Xref: utzoo comp.graphics:17568 news.groups:31426 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!latcs1!burton From: burton@latcs2.lat.oz.au (Jamez de Coilier) Newsgroups: comp.graphics,news.groups Subject: Re: Proposal for comp.graphics.research newsgroup Keywords: discussion vs. asking for information Message-ID: <1991Apr28.070915.20728@latcs2.lat.oz.au> Date: 28 Apr 91 07:09:15 GMT References: <13207@goofy.Apple.COM> <1991Apr27.043254.16155@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> Organization: GUI and HyperMedia Programming ,Latrobe Univ.,Melb,Australia Lines: 48 In <1991Apr27.043254.16155@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG>, I could have sworn xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) managed to say: > > 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? > I'm sure there are plenty.But what is contained in 'Computer Graphics' and what is not.Some of the most interesting work goes into ares that border on not being considered CG. I'm thinking about hypertext/hypermedia , CASE and vision processing systems. Any worries about lack of traffic for the proposed group should be allayed by the probable truth of the remark that prospective users are now put off by people asking for gif formats and the like. ( phew , that one took me 20 minutes ) >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. I can't agree with moderation, surely free form discussion is what is lacking at the moment. > >Kent, the man from xanth. > James Burton, LaTrobe University, Melbourne.