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From: jmaynard@thesis1.hsch.utexas.edu (Jay Maynard)
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Subject: Re: Consensus Journals:Invitational journals based upon peer consensus
Keywords: peer review feedback noise scientific communication
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Date: 8 Nov 90 21:15:18 GMT
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That's all well and good...but what's the relevance to Usenet? Usenet isn't
even close to the journal you propose, and can't be hammered into such a
shape even if you have Mjollnir at your disposal. (For the mythology-
impaired, Mjollnir was Thor's hammer; Thor was the Norse god of thunder.)

The rest of us seem to get along just fine with Usenet as it is. What's
your beef? As I said, there's not a whole lot you can do about the level
of flamage on the net, and complicated proposals for greatly limiting the
volume of discussion certainly won't help.

-- 
Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can
jmaynard@thesis1.hsch.utexas.edu  | adequately be explained by stupidity.
         "With design like this, who needs bugs?" - Boyd Roberts