Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!cbnewsd!popeye
From: popeye@cbnewsd.ATT.COM (ken.a.irwin)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: is it recreational or technical ?
Message-ID: <2500@cbnewsd.ATT.COM>
Date: 20 Oct 89 19:06:30 GMT
References: <21042@gryphon.COM> <2952@splut.conmicro.com> <21076@gryphon.COM> <1989Oct19.190808.8770@telly.on.ca>
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In article <1989Oct19.190808.8770@telly.on.ca>, evan@telly.on.ca (Evan Leibovitch) writes:
> Anyone who hasn't written off this whole discussion as totally absurd
> must be a glutton for punishment.

That discussion belongs in alt.aquaria.bondage or rec.aquaria.funny, lets call
for votes!
  
> In article <21076@gryphon.COM> richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton) writes:
> 
> >Taxonomically speaking, rec.aquaria.tech is less desirable than
> >sci.aquaria.
> 
> >Think about it - rec (it's recreational) aquaria (its about aquatic life)
> >tech (it's technical in nature).
> 
> >As opposed to sci (it's highly techncal) aquaria (it's about aquatic life).
> 
> Technical discussions about aquaria are a subset of the total volume of
> aquaria-related postings. This is more logically done (and easier to
> find for novices) with rec.aquaria.tech being a subset of rec.aquaria.

As opposed to the natural growth group for sci.aquaria catering to guppy and
goldfish: sci.aquaria.non.scientific the perfect self contradicting group (or
maybe that would be sci.non.scientific.misc? or wait a minute we already have
that in misc.misc!)
  
[...]
> >Also, it has recently been brought to my attention that when (not if)
> >the Monteray and Cabrillo aquariums come online it seems more natural
> >that they would contribute to a sci group than a rec.pets.whales thing.
> 
> So if it's rec.* and not sci.* they won't read or post?
> This is getting stupider each day.

I think that the traffic of this discussion merits its own group, this is an
official call for discussion on the creation of misc.create.sci.or.rec.aquaria.
  
>    Evan Leibovitch, Sound Software, located in beautiful Brampton, Ontario





Ken A. Irwin
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