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From: jpn@genrad.com (John P. Nelson)
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Subject: Re: comp.datasets Call For Discussion (was: Re: SAO Part01/49)
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Date: 27 Dec 88 15:06:35 GMT
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In article <76@sopwith.UUCP> snoopy@sopwith.UUCP (Snoopy) writes:
>It appears that the number and size of "datasets" posted to the net is
>growing.  Time to consider a group such as comp.datasets to hold them.
>I suggest it be moderated in the manner of comp.sources.unix or c.s.misc,

    Point of order:  What EXACTLY is a "dataset"?  There was a discussion
recently about starting a group for GIF format graphic pictures:  would
this group cover these as well as star catalogs?  I mean, these are
clearly data, and they are large (well, at least in collection).

    The GIF group was shouted down (I don't think it ever actually came
to a vote) because people felt that shipping pictures around was a waste
of the net's bandwidth, and besides: there are better forums for such
things.  Not that I necessarily AGREE with this argument - but it applies
equally well to star catalogs, font data, and graphical pictures.

     john nelson

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