Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!mit-eddie!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!elroy!gryphon!vector!rpp386!jfh From: jfh@rpp386.UUCP (The Beach Bum) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: Call for discussion: comp.sources.archives Message-ID: <5749@rpp386.UUCP> Date: 24 Aug 88 06:13:50 GMT References: <222@pigs.UUCP> <6031@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> <236@pigs.UUCP> <478@c10sd1.StPaul.NCR Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.UUCP (The Beach Bum) Organization: HASA, "S" Division Lines: 39 In article <392@snjsn1.SJ.ATE.SLB.COM> greg%sentry@spar.slb.com (Greg Wageman) writes: >I'm not sure I understand this. I think you're saying that >comp.sources.archives would serve mostly those who *don't* subscribe >to the comp.sources newsgroups, since regular subscribers are already >being told where the archives are. i have been told by mail that these individuals find using the posted archive information difficult because they must wade through a month's postings to find the archive site information. > However >if "not everyone bothers to look through the moderated source groups", >then it's their problem if they can't find what their looking for, >isn't it? A certain amount of effort is required to use USENET, after >all. true enough. usenet DOES require some degree of effort. this proposal would reduce the amount of effort required. and in doing so, hopefully it would decrease the number of users who are still too lazy to look. >I suggest that the people who post such inquiries are being lazy, and >letting the net do their work for them. Because some people choose to >*ignore* information which is there, is *not* a good reason to >replicate it somewhere else! this group is intended to provide an alternate forum for the posting of archive access information. rich, brandon and the games and x-windows moderators will be able to post there. this will give the user one place to look instead of 4. also, when users have some experience with an archive site, they will be able to provide feedback to other users. this group will also provide a forum for discussing how to actually use anonymous FTP and UUCP. i hope this clears up any questions which still exist. -- John F. Haugh II (jfh@rpp386.UUCP) HASA, "S" Division "If the code and the comments disagree, then both are probably wrong." -- Norm Schryer