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From: jsp@cs.ed.ac.uk (John Spackman)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: comp.graphics.interesting -- More discussion on fate of CG
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Date: 14 May 91 09:08:59 GMT
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woolstar@nntp-server.caltech.edu (John D. Woolverton) writes:
>
>   I have been following these swells of support for news groups
>without all the (how do I convert blah, or display blah on my VGA),
>for quite some time.  There hasn't been enough momentum to actually
>create lots of little groups, and I agree that we shouldn't stomp
>all over comp.graphics as it exists.
>   So my proposal is to create a moderated:
>	comp.graphics.interesting

Unofortunately, names such as "comp.graphics.interesting" or
"comp.graphics.research" may well be attractive to first-time
news-ers looking for gurus to answer VGA queries.  I'm not sure
which "graphics" newsgroups are around in the US, but in the UK my
".newsrc" file contains the following:-

comp.graphics:
comp.graphics.digest:
alt.graphics.pixutils:
comp.graphics.visualization:
usrgroup.graphics:

Now, traffic on "comp.graphics.digest" is nill - perhaps this is
just a "phantom" group.  However, the name seems suficiently boring
for first-timers to ignore in preference to "comp.graphics.visualization"
or the apparent catch-all "comp.graphics".  May I suggest those of us
"in the know" take up this newsgroup [ better still, call it 
"rec.basket_weaving" - that should put the casual users way off course ;^) ].

Just a thought

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