chris@alderan.uucp (Christoph Splittgerber) (01/11/91)
I asked this a couple of weeks ago but have not seen any replies;
so here I go again:
What about comp.unix.wizards ? I thought that c.u.i is goind to be
renamed. Or did I miss something ?
Chris
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Phone: +49 711 344375 Fax: +49 711 3460684laird@chinet.chi.il.us (Laird J. Heal) (01/12/91)
In article <280@alderan.uucp> chris@alderan.uucp (Christoph Splittgerber) writes: >I asked this a couple of weeks ago but have not seen any replies; >so here I go again: >What about comp.unix.wizards ? I thought that c.u.i is goind to be >renamed. Or did I miss something ? This is one reason to follow the meta-discussions that take place in news.groups: there was some dispute about the desired effect of the vote I held. While the Call For Votes said unambiguously that comp.unix.internals was to be removed, the meta-voters in news.groups generally wanted to keep the group. I did send out newgroup/rmgroup messages, but the site that was my newsfeed was experiencing system problems and I guess the control articles died in the wind. Some sites rewrite aliased group names. uunet and B News 2.11 have been mentioned as doing this. Since comp.unix.wizards was aliased to comp.unix.internals, some articles in comp.unix.internals might have been originally posted to comp.unix.wizards. For instance, I cross-posted this article to both groups (followups to news.groups). Laird Heal Usenet - the ultimate chain letter. laird@chinet.chi.il.us -- Laird J. Heal The Usenet is dead! Here: laird@chinet.chi.il.us Long Live the Usenet!
jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F Haugh II) (01/13/91)
In article <1991Jan12.042415.4892@chinet.chi.il.us> laird@chinet.chi.il.us (Laird J. Heal) writes: >I did send out newgroup/rmgroup messages, but the site that was my >newsfeed was experiencing system problems and I guess the control >articles died in the wind. Would you please re-issue the newgroup message for comp.unix.wizards? It never made it here. Also, DO NOT rmgroup comp.unix.internals as that is what is causing all the furor. -- John F. Haugh II UUCP: ...!cs.utexas.edu!rpp386!jfh Ma Bell: (512) 832-8832 Domain: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org "While you are here, your wives and girlfriends are dating handsome American movie and TV stars. Stars like Tom Selleck, Bruce Willis, and Bart Simpson."
mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. Ranum) (01/13/91)
laird@chinet.chi.il.us (Laird J. Heal) writes: >This is one reason to follow the meta-discussions that take place >in news.groups: [reason follows] Good to see there's one - other than improving your reading skills by browsing all those zillions of pointless censorship/biff/etc flames. Therein is the main fallacy of this pseudo-democratic approach to "running" USENET: those whose opinions we're intersted in hearing don't waste their time with news.groups, either. Some of them maybe *used* to read c.u.w., but I'm sure the reorganization, subsequent flame wars, and the endless repetitive jargon file discussions have probably taken care of that. How do we start a call for discussion about pitching the whole groups voting procedure, and returning to anarchy, letting each site determine its propagation policy based on the law of the jungle? mjr, aristocrat. -- Selling tomorrow's software today is on a par with selling junk bonds, yet people are willing to buy it. Barnum was understating his case. [From the programming notebooks of a heretic, 1990]
chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) (01/17/91)
According to mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. Ranum): > How do we start a call for discussion about pitching the whole >groups voting procedure, and returning to anarchy, letting each site >determine its propagation policy based on the law of the jungle? "There is another theory which states that this has already happened." -- Chip Salzenberg at Teltronics/TCT <chip@tct.uucp>, <uunet!pdn!tct!chip> "If Usenet exists, then what is its mailing address?" -- me "c/o The Daily Planet, Metropolis." -- Jeff Daiell
chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) (01/17/91)
According to laird@chinet.chi.il.us (Laird J. Heal): >While the Call For Votes said unambiguously that comp.unix.internals >was to be removed, the meta-voters in news.groups generally wanted to >keep the group. Well, Laird, that's what you get for making up your own voting procedure: not everyone is willing to play along. -- Chip Salzenberg at Teltronics/TCT <chip@tct.uucp>, <uunet!pdn!tct!chip> "If Usenet exists, then what is its mailing address?" -- me "c/o The Daily Planet, Metropolis." -- Jeff Daiell