Xref: utzoo news.lists:674 news.groups:6685 news.misc:2501 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: <5719@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> Date: 30 Dec 88 17:49:21 GMT Expires: 30 Mar 89 17:49:21 GMT Organization: Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue Univ. Lines: 120 Approved: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU Supersedes: <5583@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 the news.announce.newusers group, and the version posted a few weeks ago. It is intended to enable experienced users to track changes to the regularly posted Usenet documents. *** old/altgroups.n Sat Dec 3 15:12:51 1988 --- src/altgroups.n Thu Dec 29 18:33:34 1988 *************** *** 7,9 Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford) ! [Most recent change: 3 December 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: 29 December 1988 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)] *************** *** 40,42 Note that the "uunet" service carries all of these hierarchies. ! Contact uunet!postmaster for subscription details. --- 40,42 ----- Note that the "uunet" service carries all of these hierarchies. ! Contact uunet!uunet-request for subscription details. *************** *** 64,65 alt.emusic Exotic music discussions. alt.flame Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming. --- 64,66 ----- alt.emusic Exotic music discussions. + alt.fishing Fishing as a hobby and sport. alt.flame Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming. *************** *** 69,71 alt.individualism Philosophies where individual rights are paramount. ! alt.prose Postings of original essays. alt.recovery 12-step groups (such as AA, ACA, GA, etc) --- 70,73 ----- alt.individualism Philosophies where individual rights are paramount. ! alt.prose Postings of original writings, fictional & otherwise. ! alt.prose.d Discussions about postings in alt.prose. alt.recovery 12-step groups (such as AA, ACA, GA, etc) *************** *** 95,97 ------ ! There is a newsgroup heirarchy for topics interesting to biologists called "bionet" originating from NET.BIO.NET and carried on a growing --- 97,99 ----- ------ ! There is a newsgroup hierarchy for topics interesting to biologists called "bionet" originating from NET.BIO.NET and carried on a growing *************** *** 118,120 bionet.molbio.yeast Molecular biology of yeast. - bionet.politics Political issues relevant to science. bionet.sci-resources Info on funding agencies & programs. --- 120,121 ----- bionet.molbio.yeast Molecular biology of yeast. bionet.sci-resources Info on funding agencies & programs. *************** *** 136,138 biz.comp.telebit biz.comp.mcs ! Feeds can be obtained from ddsw1 and spl1, among others. --- 137,139 ----- biz.comp.telebit biz.comp.mcs ! Feeds can be obtained from ddsw1, spl1, and telly.on.ca among others. *************** *** 169,171 bu-cs.bu.edu, decwrl.dec.com, cs.utexas.edu, mailrus.cc.umich.edu, ! mandrill.ces.cwru.edu, osu-cis, cs.purdue.edu, rutgers.edu, tut.cis.ohio-state.edu, uccba.uc.edu, and uunet.uu.net, and many more. Ask --- 170,172 ----- bu-cs.bu.edu, decwrl.dec.com, cs.utexas.edu, mailrus.cc.umich.edu, ! mandrill.ces.cwru.edu, osu-cis, cs.purdue.edu, rutgers.edu, telly.on.ca, tut.cis.ohio-state.edu, uccba.uc.edu, and uunet.uu.net, and many more. Ask *************** *** 196,198 comp.ai.vision Artifical Intelligence Vision Research. (Moderated) - comp.arch.parallel-sym Parallel symbolic computing. comp.dcom.lans.hyperchannel Hyperchannel networks within an IP network. --- 197,198 ----- comp.ai.vision Artifical Intelligence Vision Research. (Moderated) comp.dcom.lans.hyperchannel Hyperchannel networks within an IP network. *************** *** 227,229 comp.sys.handhelds Handheld computers and programmable calculators. - comp.sys.ibm.pc.net The IBM PC Token Ring. comp.sys.intel.ipsc310 Anything related to Xenix on an Intel 310. --- 227,228 ----- comp.sys.handhelds Handheld computers and programmable calculators. comp.sys.intel.ipsc310 Anything related to Xenix on an Intel 310. *************** *** 264,266 dasys1, ddsw1, gryphon, icus, igloo, killer, ncoast, netsys, qetzal, ! mit-eddie and tapa. --- 263,265 ----- dasys1, ddsw1, gryphon, icus, igloo, killer, ncoast, netsys, qetzal, ! telly, mit-eddie and tapa. -- 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