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From: sartin@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM (Rob Sartin)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: The disservice of pushing for sci.aquaria
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Date: 21 Nov 89 00:19:37 GMT
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In article <7052@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:
>> The news software and users needs a method for jumping out of the system
>> (of hierarchies) when it appears to be inadequate.
>We do.
>It's called "crossposting".

I don't think crossposting solves the problem.  Ibelieve there are two
reasons:  1) Crossposting does not address the problem of *group*
classification, it only solves article classification.  The hierarchy
that I was talking about is the one that names groups.  2) Articles get
posted to the wrong groups because crossposting is too easy to do, but
too hard to do correctly.

>You have a technical question for rec.aquaria? Crosspost to sci.misc, sci.bio,
>or maybe even comp.realtime.

Nah, I'd just post it to rec.aquaria where I think it belongs.
Unfortunately, rec.aquaria never got created and because my hypothetical
question about my nonexistant aquarium is about my hobby, I never even
thought to look under sci.

----

I was in the Sunnyvale public library yesterday and (for reasons that
would befuddle most people) found a copy of one of the Yourdon books on
Structured Analysis and Design surrounded by books on women managers and
how to manage.  There were no other technical books nearby.  I guess
everyone does have trouble classifying things.

Rob

>"vi is bad because it didn't work after I put jelly in my keyboard."
>   -- Jeffrey W Percival (jwp@larry.sal.wisc.edu)

(Gosh, that's strange.  I couldn't get emacs to work when my spider plant
got dumped on my keyboard in the earthquake.  Should I switch editors?:-)