emiles@isis.cs.du.edu (Merlin of Chaos) (09/26/90)
In article <34192@cup.portal.com> Jonathan_S_Nowak@cup.portal.com writes: >How come there are no messages here? What is this newsgroup for anyway? >Wht s the topic here? Well, last I checked, this group was to talk about using cyberspace, the realities and unrealities of cyberspace, what it should be and what we think it is, etc. In other words, not a whole lot. ;> ________________________________________________________________________ \Earl Miles | "Chaos and Order are really the same thing; / \Merlin of Chaos | it's simply that Order is easier to under- / \emiles@nyx.cs.du.edu | stand, and Chaos gets bigger grants."- ME / \________________________________________________________________/
craig@com50.c2s.mn.org (Craig Wilson) (09/27/90)
>In article <34192@cup.portal.com> Jonathan_S_Nowak@cup.portal.com writes: >>How come there are no messages here? What is this newsgroup for anyway? >>What's the topic here? > >Well, last I checked, this group was to talk about using cyberspace, the >realities and unrealities of cyberspace, what it should be and what we think it is, etc. In other words, not a whole lot. ;> Originally, this group was set up to discuss cyberspace without the perennial lifestyle discussions that occur in alt.cyberpunk. And it was fulfilling that role for awhile. Since sci.virtual-worlds was created, a lot of the discussion that had been sent to alt.cyberspace is going to s.v-w. /craig