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- From: spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
- Newsgroups: news.lists,news.groups,news.misc,news.announce.newgroups,news.answers
- Subject: Changes to Alternative Newsgroup Hierarchies, Part I
- Supersedes: <spaf-c_altgroups_728545685@cs.purdue.edu>
- Followup-To: news.misc
- Date: 26 Apr 1993 00:03:16 -0500
- Organization: Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue Univ.
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- Archive-name: alt-hierarchies/diff1
- Comment: enhanced & edited until 5/93 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
- Last-change: 25 Apr 1993 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
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- --- ./src/altgroups.n Sun Apr 25 21:41:46 1993
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- Original-author: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
- ! Last-change: 10 Jan 1993 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
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- Original-author: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
- ! Comment: enhanced & edited until 5/93 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
- ! Last-change: 25 Apr 1993 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
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- distribution mechanism. These hierarchies of groups are available to
- ! sites wishing to support them and finding a feed. In general, these
- ! groups are not carried by the entire network because of their volume,
- ! restricted spheres of interest, or a different set of administrative
- ! rules and concerns.
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- distribution mechanism. These hierarchies of groups are available to
- ! sites wishing to support them and able to find a feed. In general,
- ! these groups are not carried by the entire network because of their
- ! volume, restricted spheres of interest, or a different set of
- ! administrative rules and concerns.
-
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-
- ! Usually, there is is no restriction on getting these groups as long
- ! as you have the capacity to receive, store, and forward the groups;
- ! 2.10.3 or 2.11 news is required to make the distribution mechanism
- ! work properly for these groups. How to join each distribution is
- ! described below.
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- ! Usually, there is is no restriction on getting these groups as long as
- ! you have the capacity to receive, store, and forward the groups;
- ! software after B 2.11 news is required to make the distribution
- ! mechanism work properly for these groups. How to join each
- ! distribution is described below.
-
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- Note that the "uunet" service carries all of these hierarchies.
- ! Contact uunet!uunet-request for subscription details.
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- Note that the "uunet" service carries all of these hierarchies.
- ! Contact uunet-request@uunet.uu.net for subscription details.
-
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- with the named groups in any significant way. Corrections and comments
- ! should be mailed directly to me.
-
- --- 48,50 ----
- with the named groups in any significant way. Corrections and comments
- ! should be mailed to the reply address in the header of this article.
-
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- ---
- ! "alt" is a collection of newsgroups which are being distributed
- ! by a collection of sites that choose to carry them. Many Usenet sites
- ! are not interested in these groups. Here is a recent list
- ! of the 'alt" newsgroups, produced with the help of Bruce Becker:
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- ---
- ! "alt" is a collection of newsgroups that is being distributed by a
- ! collection of sites that choose to carry the groups. Many Usenet
- ! sites do not receive these groups. Here is a recent list of the 'alt"
- ! newsgroups:
-
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- *** 57,58 ****
- --- 58,60 ----
- alt.1d One-dimensional imaging, & the thinking behind it.
- + alt.2d Two dimension imaging for plane thinkers.
- alt.3d Three-dimensional imaging.
- ***************
- *** 59,61 ****
- alt.abortion.inequity Sexism comes in many guises.
- ! alt.abuse-recovery ??. (Moderated)
- alt.activism Activities for activists.
- --- 61,64 ----
- alt.abortion.inequity Sexism comes in many guises.
- ! alt.abuse-recovery Helping victims of abuse to recover. (Moderated)
- ! alt.abuse.offender.recovery ??.
- alt.activism Activities for activists.
- ***************
- *** 62,65 ****
- alt.activism.d A place to discuss issues in alt.activism.
- ! alt.adoption ??.
- alt.aeffle.und.pferdle German TV cartoon characters.
- alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk simoN.
- --- 65,73 ----
- alt.activism.d A place to discuss issues in alt.activism.
- ! alt.adoption For those involved with or contemplating adoption.
- alt.aeffle.und.pferdle German TV cartoon characters.
- + alt.agriculture.fruit Hey, nice melons!.
- + alt.agriculture.misc General discussions of agriculture, farming, etc.
- + alt.aldus.freehand Discuss Aldus Freehand.
- + alt.aldus.misc Discuss other Aldus products.
- + alt.aldus.pagemaker Don't use expensive user support, come here instead.
- alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk simoN.
- ***************
- *** 72,73 ****
- --- 80,82 ----
- alt.angst.xibo.sex Tightening the screws of your existence.
- + alt.answers As if anyone on alt has the answers. (Moderated)
- alt.anybody You talking to me?
- ***************
- *** 88,89 ****
- --- 97,103 ----
- alt.basement.graveyard Another side of the do-it-yourself movement.
- + alt.bbs See alt.self-reference.
- + alt.bbs.doors Bulletin board system add-on executables, or "doors".
- + alt.bbs.internet BBSs that are hooked up to the Internet.
- + alt.bbs.metal The METAL telecomm environment.
- + alt.bbs.searchlight Searchlight BBS system discussions.
- alt.bbs.unixbbs Bulletin Board Systems under Uniclones.
- ***************
- *** 91,92 ****
- --- 105,107 ----
- alt.bbs.uupcb ??.
- + alt.beadworld We will appease the bead gods.
- alt.beer Good for what ales ya.
- ***************
- *** 93,94 ****
- --- 108,110 ----
- alt.best.of.internet Sort of an oxymoron.
- + alt.bigfoot Dr. Scholl's gone native.
- alt.binaries.multimedia Sound, text and graphics data rolled in one.
- ***************
- *** 100,101 ****
- --- 116,118 ----
- alt.binaries.pictures.misc Have we saturated the network yet?
- + alt.binaries.pictures.supermodels Yet more copyright violations.
- alt.binaries.pictures.tasteless "Eccchh, that last one was *sick*...".
- ***************
- *** 113,114 ****
- --- 130,133 ----
- alt.bonsai Zen and the art of little trees.
