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From: bzs@pinocchio.encore.com (Barry Shein)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Info-futures
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Date: 19 Jan 89 16:37:36 GMT
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From: avsd!childers@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU  (Richard Childers)
>Last time *I* checked, this was a UUCP newsgroup called comp.society.futures.
>
>I don't see how the inclusion of 'society' and / or 'future(s)' ( which
>suggests a plethora of possibilities, not a single destination ) connotates
>the strict exclusion of anything except ...

Yes, you are utterly confused.

First, remember this newsgroup is a gateway for an ARPAnet discussion
group.

Where it sits in the news hierarchy may or may not be perfectly clear
(it's decided by others), but it does NOT define the topic of the
group. The group is defined by its ARPA list of lists charter.

The comp. prefix indicates any discussion therein is pertaining to
computing, so it's not too far off (you are tho, why you chose to
ignore that fact is curious.)

The purposes of the various groups on the USENET are available in the
newusers announcements which are your responsibility to check, it's
not sufficient to speculate based on the newsgroup's name.

If it was for discussion of anything it would be talk.society.futures
or perhaps misc.society.futures or even soc.society.futures.

I agree the charter is somewhat broad but the emphasis is clearly on
technology, computing technology.

Again, here's the charter (hmm, they still haven't changed the
addresses to ENCORE.COM, I'll remind someone, I've edited it as
the addresses SHOULD appear but everything else is intact):

INFO-FUTURES@ENCORE.COM
      INFO-FUTURES@ENCORE.COM (ARPA)
      ...!encore!info-futures (UUCP)

   Digest to provide a speculative forum for analyzing current and likely 
   events in technology as they will affect our near future in computing and 
   related areas.  In broad terms, topics of interest include developments in 
   both computing research and industry which are likely to affect our 
   decision making, particularly decisions we are probably grappling with 
   right this minute.  Technologies can change so rapidly that simply 
   forecasting for needs within any organization one or two years in advance 
   can be extremely difficult, frequently we are forced to provide foundations
   that effectively lock us into a technology for longer periods of time. It 
   is hoped the information this list provides can help both the practitioner 
   and researcher determine where best to expend resources.

   All requests to be added to or deleted from this list, problems, questions,
   etc., should be sent to INFO-FUTURES-REQUEST@ENCORE.COM.

   Moderator: Barry Shein <bzs@encore.com>