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- From: rvc40592@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Bob Cadman)
- Subject: Re: sci.physics.research: proposed panel of moderators
- References: <MATT.93Jan6101442@physics2.berkeley.edu> <C0ICzs.36o@fs7.ece.cmu.edu> <1iin29INN7a9@shelley.u.washington.edu>
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- Summary: I vote yes.
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 03:18:31 GMT
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- sidles@stein.u.washington.edu (John Sidles) writes:
- >If there hasn't been much discussion, what does that say about the need
- >for sci.physics.research?
-
- Maybe it says that everyone agrees it's a good idea and we should have
- the vote as soon as possible.
-
- >Except for the prospective moderators
- >themselves, who else is calling for new group?
-
- All right, then, despite the fact that it is costing hundreds if not
- thousands of dollars to send this message everywhere, I'll say that I'd
- like to see s.p.r. created, if the details can be ironed out, and I will
- add that I don't read s.p. because the signal to noise ratio is too low.
- (If another post in this thread is any indication of what has been going
- on there, I haven't been missing much.)
-
- >I hope these guys are not all scientologists! There would be no
- >way to replace them. Sounds like a prescription for a self-perpetuating
- >aristocracy to me. Good thing the Constitution isn't set up this way.
-
- It seems to me that in its own special way, Usenet is a
- self-perpetuating aristocracy. Deal with it.
- --
- Bob Cadman (cadman@uiuc.edu)
- A word is worth a thousand pictures.
-