Xref: utzoo news.lists:574 news.groups:5351 news.misc:1763 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!purdue!spaf From: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) Newsgroups: news.lists,news.groups,news.misc Subject: Changes to Alternative Newsgroup Hierarchies Summary: describes the following alternate hierarchies: alt, bionet, biz, gnu, inet/ddn, pubnet, unix-pc Message-ID: <4852@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> Date: 12 Sep 88 02:19:38 GMT Expires: 11 Dec 88 02:19:37 GMT Organization: Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue Univ. Lines: 169 Approved: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU Supersedes: <4700@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> This posting contains a listing of differences between the version of the article (referenced in the "Subject:" line) just posted to this group, and the version posted a few weeks ago. New users may ignore this posting -- it is intended to enable experienced users to track changes to the regularly posted Usenet documents. *** old/altgroups.n Wed Aug 17 23:08:41 1988 --- src/altgroups.n Sun Sep 11 21:11:08 1988 *************** *** 1,3 Newsgroups: news.lists,news.groups,news.announce.newusers ! Expires: 21days Summary: describes the following alternate hierarchies: alt, bionet, biz, --- 1,3 ----- Newsgroups: news.lists,news.groups,news.announce.newusers ! Expires: 90days Summary: describes the following alternate hierarchies: alt, bionet, biz, *************** *** 7,9 Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford) ! [Most recent change: 17 August 1988 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)] --- 7,9 ----- Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford) ! [Most recent change: 11 September 1988 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)] *************** *** 56,57 alt.aquaria The aquarium & related as a hobby. alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity. --- 56,58 ----- alt.aquaria The aquarium & related as a hobby. + alt.california Discussion of the state and the state of mind. alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity. *************** *** 57,61 alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity. ! alt.cyberpunk Alternative interactions among computers and people. ! alt.drugs Alternative discussions about drugs, man. ! alt.emusic Electronic music discussions? alt.flame Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming. --- 58,63 ----- alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity. ! alt.cult-movies Movies with a cult following (e.g., Rocky Horror PS) ! alt.cyberpunk High-tech low-life. ! alt.drugs Recreational pharmaceuticals and related flames. ! alt.emusic Exotic music discussions. alt.flame Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming. *************** *** 62,64 alt.gourmand Recipes & cooking info. (Moderated) ! alt.great-lakes ?? alt.hypertext Discussion of hypertext -- uses, transport, etc. --- 64,66 ----- alt.gourmand Recipes & cooking info. (Moderated) ! alt.great-lakes Discussions of the Great Lakes and adjacent places. alt.hypertext Discussion of hypertext -- uses, transport, etc. *************** *** 64,66 alt.hypertext Discussion of hypertext -- uses, transport, etc. ! alt.individualism ?? alt.recovery 12-step groups (such as AA, ACA, GA, etc) --- 66,69 ----- alt.hypertext Discussion of hypertext -- uses, transport, etc. ! alt.individualism Philosophies where individual rights are paramount. ! alt.misc Whatever is left over. alt.recovery 12-step groups (such as AA, ACA, GA, etc) *************** *** 66,67 alt.recovery 12-step groups (such as AA, ACA, GA, etc) alt.rock-n-roll Counterpart to alt.sex and alt.drugs.... --- 69,71 ----- alt.recovery 12-step groups (such as AA, ACA, GA, etc) + alt.rhode-island Discussion of the great little state. alt.rock-n-roll Counterpart to alt.sex and alt.drugs.... *************** *** 70,72 alt.slack Posting relating to the Church of the Subgenius. ! alt.sources Alternative source code, unmoderated. alt.sources.amiga Technically-oriented Amiga PC sources. (Moderated) --- 74,76 ----- alt.slack Posting relating to the Church of the Subgenius. ! alt.sources Alternative source code, unmoderated. Caveat Emptor. alt.sources.amiga Technically-oriented Amiga PC sources. (Moderated) *************** *** 77,78 You can join the "alt subnet" by finding a site in your area that --- 81,85 ----- + Submissions to the moderated Amiga sources group should be mailed to + amiga-sources@sugar.uu.net + You can join the "alt subnet" by finding a site in your area that *************** *** 129,135 --- ! "gnu.all" is a set of newsgroups that are gated bi-directionally ! with the Internet mailing lists concerned with the GNU Project of the ! Free Software Foundation. GNU (GNU's Not Unix) will be a complete ! development of an operating system with freely redistributable source ! code. The GNU Project is led by Richard Stallman. --- 136,142 ----- --- ! "gnu.all" is a set of newsgroups that are gated bi-directionally with ! the DoD/NSF Internet mailing lists concerned with the GNU Project of ! the Free Software Foundation. GNU (GNU's Not Unix) will be a complete ! operating system with freely redistributable source code. The GNU ! Project is led by Richard Stallman. *************** *** 139,141 --------- ----------- ! gnu.announce Status and announcements from the Project (moderated) gnu.config GNU's Not Usenet administration and configuration --- 146,148 ----- --------- ----------- ! gnu.announce Status and announcements from the Project. (Moderated) gnu.config GNU's Not Usenet administration and configuration *************** *** 238,246 by Bill Wisner. Current groups include: ! pubnet.config Pubnet connectivity discussions. ! pubnet.nixpub The "nixpub" list of public access UNIXes. ! pubnet.sources Software of interest to BBS users and sysops. ! pubnet.talk Miscellaneous BBS talk. ! pubnet.test Pubnet subnet testing. ! pubnet.wanted "Wanted" messages with a limited audience. ! pubnet.sysops Discussions between sysops of BBS systems. Currently, the following sites receive the group, and the system admins --- 245,255 ----- by Bill Wisner. Current groups include: ! ! pubnet.config Pubnet connectivity discussions. ! pubnet.nixpub The "nixpub" list of public access UNIXes. ! pubnet.sources Software of interest to BBS users and sysops. ! pubnet.talk Miscellaneous BBS talk. ! pubnet.test Pubnet subnet testing. ! pubnet.wanted "Wanted" messages with a limited audience. ! pubnet.sysops Discussions between sysops of BBS systems. ! Currently, the following sites receive the group, and the system admins *************** *** 264,265 unix-pc.general General information and discussion. --- 273,275 ----- + unix-pc.bugs Bug reports, fixes & workarounds. unix-pc.general General information and discussion. -- Gene Spafford NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center, Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004 Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spaf