- + alt.books.anne-rice Vampyres are us.
- + alt.books.deryni Katherine Kurtz's books, especially the Deryni series.
- alt.books.reviews "If you want to know how it turns out, read it!".
- ***************
- *** 122,123 ****
- --- 141,144 ----
- alt.butt.harp There's a group for *everything* in alt.*.
- + alt.buttered.scones You bring the tea.
- + alt.cabal Ah, the good ole days....
- alt.cable-tv.re-regulate This probably wouldn't fix the content problem.
- ***************
- *** 130,131 ****
- --- 151,153 ----
- alt.censorship Discussion about restricting speech/press.
- + alt.cereal Breakfast cereals and their (m)ilk.
- alt.cesium Your life is ticking away in very precise increments...
- ***************
- *** 132,135 ****
- --- 154,160 ----
- alt.chess.bdg The Blackmar-Diemer Gambit.
- + alt.chess.ics The Internet Chess Server @valkyries.andrew.cmu.edu.
- alt.child-support Raising children in a split family.
- + alt.chinchilla Chinchilla farming and cultivation.
- alt.chinese.text Postings in Chinese; Chinese language software.
- + alt.chinese.text.big5 Posting in Chinese[BIG 5].
- alt.clubs.compsci Often computer science is like being conked on the head.
- ***************
- *** 139,140 ****
- --- 164,167 ----
- alt.cobol Relationship between programming and stone axes.
- + alt.college.college-bowl Discussions of the College Bowl competition.
- + alt.college.food Dining halls, cafeterias, mystery meat, and more.
- alt.colorguard Marching bands etc.
- ***************
- *** 150,151 ****
- --- 177,179 ----
- alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity.
- + alt.config.control-freaks alt.config is for the other freaks.
- alt.consciousness Discussions on consciousness.
- ***************
- *** 160,163 ****
- alt.culture.alaska Is this where the ice weasels come from?
- alt.culture.electric-midget Waiting for the dwarf, or someone like him.
- ! alt.culture.indonesia ??.
- alt.culture.karnataka Culture and language of the Indian state of Karnataka.
- --- 188,193 ----
- alt.culture.alaska Is this where the ice weasels come from?
- + alt.culture.argentina ??.
- + alt.culture.austrian They aren't the ones with kangaroos.
- alt.culture.electric-midget Waiting for the dwarf, or someone like him.
- ! alt.culture.indonesia Indonesian culture, news, etc.
- alt.culture.karnataka Culture and language of the Indian state of Karnataka.
- ***************
- *** 164,167 ****
- alt.culture.kerala People of Keralite origin and the malayalam language.
- ! alt.culture.ny-upstate ??.
- alt.culture.oregon Home of legal-discrimination advocates.
- alt.culture.tuva Topics related to the Republic of Tannu Tuva.
- --- 194,198 ----
- alt.culture.kerala People of Keralite origin and the malayalam language.
- ! alt.culture.ny-upstate They have more than snow and Lake Ontario.
- alt.culture.oregon Home of legal-discrimination advocates.
- + alt.culture.theory Cultural theory & current practical problems.
- alt.culture.tuva Topics related to the Republic of Tannu Tuva.
- ***************
- *** 170,171 ****
- --- 201,203 ----
- alt.current-events.somalia Discussion of the situation in Somalia.
- + alt.current-events.wtc-explosion The explosion in the World Trade Center.
- alt.cyb-sys Cybernetics and Systems.
- ***************
- *** 179,180 ****
- --- 211,213 ----
- alt.dcom.telecom Discussion of telecommunications technology.
- + alt.dear.whitehouse When Hints from Heloise aren't enough.
- alt.desert-shield.erotica Happiness is a warm gun.
- ***************
- *** 195,196 ****
- --- 228,230 ----
- alt.drugs Recreational pharmaceuticals and related flames.
- + alt.drugs.caffeine All about the world's most-used stimulant drug.
- alt.drugs.usenet Many things are addictive besides pills.
- ***************
- *** 198,206 ****
- alt.earth_summit Another triumph for George Bush.
- ! alt.education.bangkok A distance-education project.
- ! alt.education.bangkok.cmc ??.
- ! alt.education.bangkok.databases ??.
- ! alt.education.bangkok.planning ??.
- ! alt.education.bangkok.research ??.
- ! alt.education.bangkok.student ??.
- ! alt.education.bangkok.theory ??.
- alt.education.disabled Learning experiences for the disabled.
- --- 232,239 ----
- alt.earth_summit Another triumph for George Bush.
- ! alt.education.bangkok.cmc A distance-education project.
- ! alt.education.bangkok.databases A distance-education project.
- ! alt.education.bangkok.planning A distance-education project.
- ! alt.education.bangkok.research A distance-education project.
- ! alt.education.bangkok.student A distance-education project.
- ! alt.education.bangkok.theory A distance-education project.
- alt.education.disabled Learning experiences for the disabled.
- ***************
- *** 212,214 ****
- alt.ernie-pook Long live Lynda Barry.
- ! alt.eunuchs.questions ??.
- alt.evil Tales from the dark side.
- --- 245,248 ----
- alt.ernie-pook Long live Lynda Barry.
- ! alt.etext Electronic text announcements.
- ! alt.eunuchs.questions Handling user problems in the real world.
- alt.evil Tales from the dark side.
- ***************
- *** 215,216 ****
- --- 249,251 ----
- alt.exploding.kibo Perhaps just wishful thinking.
- + alt.extropians ??.
- alt.fan.BIFF COWABUNGA, D00D!!! MY BROTHER SEZ HES AWSUM.
- ***************
- *** 217,218 ****
- --- 252,254 ----
- alt.fan.alok.vijayvargia Vote early, and vote often.
- + alt.fan.amy-fisher Joey's friend.
- alt.fan.andrew-beal Usenet is never having to say you're sorry.
- ***************
- *** 220,221 ****
- --- 256,258 ----
- alt.fan.biafra An ex-Dead Kennedy.
- + alt.fan.bill-gates Fans of the original micro-softie.
- alt.fan.bill-fenner PSU's cute, loveable, and fuzzy news admin.
- ***************
- *** 222,224 ****
- alt.fan.brian-ellis ??.
- ! alt.fan.bruce-becker ??.
- alt.fan.bruce.woodcock ??.
- --- 259,261 ----
- alt.fan.brian-ellis ??.
- ! alt.fan.bruce-becker Bruce Becker, alt.* groups resucitator.
- alt.fan.bruce.woodcock ??.
- ***************
- *** 228,230 ****
- alt.fan.chris-elliott Son of the comedian Bob of "Bob and Ray" fame.
- ! alt.fan.dale-bass More flames.
- alt.fan.dan-quayle For discussion of the US Vice President.
- --- 265,267 ----
- alt.fan.chris-elliott Son of the comedian Bob of "Bob and Ray" fame.
- ! alt.fan.dale-bass Dale Bass, baseless refuter of Scientific American.
- alt.fan.dan-quayle For discussion of the US Vice President.
- ***************
- *** 231,234 ****
- alt.fan.dave_barry Electronic fan club for humorist Dave Barry.
- ! alt.fan.david-sternlight ??.
- alt.fan.dice-man Fans of Andrew Dice Clay.
- alt.fan.disney.afternoon Disney Afternoon characters & shows.
- --- 268,273 ----
- alt.fan.dave_barry Electronic fan club for humorist Dave Barry.
- ! alt.fan.david-sternlight David Sternlight, sci.crypt crusader.
- ! alt.fan.debbie.gibson The world's oldest cheerleader.
- alt.fan.dice-man Fans of Andrew Dice Clay.
- + alt.fan.dick-depew Dump on Dick.
- alt.fan.disney.afternoon Disney Afternoon characters & shows.
- ***************
- *** 236,238 ****
- alt.fan.douglas-adams Author of "The Meaning of Liff", & other fine works.
- ! alt.fan.ecsd ??.
- alt.fan.eddings The works of writer David Eddings.
- --- 275,277 ----
- alt.fan.douglas-adams Author of "The Meaning of Liff", & other fine works.
- ! alt.fan.ecsd Same as alt.fan.eric-dynamic.
- alt.fan.eddings The works of writer David Eddings.
- ***************
- *** 239,241 ****
- alt.fan.elvis-presley The King.
- ! alt.fan.eric-dynamic ??.
- alt.fan.frank-zappa Is that a Sears poncho?
- --- 278,280 ----
- alt.fan.elvis-presley The King.
- ! alt.fan.eric-dynamic Same as alt.fan.ecsd.
- alt.fan.frank-zappa Is that a Sears poncho?
- ***************
- *** 245,246 ****
- --- 284,286 ----
- alt.fan.goons Careful Neddy, it's that dastardly Moriarty again.
- + alt.fan.greaseman Fans of Doug Tracht, the DJ.
- alt.fan.harry-mandel ??.
- ***************
- *** 254,255 ****
- --- 294,296 ----
- alt.fan.john-palmer Tygra, tygra, burning blight...
- + alt.fan.ken-johnson Discussion pertaining to the great man himself.
- alt.fan.kent-montana Appreciation of the Kent Montana Book Series.
- ***************
- *** 256,258 ****
- --- 297,301 ----
- alt.fan.kevin-darcy For Kebbie.
- + alt.fan.kevin-walsh For Prof Walsh fans.
- alt.fan.lemurs Little critters with BIG eyes.
- + alt.fan.lemurs.cooked Discussion/appreciation of lemur cuisine.
- alt.fan.letterman One of the top 10 reasons to get the alt groups.
- ***************
- *** 261,262 ****
- --- 304,306 ----
- alt.fan.maria-callas An opera singer.
- + alt.fan.mary-chungs The famous Cambridge, MA restaurant.
- alt.fan.matt.welsh I saw a greater need.
- ***************
- *** 263,265 ****
- alt.fan.max-headroom A famous Canadian.
- ! alt.fan.meredith-tanner ??.
- alt.fan.mike-jittlov Electronic fan club for animator Mike Jittlov.
- --- 307,309 ----
- alt.fan.max-headroom A famous Canadian.
- ! alt.fan.meredith-tanner Talk.Bizarre Goddess and Singing Babe.
- alt.fan.mike-jittlov Electronic fan club for animator Mike Jittlov.
- ***************
- *** 268,270 ****
- alt.fan.mts Michigan Terminal System, a 1970 precursor to TSO.
- ! alt.fan.naked-guy ??.
- alt.fan.nathan.brazil Hero of a Jack Chalker novel.
- --- 312,314 ----
- alt.fan.mts Michigan Terminal System, a 1970 precursor to TSO.
- ! alt.fan.naked-guy Discussing Andrew Martinez - the Naked Guy.
- alt.fan.nathan.brazil Hero of a Jack Chalker novel.
- ***************
- *** 271,272 ****
- --- 315,318 ----
- alt.news.macedonia ??.
- + alt.fan.mr-rogers It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
- + alt.fan.oingo-boingo The Mystic Knights and their music.
- alt.fan.pern Anne McCaffery's s-f oeuvre.
- ***************
- *** 280,283 ****
- --- 326,332 ----
- alt.fan.robbie.pink.tutu Electronic fan club for Rob "Tutu" Kolstad.
- + alt.fan.robert.mcelwaine Another favorite net-personality.
- alt.fan.roger.david.carasso Arguments for allowing abortion up to age 21.
- + alt.fan.rumpole Join us in Pommeroy's for some Chateau Thames Embankment.
- alt.fan.run-dmc Walk dis way...
- + alt.fan.rush-limbaugh Derogation of others for fun and profit.
- alt.fan.schwaben A nice part of Germany.
- ***************
- *** 284,285 ****
- --- 333,335 ----
- alt.fan.scott-tai ??.
- + alt.fan.serdar-argic All about Armenia, Turkey, genocide, and robot-posting.
- alt.fan.shostakovich Classical music composer.
- ***************
- *** 305,306 ****
- --- 355,357 ----
- alt.feminism Like soc.feminism, only different.
- + alt.filepro ??.
- alt.flack FubGeniuf ftuff.
- ***************
- *** 316,318 ****
- alt.flame.psu Penn State gets its own.
- ! alt.flame.sean-ryan An outspoken Alaskan.
- alt.flame.spelling Fore andd abowt piple whoe kant spel.
- --- 367,369 ----
- alt.flame.psu Penn State gets its own.
- ! alt.flame.sean-ryan Sean "Hardcore Alaskan" Ryan and his adoring fans.
- alt.flame.spelling Fore andd abowt piple whoe kant spel.
- ***************
- *** 329,330 ****
- --- 380,382 ----
- alt.food.dennys A chain of fast food restaurants.
- + alt.food.sugar-cereals All about sugary breakfast cereals.
- alt.foolish.users Final resting place for the "idiot-proof" zealots.
- ***************
- *** 333,334 ****
- --- 385,387 ----
- alt.french.captain.borg.borg.borg Picard, you are not yourself lately.
- + alt.fruchti.xload.glotz.glotz.glotz For you, fruchtzwerg!.
- alt.galactic-guide Entries for the actual Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
- ***************
- *** 347,349 ****
- alt.gobment.lones Talk about the thousand points of blight.
- ! alt.good.morning ??.
- alt.good.news A place for some news that's good news.
- --- 400,402 ----
- alt.gobment.lones Talk about the thousand points of blight.
- ! alt.good.morning Would you like coffee with that?.
- alt.good.news A place for some news that's good news.
- ***************
- *** 363,366 ****
- alt.grins.und.grunz Latu:rnich swachsinn.
- alt.hackers Descriptions of projects currently under development. (Moderated)
- ! alt.hackers.cough.cough.cough ??.
- alt.hackers.malicious The really bad guys - don't take candy from them.
- --- 416,421 ----
- alt.grins.und.grunz Latu:rnich swachsinn.
- + alt.guinea.pig.conspiracy They're here for a reason. It's been kept quiet UNTIL NOW.
- + alt.guitar You axed for it, you got it.
- alt.hackers Descriptions of projects currently under development. (Moderated)
- ! alt.hackers.cough.cough.cough "Where's my dextromethorpan?".
- alt.hackers.malicious The really bad guys - don't take candy from them.
- ***************
- *** 373,374 ****
- --- 428,431 ----
- alt.hinz.und.grunz Moin ihr flaschen- und kinder-scha:nder.
- + alt.history.living A forum for discussing the hobby of living history.
- + alt.history.what-if What would the net have been like without this group?.
- alt.horror The horror genre.
- ***************
- *** 378,379 ****
- --- 435,437 ----
- alt.hotrod High speed automobiles. (Moderated)
- + alt.housing.nontrad Nontraditional housing (see alt.toys.lego).
- alt.hurricane.andrew The 1992 hurricane disaster.
- ***************
- *** 381,382 ****
- --- 439,441 ----
- alt.hypnosis When you awaken, you will forget about this newsgroup.
- + alt.illuminati See alt.cabal. Fnord.
- alt.imploding.kibo What goes out must come in.
- ***************
- *** 390,391 ****
- --- 449,451 ----
- alt.internet.services Not available in the uucp world, even via email.
- + alt.internet.talk-radio Carl Malamud's Internet Talk Radio program.
- alt.iraqi.dictator.bomb.bomb.bomb Keep doing it till you've got it right.
- ***************
- *** 392,394 ****
- alt.irc Internet Relay Chat material.
- ! alt.irc.bot ??.
- alt.irc.corruption Is nowhere safe?
- --- 452,454 ----
- alt.irc Internet Relay Chat material.
- ! alt.irc.bot Discussion of creating irc bots.
- alt.irc.corruption Is nowhere safe?
- ***************
- *** 402,403 ****
- --- 462,466 ----
- alt.isea International Symposia of Electronic Arts.
- + alt.journalism.criticism I write, therefore I'm biased.
- + alt.journalism.gonzo Fans of Hunter S. Thompson.
- + alt.journalism.music General discussion of music journalism issues.
- alt.jubjub Bandersnatchii are welcome here too.
- ***************
- *** 407,408 ****
- --- 470,472 ----
- alt.kids-talk A place for the pre-college set on the net.
- + alt.kill.the.whales This newsgroup is evidence for the coming apocalypse.
- alt.killfiles A means for modulating your version of usenet reality.
- ***************
- *** 411,413 ****
- alt.lang.asm Assembly languages of various flavors.
- ! alt.lang.awk ??.
- alt.lang.basic The Language That Would Not Die.
- --- 475,477 ----
- alt.lang.asm Assembly languages of various flavors.
- ! alt.lang.awk A handy UNIX interpreted language.
- alt.lang.basic The Language That Would Not Die.
- ***************
- *** 422,423 ****
- --- 486,488 ----
- alt.licker.store Hiccup!
- + alt.life.sucks & then you shrivel up.
- alt.locksmithing You locked your keys in *where*?
- ***************
- *** 435,436 ****
- --- 500,502 ----
- alt.med.cfs Chronic fatigue syndrome information.
- + alt.meditation General discussion of meditation.
- alt.meditation.transcendental Contemplation of states beyond the teeth.
- ***************
- *** 439,440 ****
- --- 505,507 ----
- alt.military.cadet Preparing for the coming apocalypse.
- + alt.misanthropy Who asked you, you scum?
- alt.mindcontrol You WILL read this group and ENJOY it!
- ***************
- *** 443,448 ****
- alt.motd Messages Of The Day.
- ! alt.mothers ??.
- alt.move.michelle.regina Doesn't she realize what that means?
- alt.mud.t-rev.stomp.stomp.stomp "Handkerchief?" "Yes, you ninny, and quickly!"
- alt.music.alternative For groups having 2 or less Platinum-selling albums.
- alt.music.category-freak Lips that touch Def Leppard shall never touch mine.
- --- 510,520 ----
- alt.motd Messages Of The Day.
- ! alt.mothers Most people have at least one.
- alt.move.michelle.regina Doesn't she realize what that means?
- + alt.mud.bsx BSX VR system.
- + alt.mud.chupchups ??.
- alt.mud.t-rev.stomp.stomp.stomp "Handkerchief?" "Yes, you ninny, and quickly!"
- + alt.music.a-cappella Voice only, no /dev/sound.
- alt.music.alternative For groups having 2 or less Platinum-selling albums.
- + alt.music.bela-fleck Discussion related to Bela and the Flecktones.
- + alt.music.canada Oh, Canada, eh?
- alt.music.category-freak Lips that touch Def Leppard shall never touch mine.
- ***************
- *** 458,460 ****
- alt.music.rush For Rushheads.
- ! alt.music.ska ??.
- alt.music.the.police Don't stand so close.
- --- 530,532 ----
- alt.music.rush For Rushheads.
- ! alt.music.ska Discussions of ska ( skank ) music, bands, and suchlike.
- alt.music.the.police Don't stand so close.
- ***************
- *** 466,467 ****
- --- 538,540 ----
- alt.native Issues for and about indigenous peoples of the world.
- + alt.necktie Silly uses of silk.
- alt.necromicon Yet another sign of the coming apocalypse.
- ***************
- *** 470,471 ****
- --- 543,545 ----
- alt.newgroup For people who don't like to rmgroup/newgroup things.
- + alt.news.macedonia News concerning Macedonia in the Balkan Region.
- alt.news-media Don't believe the hype.
- ***************
- *** 479,480 ****
- --- 553,555 ----
- alt.olympics.medal-tally Hey, dude, mine's bigger.
- + alt.online-service Large commercial online services, and the Internet.
- alt.oobe Out Of Body Experiences (but there's some soul left).
- ***************
- *** 482,483 ****
- --- 557,559 ----
- alt.org.pugwash Technological issues from a social stance.
- + alt.os.multics 30 years old and going strong.
- alt.os.nachos A snack operating system for teaching.
- ***************
- *** 485,486 ****
- --- 561,563 ----
- alt.pagan Discussions about paganism & religion.
- + alt.pantyhose What else would be between the pagans and the paranormal?.
- alt.paranormal Phenomena which are not scientifically explicable.
- ***************
- *** 488,489 ****
- --- 565,567 ----
- alt.party Parties, celebration and general debauchery.
- + alt.pave.the.earth One world, one people, one slab of asphalt.
- alt.pcnews Discussing PCNews software.
- ***************
- *** 491,492 ****
- --- 569,571 ----
- alt.peeves Discussion of peeves & related.
- + alt.periphs.pcmcia Credit card sized plug in peripherals (PCMCIA, JEDIA)
- alt.personals Do you really want to meet someone this way?
- ***************
- *** 520,521 ****
- --- 599,601 ----
- alt.politics.perot Discussion of the non-candidate.
- + alt.politics.radical-left Who remains after the radicals left?
- alt.politics.reform Political reform.
- ***************
- *** 525,526 ****
- --- 605,607 ----
- alt.politics.usa.misc Misc. USA politics.
- + alt.politics.usa.republican Discussions of the USA Republican Party.
- alt.politics.vietnamese Political & social discussions about Vietnam.
- ***************
- *** 529,531 ****
- --- 610,616 ----
- alt.president.clinton Will the CIA undermine his efforts?
- + alt.prisons Can I get an alt.* feed in the slammer?.
- alt.privacy Privacy issues in cyberspace.
- + alt.privacy.anon-server Use and abuse discussions.
- + alt.privacy.clipper No, really, we can't read it. *snicker*.
- + alt.prophecies.nostradamus He said it so it must be true.
- alt.prose Postings of original writings, fictional & otherwise.
- ***************
- *** 537,538 ****
- --- 622,624 ----
- alt.pulp Paperback fiction, newsprint production, orange juice.
- + alt.puns.joey-buttafuoco The possibilities are almost endless.
- alt.ql.creative The "Quantum Leap" tv show.
- ***************
- *** 546,547 ****
- --- 632,634 ----
- alt.recovery For people in recovery programs (e.g., AA, ACA, GA).
- + alt.recovery.codependency For people in yet more recovery programs.
- alt.religion.adm3a Flaming the merits of the Sigler-Lear ADM3A.
- ***************
- *** 551,552 ****
- --- 638,640 ----
- alt.religion.kibology He's Fred, Jim.
- + alt.religion.monica Discussion about net-venus Monica and her works.
- alt.religion.sabaean Discussing the Sabaean religious order.
- ***************
- *** 567,568 ****
- --- 655,657 ----
- alt.rock-n-roll.metal.heavy Non-sissyboy metal bands.
- + alt.rock-n-roll.metal.ironmaiden Sonic torture methods.
- alt.rock-n-roll.metal.metallica Another pop group.
- ***************
- *** 583,585 ****
- alt.sci.physics.new-theories Scientific theories you won't find in journals.
- ! alt.sci.planetary ??.
- alt.sect.ahmadiyya Discussion of the Ahmadiyyat sect of Islam.
- --- 672,674 ----
- alt.sci.physics.new-theories Scientific theories you won't find in journals.
- ! alt.sci.planetary Studies in planetary science.
- alt.sect.ahmadiyya Discussion of the Ahmadiyyat sect of Islam.
