Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!mit-eddie!snorkelwacker!apple!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!texbell!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: news.groups Subject: Re: Some observations on this whole mess. Message-ID: <6938@ficc.uu.net> Date: 13 Nov 89 15:09:02 GMT References: <11171@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> <2752@cpoint.UUCP> <6803@ficc.uu.net> <1989Nov4.170406.11407@alembic.acs.com> <6819@ficc.uu.net> <1989Nov7.010805.12319@alembic.acs.com> <17197@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <1989Nov8.000550.21341@alembic.acs.com> <1257.25583bda@mpx0.l Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 22 In article <373@panix.UUCP> gcf@panix.UUCP (Gordon Fitch) writes: > price@mpx0.lanl.gov (The Quantum Mechanic) writes: > ) *Why* is sci.* distributed more widely than rec.*? > Because sci means science, and science is serious and real and > people make money off it... i.e., these groups are oriented towards activities that make money for their readers. I'm not sure I agree entirely, but since that's your definition I'll accept it. > What we should be trying to do is sneak as much good stuff into > these places under sci.* as possible -- not going along with their > absurd concepts of value. So you're saying your own definition of the hierarchy is absurd. I think you're a little confused. -- `-_-' Peter da Silva . 'U` -------------- +1 713 274 5180. "*Real* wizards don't whine about how they paid their dues" -- Quentin Johnson quent@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu