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- From: bhoughto@sedona.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton)
- Newsgroups: sci.physics,news.groups,sci.misc
- Subject: Re: sci.physics.research: proposed panel of moderators
- Date: 9 Jan 1993 21:10:12 GMT
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- References: <C0ICzs.36o@fs7.ece.cmu.edu> <1iin29INN7a9@shelley.u.washington.edu> <1993Jan8.160818.19578@galois.mit.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan8.160818.19578@galois.mit.edu> jbaez@riesz.mit.edu (John C. Baez) writes:
- >In short, the reason for sci.physics.research is similar
- >to why physics conferences are not usually held in bus
- >stations.
-
- I'm sorry, I've been in the S.F. Marriott, and I'd have
- to disagree with you.
-
- >(I am not saying that
- >sci.physics.research will be equivalent to a physics conference, nor
- >that sci.physics is a bus station. Just that a certain amount of
- >filtering can make for discussions that are more interesting to to
- >experts in a subject.)
-
- Have you ever noticed that "experts in a subject" don't
- even read the net because no matter how good it gets (and
- it gets pretty good in places) it's not worth their time?
-
- >As for your proposed trial test of sci.physics.research moderators, I
- >will leave it to Matt Austern, who is leading this effort, to decide
- >what he thinks. It'd be fine by me. I expect that there'll be a
- >certain amount of conferring among moderators at first to work out
- >sensible standards, by the way.
-
- Just as long as you're included...
-
- --Blair
- "Where's your hagiography? Hmm?"
-