.

Ted H. Emigh/Departments of Genetics and Statistics/NCSU/Raleigh  NC

riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle) (12/04/83)

I vote "yes".  There have already been some spontaneous biological
discussions which started up in peculiar and inappropriate newsgroups.
I am thinking, for example, of the "common female ancestor" discussion
which went on in net.roots, net.women and several other groups and the
(rather silly, in my opinion) "what is natural?" debate in net.religion.
I'm sure there were people on the net who would have found the discussions
interesting but either didn't read the newsgroups in which they occurred
or felt inhibited by the tone of the groups.  (It's rather hard to have a
reasonable exploration of non-human sexual behavior or the reactions of
rats to stress in the middle of a tirade about gays burning in hell, for
instance.)
----
Prentiss Riddle
{ihnp4,seismo,ctvax}!ut-sally!riddle
riddle@ut-sally.UUCP

neal@denelcor.UUCP (Neal Weidenhofer) (12/04/83)

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I vote for net.biology.  I already had to ask a question on evolution &
the only place I could find was net.physics--it was also a response to one
item in a debate about creationism vs. evolution going on in net.physics
at the time.

			Regards,
				Neal Weidenhofer
				Denelcor, Inc.
				<hao|csu-cs|brl-bmd>!denelcor!neal

nrh@inmet.UUCP (12/10/83)

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inmet!nrh    Dec  7 14:45:00 1983

	***** inmet:net.news.group / denelcor!neal /  2:52 pm  Dec  4, 1983
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	I vote for net.biology.  I already had to ask a question on
	evolution & the only place I could find was net.physics--it was
	also a response to one item in a debate about creationism vs.
	evolution going on in net.physics at the time.

				Regards,
					Neal Weidenhofer
					Denelcor, Inc.
					<hao|csu-cs|brl-bmd>!denelcor!neal
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Topics such as this should go in net.misc until there's enough discussion
to warrant creation of a seperate group.  That's part of what net.misc
is for.