- ***************
- *** 586,587 ****
- --- 675,677 ----
- alt.security.index Pointers to good stuff in {alt,misc}.security. (Moderated)
- + alt.security.keydist Exchange of keys for public key encryption systems.
- alt.security.pgp The Pretty Good Privacy package.
- ***************
- *** 588,591 ****
- alt.security.ripem A secure email system illegal to export from the US.
- ! alt.sega.genesis ??.
- alt.self-improve Self-improvement in less than 14 characters.
- alt.sex Postings of a prurient nature.
- --- 678,682 ----
- alt.security.ripem A secure email system illegal to export from the US.
- ! alt.sega.genesis Another addiction.
- alt.self-improve Self-improvement in less than 14 characters.
- + alt.sewing A group that is not as it seams.
- alt.sex Postings of a prurient nature.
- ***************
- *** 600,601 ****
- --- 691,693 ----
- alt.sex.carasso.snuggles I can't talk, my mouth is full.
- + alt.sex.fetish.feet Kiss them. Now.
- alt.sex.head Tales of certain erotic activities.
- ***************
- *** 616,617 ****
- --- 708,710 ----
- alt.sexy.bald.captains More Stardrek.
- + alt.sf4m Stony Brook Science Fiction Forum discussions.
- alt.shenanigans Practical jokes, pranks, randomness, etc.
- ***************
- *** 619,620 ****
- --- 712,714 ----
- alt.shrinky.dinks What are they?
- + alt.shut.the.hell.up.geek Group for Usenet motto.
- alt.sigma2.height Big or small, come one come all.
- ***************
- *** 650,651 ****
- --- 744,746 ----
- alt.sport.photon Light amusement.
- + alt.sport.pool Knock your balls into your pockets for fun.
- alt.stagecraft Technical theatre issues.
- ***************
- *** 653,656 ****
- alt.stupid.putz Getting the next-to-the-last word.
- ! alt.stupid.putz.BoB.BoB.BoB ??.
- ! alt.stupid.putz.gritzner ??.
- alt.stupidity Discussion about stupid newsgroups.
- --- 748,751 ----
- alt.stupid.putz Getting the next-to-the-last word.
- ! alt.stupid.putz.BoB.BoB.BoB J.R. "BoB" Dobbs has no Slack.
- ! alt.stupid.putz.gritzner Thomas Gritzner pseudo-fans.
- alt.stupidity Discussion about stupid newsgroups.
- ***************
- *** 660,661 ****
- --- 755,757 ----
- alt.suit.att-bsdi Is this where David gets Goliath again?
- + alt.super.nes Discussion of the Super Nintendo video game.
- alt.supermodels Discussing famous & beautiful models.
- ***************
- *** 666,667 ****
- --- 762,764 ----
- alt.support.mult-sclerosis Discussion about living with multiple sclerosis.
- + alt.support.step-parents ??.
- alt.surfing Riding the ocean waves.
- ***************
- *** 674,675 ****
- --- 771,773 ----
- alt.sys.pdp8 There's an X Windows port in progress...
- + alt.sys.perq Keeping the antiques working.
- alt.tarot In this card game you play for keeps...
- ***************
- *** 677,678 ****
- --- 775,777 ----
- alt.tasteless.jokes Sometimes insulting rather than disgusting or humorous.
- + alt.tasteless.penis Not a recipe group (we hope!).
- alt.test Alternative subnetwork testing.
- ***************
- *** 685,686 ****
- --- 784,787 ----
- alt.toon-pics More copyright violations.
- + alt.toys.lego Snap 'em together.
- + alt.transgendered Boys will be girls, and vice-versa.
- alt.true.crime To balance out all the false crime on the net.
- ***************
- *** 688,689 ****
- --- 789,793 ----
- alt.tv.antagonists Fans of the new "The Antagonists" TV show.
- + alt.tv.babylon-5 Casablanca in space.
- + alt.tv.beakmans-world Beakman, Josie the kid, and the big rat.
- + alt.tv.dinosaur.barney.die.die.die Are you extinct yet?
- alt.tv.dinosaurs The bigger they are...
- ***************
- *** 693,694 ****
- --- 797,799 ----
- alt.tv.liquid-tv Right there on your pitcher tube.
- + alt.tv.mash Nothing like a good comedy about war and dying.
- alt.tv.melrose-place More teenyboppers on tv.
- ***************
- *** 695,696 ****
- --- 800,804 ----
- alt.tv.misc Better to talk about it than watch it.
- + alt.tv.mst3k Hey, you robots! Down in front!.
- + alt.tv.muppets Miss Piggy on the tube.
- + alt.tv.mwc "Married... With Children".
- alt.tv.northern-exp For the TV show with moss growing on it.
- ***************
- *** 699,700 ****
- --- 807,809 ----
- alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy Some change from Lassie, eh?
- + alt.tv.saved-by-the-bell Fans of the clapper.
- alt.tv.seinfeld A funny guy.
- ***************
- *** 706,707 ****
- --- 815,817 ----
- alt.usage.english English grammar, word usages, and related topics.
- + alt.usenet.offline-reader Getting your fix offline.
- alt.usenet.recovery Reupholster your news reader.
- ***************
- *** 719,720 ****
- --- 829,832 ----
- alt.vampyres Discussion of vampires and related writings, films, etc.
- + alt.video.laserdisc ??.
- + alt.vigilantes Lynch those folks in alt.criminals!
- alt.visa.us Discussion/information on visas pertaining to US.
- ***************
- *** 734,735 ****
- --- 846,849 ----
- alt.who.is.bob Send $11.
- + alt.windows.text Text-based (i.e., non-graphical) window systems.
- + alt.winsock Windows Sockets.
- alt.wolves Discussing wolves & wolf-mix dogs.
