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From: thomson@cs.utah.edu (Rich Thomson)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Announcing Sci-Vi Newsletter
Message-ID: <1989Dec5.140743.13739@hellgate.utah.edu>
Date: 5 Dec 89 21:07:42 GMT
References: <11938@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
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In article <11938@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> markv@gauss.Princeton.EDU () writes:
>I am posting the first issue of the scientific visualization newsletter
>to comp.graphics and sci.math.num-analysis, as these seem to be the most
>appropriate groups.  If you would wish to join this group, send mail
>to sci-vi-request@acm.princeton.edu, and include a short description of
>your interests.

I fail to see why you are creating a new newsletter when this topic is
already covered in the comp-vis mailing list.  If you wish to assimilate
all of comp-vis' subscribers, you are welcome to it, but two mailing lists
covering the same topic is not productive.  We just talked about this in
comp.graphics a few weeks ago.  Someone (perhaps yourself) suggested
starting a sci-vis mailing list and I pointed out that a mailing list
covering this topic already exists (comp-vis), although it attempts to
cover the general area of computer visualization as opposed to scientific
visualization only (i.e. animation of algorithms is appropriate for
comp-vis, but probably not for sci-vis).

The suggestion was made that perhaps comp-vis' charter was too broad to be
of interest to those interested in sci-vis, but I don't see this being
really any different than the "broadness" of comp.graphics which still sees
discussion of vis. issues.  If you wish to fold your newsletter into
comp-vis and desire a restatement of the charter to focus more on sci-vis,
that is fine as well.

There's no point in duplicating mailing lists, though.

					-- Rich
Rich Thomson	thomson@cs.utah.edu  {bellcore,hplabs,uunet}!utah-cs!thomson
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