Xref: utzoo comp.graphics:17548 news.groups:31376 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!apple!mips!daver!zorch!xanthian From: xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) Newsgroups: comp.graphics,news.groups Subject: Re: Proposal for comp.graphics.research newsgroup Keywords: discussion vs. asking for information Message-ID: <1991Apr27.043254.16155@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> Date: 27 Apr 91 04:32:54 GMT References: <13207@goofy.Apple.COM> Organization: SF-Bay Public-Access Unix Lines: 31 turk@Apple.COM (Ken "Turk" Turkowski) writes: > Even though I work in the field of computer graphics, I have thought > about unsubscribing to comp.graphics because none of the articles are > interesting. I long ago did; I found I was writing higher level stuff than I was reading. > I propose the establish the newsgroup: > comp.graphics.research > to re-establish a forum for technical discussions of a research > nature. Sigh. It would be nice. > Certainly there must be other people who are interested in > state-of-the-art developments in computer graphics, aren't there? Yes. > Please post your interest to this newsgroup, so that we might all get > a feel for the number of doers vs. users out there. If it isn't moderated, it's a waste of time creating the group; it will still be mostly postings from kids wanting help with their homework. Kent, the man from xanth.