- ***************
- *** 742,747 ****
-
- ! Submissions to the moderated alt.gourmand group should be mailed to
- ! recipes@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid). alt.society.cu-digest
- ! submissions should be mailed to tk0jut2@niu.bitnet or
- ! cud@chinacat.unicom.com (Jim Thomas and Gordon Meyer).
-
- --- 856,859 ----
-
- ! Submissions to the moderated alt groups should be made to the
- ! addresses listed in the companion posting of moderator addresses.
-
- ***************
- *** 751,753 ****
- "wanted" newsgroup for your area . If no sites nearby are getting
- ! them, you can get them from uunet.
-
- --- 863,865 ----
- "wanted" newsgroup for your area . If no sites nearby are getting
- ! them, you can get them from uunet or psi.
-
- ***************
- *** 756,762 ****
- There is a newsgroup hierarchy for topics interesting to biologists
- ! called "bionet" originating from genbank.bio.net and carried on a
- ! growing number of machines including rutgers, phri, mit-eddie, ukma,
- ! and all of the machines at UCSD. Contact David Kristofferson
- ! <biosci@genbank.bio.net> for more details. The current newsgroup list
- ! looks like this:
-
- --- 868,873 ----
- There is a newsgroup hierarchy for topics interesting to biologists
- ! called "bionet" originating from net.bio.net and carried on a number
- ! of machines including rutgers, phri, mit-eddie, ukma, and all of the
- ! machines at UCSD. Contact David Kristofferson <biosci@net.bio.net>
- ! for more details. The current newsgroup list looks like this:
-
- ***************
- *** 765,767 ****
- --- 876,880 ----
- bionet.biology.computational Computer and mathematical applications. (Moderated)
- + bionet.biology.n2-fixation Research issues on biological nitrogen fixation.
- bionet.biology.tropical Discussions about tropical biology.
- + bionet.drosophila Discussions about the biology of Drosophila.
- bionet.general General BIOSCI discussion.
- ***************
- *** 772,774 ****
- bionet.jobs Scientific Job opportunities.
- ! bionet.journals.contents Contents of biology journal publications.
- bionet.journals.note Advice on dealing with journals in biology.
- --- 885,887 ----
- bionet.jobs Scientific Job opportunities.
- ! bionet.journals.contents Contents of biology journal publications. (Moderated)
- bionet.journals.note Advice on dealing with journals in biology.
- ***************
- *** 786,787 ****
- --- 899,902 ----
- bionet.molbio.proteins Research on proteins and protein databases.
- + bionet.molbio.rapd Research on Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA.
- + bionet.molbio.yeast Discussions about the molecular biology and genetics of yeast.
- bionet.neuroscience Research issues in the neurosciences.
- ***************
- *** 789,791 ****
- bionet.population-bio Technical discussions about population biology.
- ! bionet.sci-resources Information about funding agencies, etc.
- bionet.software Information about software for biology.
- --- 904,906 ----
- bionet.population-bio Technical discussions about population biology.
- ! bionet.sci-resources Information about funding agencies, etc. (Moderated)
- bionet.software Information about software for biology.
- ***************
- *** 798,800 ****
- Submissions to bionet.software.sources should be mailed to
- ! software-sources@genbank.bio.net (Kenton Hoover).
-
- --- 913,915 ----
- Submissions to bionet.software.sources should be mailed to
- ! software-sources@net.bio.net (Kenton Hoover).
-
- ***************
- *** 809,810 ****
- --- 924,926 ----
- bit.general Discussions Relating to BitNet/Usenet.
- + bit.listserv.ada-law ADA Law Discussions.
- bit.listserv.advanc-l Geac Advanced Integrated Library System Users.
- ***************
- *** 816,817 ****
- --- 932,934 ----
- bit.listserv.applicat Applications under BITNET.
- + bit.listserv.arie-l RLG Ariel Document Transmission Group.
- bit.listserv.ashe-l Higher Ed Policy and Research.
- ***************
- *** 824,825 ****
- --- 941,943 ----
- bit.listserv.bitnews BITNET News.
- + bit.listserv.blindnws Blindness Issues and Discussions. (Moderated)
- bit.listserv.buslib-l Business Libraries List.
- ***************
- *** 827,828 ****
- --- 945,947 ----
- bit.listserv.candle-l Candle Products Discussion List.
- + bit.listserv.catholic Free Catholics Mailing List.
- bit.listserv.cdromlan CD-ROM on Local Area Networks.
- ***************
- *** 829,830 ****
- --- 948,950 ----
- bit.listserv.christia Practical Christian Life. (Moderated)
- + bit.listserv.cfs.newsletter Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Newsletter. (Moderated)
- bit.listserv.cics-l CICS Discussion List.
- ***************
- *** 836,838 ****
- bit.listserv.cumrec-l CUMREC-L Administrative computer use.
- ! bit.listserv.cw-email Campus-Wide E-mail Disussion List.
- bit.listserv.cwis-l Campus-Wide Information Systems.
- --- 956,958 ----
- bit.listserv.cumrec-l CUMREC-L Administrative computer use.
- ! bit.listserv.cw-email Campus-Wide E-mail Discussion List.
- bit.listserv.cwis-l Campus-Wide Information Systems.
- ***************
- *** 848,850 ****
- bit.listserv.devel-l Technology Transfer in International Development.
- - bit.listserv.dipl-l Diplomacy Game Discussion List.
- bit.listserv.disarm-l Disarmament Discussion List.
- --- 968,969 ----
- ***************
- *** 852,853 ****
- --- 971,973 ----
- bit.listserv.earntech EARN Technical Group.
- + bit.listserv.ecolog-l Ecological Society of America.
- bit.listserv.edi-l Electronic Data Interchange Issues.
- ***************
- *** 856,858 ****
- --- 976,980 ----
- bit.listserv.edtech EDTECH - Educational Technology. (Moderated)
- + bit.listserv.edusig-l EDUSIG Discussions.
- bit.listserv.emusic-l Electronic Music Discussion List.
- + bit.listserv.endnote Bibsoft Endnote Discussions.
- bit.listserv.envbeh-l Forum on Environment and Human Behavior.
- ***************
- *** 864,867 ****
- bit.listserv.fnord-l New Ways of Thinking List.
- bit.listserv.frac-l FRACTAL Discussion List.
- - bit.listserv.free-l Fathers Rights and Equality Discussions.
- bit.listserv.games-l Computer Games List.
- --- 986,989 ----
- bit.listserv.fnord-l New Ways of Thinking List.
- + bit.listserv.free-l Fathers Rights and Equality Discussion List.
- bit.listserv.frac-l FRACTAL Discussion List.
- bit.listserv.games-l Computer Games List.
- ***************
- *** 874,876 ****
- --- 996,1001 ----
- bit.listserv.hellas The Hellenic Discussion List. (Moderated)
- + bit.listserv.help-net Help on BitNet and the Internet.
- + bit.listserv.hindu-d Hindu Digest. (Moderated)
- bit.listserv.history History List.
- + bit.listserv.hytel-l HYTELNET Discussions. (Moderated)
- bit.listserv.i-amiga Info-Amiga List.
- ***************
- *** 883,885 ****
- bit.listserv.info-gcg INFO-GCG: GCG Genetics Software Discussion.
- - bit.listserv.infonets Infonets Redistribution.
- bit.listserv.ingrafx Information Graphics.
- --- 1008,1009 ----
- ***************
- *** 887,888 ****
- --- 1011,1013 ----
- bit.listserv.ioob-l Industrial Psychology.
- + bit.listserv.ipct-l Interpersonal Computing and Technology List. (Moderated)
- bit.listserv.isn ISN Data Switch Technical Discussion Group.
- ***************
- *** 894,897 ****
- bit.listserv.liaison BITNIC LIAISON.
- ! bit.listserv.libref-l Library Reference Issues. (Moderated)
- ! bit.listserv.libres Library and Information Science Research.
- bit.listserv.license Software Licensing List.
- --- 1019,1022 ----
- bit.listserv.liaison BITNIC LIAISON.
- ! bit.listserv.libref-l Library Reference Issues.
- ! bit.listserv.libres Library and Information Science Research. (Moderated)
- bit.listserv.license Software Licensing List.
- ***************
- *** 904,908 ****
- bit.listserv.mbu-l Megabyte University - Computers and Writing.
- ! bit.listserv.mdphd-l Dual Degree List.
- bit.listserv.medlib-l Medical Libraries Discussion List.
- ! bit.listserv.mednews MEDNEWS - Health Info-Com Network Newsletter. (Moderated)
- bit.listserv.mideur-l Middle Europe Discussion List.
- --- 1029,1034 ----
- bit.listserv.mbu-l Megabyte University - Computers and Writing.
- ! bit.listserv.mdphd-l Dual Degree Programs Discussion List.
- bit.listserv.medlib-l Medical Libraries Discussion List.
- ! bit.listserv.medforum Medical Student Discussions. (Moderated)
- ! bit.listserv.mednews Health Info-Com Network Newsletter. (Moderated)
- bit.listserv.mideur-l Middle Europe Discussion List.
- ***************
- *** 917,918 ****
- --- 1043,1045 ----
- bit.listserv.omrscan OMR Scanner Discussion.
- + bit.listserv.os2-l OS/2 Discussion.
- bit.listserv.ozone OZONE Discussion List.
- ***************
- *** 923,925 ****
- --- 1050,1054 ----
- bit.listserv.politics Forum for the Discussion of Politics.
- + bit.listserv.postcard Postcard Collectors Discussion Group.
- bit.listserv.power-l POWER-L IBM RS/6000 POWER Family.
- + bit.listserv.powerh-l PowerHouse Discussion List.
- bit.listserv.psycgrad Psychology Grad Student Discussions.
- ***************
- *** 927,929 ****
- bit.listserv.relusr-l Relay Users Forum.
- - bit.listserv.rexxlist REXX Programming Discussion List.
- bit.listserv.rhetoric Rhetoric, social movements, persuasion.
- --- 1056,1057 ----
- ***************
- *** 936,937 ****
- --- 1064,1066 ----
- bit.listserv.seasia-l Southeast Asia Discussion List.
- + bit.listserv.seds-l Interchapter SEDS Communications.
- bit.listserv.sfs-l VM Shared File System Discussion List.
- ***************
- *** 949,950 ****
- --- 1078,1080 ----
- bit.listserv.tech-l BITNIC TECH-L List.
- + bit.listserv.techwr-l Technical Writing List.
- bit.listserv.test Test Newsgroup.
- ***************
- *** 952,954 ****
- bit.listserv.tn3270-l tn3270 protocol Discussion List.
- ! bit.listserv.toolb-l Asymetrix Toolbook Discussions.
- bit.listserv.trans-l BITNIC TRANS-L List.
- --- 1082,1084 ----
- bit.listserv.tn3270-l tn3270 protocol Discussion List.
- ! bit.listserv.toolb-l Asymetrix Toolbook List.
- bit.listserv.trans-l BITNIC TRANS-L List.
- ***************
- *** 960,961 ****
- --- 1090,1092 ----
- bit.listserv.usrdir-l User Directory List.
- + bit.listserv.uus-l Unitarian-Universalist List.
- bit.listserv.valert-l Virus Alert List. (Moderated)
- ***************
- *** 979,980 ****
- --- 1110,1112 ----
- bit.listserv.9370-l IBM 9370 and VM/IS specific topics List.
- + bit.listserv.3com-l 3Com Products Discussion List.
- bit.mailserv.word-mac Word Processing on the Macintosh.
- --
- Gene Spafford
- Software Engineering Research Center & Dept. of Computer Sciences
- Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-1398
- Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu phone: (317) 494-7825
-