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From: [e-mail] (Gene Spafford)
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Subject: Alternative Newsgroup Hierarchies, Part I
Summary: First of two postings.  This part describes the following
    alternate hierarchies: alt, bionet, bit, biz
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Date: 19 Oct 92 05:15:01 GMT
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Archive-name: alt-hierarchies/part1
Original-author: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and [e-mail] (Gene Spafford)
Last-change: 18 Oct 1992 by [e-mail] (Gene Spafford)


Introduction
------------
The Usenet software allows the support and transport of hierarchies of
newsgroups not part of the "traditional" Usenet through use of the
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.

In general, it is a bad idea to forward these newsgroups to your
neighbors without asking them first; they should only be received at a
site by choice.  Not only is this generally-accepted net etiquette, it
helps to preserve the freedom to do and say as the posters please in
these newsgroups, as the only people who get them are those who asked
to get them.  This freedom is more restricted in the Usenet as a
whole, because every mainstream posting and every mainstream newsgroup
name must be acceptable to a much wider audience than is present in
these hierarchies.  Because of the sheer size of the mainstream
Usenet, extra-long or controversial postings are more likely to cause
problems when posted to the Usenet; however, these alternative
hierarchies exist precisely to support those kinds of postings (if
germane to the hierarchy).

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.

Note that the "uunet" service carries all of these hierarchies.
Contact uunet!uunet-request for subscription details.

Also note -- the lists in this article are totally unofficial and
possibly incomplete or inaccurate.  I try to keep the lists up-to-date,
but make no guarantee that any of the information contained corresponds
with the named groups in any significant way.  Corrections and comments
should be mailed directly to me.

Alt
---
"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:

alt.3d            Three-dimensional imaging.
alt.abortion.inequity    ??.
alt.activism        Activities for activists.
alt.activism.d        A place to discuss issues in alt.activism.
alt.aeffle.und.pferdle    German TV cartoon characters.
alt.alien.visitors    Space Aliens on Earth!    Abduction!  Gov't Coverup!
alt.alt            Recursive fun.
alt.amateur-comp    The Amateur Computerist.
alt.angst        Anxiety in the modern world.
alt.angst.xibo.sex    Tightening the screws of your existence.
alt.appalachian        Appalachian regional issues discussion.
alt.archery        Robin Hood had the right idea.
alt.artcom        Artistic Community, arts & communication.
alt.astrology        Twinkle, twinkle, little planet.
alt.atheism        Godless heathens.
alt.atheism.moderated    Focused Godless heathens. (Moderated)
alt.autos.antique    Discussion of all facets of older automobiles.
alt.bacchus        The non-profit "BACCHUS" organization.
alt.backrubs        Lower...to the right...aaaah!
alt.bad.clams        Bad clams sneak up behind you and pounce. Bad clams kill.
alt.bass        For bass guitarists, not fish.
alt.bbs            Computer BBS systems & software.
alt.bbs.ads        Ads for various computer BBS's.
alt.bbs.allsysop    ??.
alt.bbs.internet    BBS systems accessible via the Internet.
alt.bbs.lists        Postings of regional BBS listings.
alt.bbs.lists.d        Discussion about regional BBS listings.
alt.bbs.uupcb        ??.
alt.beer        Good for what ales ya.
alt.best.of.internet    Sort of an oxymoron.
alt.binaries.multimedia    Sound, text and graphics data rolled in one.
alt.binaries.pictures.d    Discussions about picture postings.
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica    Gigabytes of copyright violations.
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.d    Discussing erotic copyright violations.
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.male    Copyright violations featuring mostly males.
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.female    Copyright violations featuring mostly females.
alt.binaries.pictures.fine-art.d    Discussion about huge image files. (Moderated)
alt.binaries.pictures.fine-art.graphics    Postings of huge image files. (Moderated)
alt.binaries.pictures.fine-art.digitized    Even more huge files. (Moderated)
alt.binaries.pictures.fractals    Cheaper just to send the program parameters.
alt.binaries.pictures.misc    Have we saturated the network yet?
alt.binaries.pictures.tasteless    "Eccchh, that last one was *sick*...".
alt.binaries.sounds.d    Sounding off.
alt.binaries.sounds.erotica    Ngghhh! MMMMMMM! uuuhhhnnnnnOOOOOHHHhhhhh...
alt.binaries.sounds.misc    Digitized audio adventures.
alt.birthright        Birthright Party propaganda.
alt.bitch.pork        Flames in a particular vein.
alt.bonsai        Zen and the art of little trees.
alt.boomerang        Technology and use of the boomerang.
alt.buddha.short.fat.guy    Religion. And not religion. Both. Neither.
alt.business.multi-level    Multi-level (network) marketing businesses.
alt.butt.harp        There's a group for *everything* in alt.*.
alt.cad            Computer Aided Design.
alt.cad.autocad        CAD as practiced by customers of Autodesk.
alt.california        The state and the state of mind.
alt.callahans        Callahan's bar for puns and fellowship.
alt.cascade        Art or litter you decide.
alt.cd-rom        Discussions of optical storage media.
alt.censorship        Discussion about restricting speech/press.
alt.child-support    Raising children in a split family.
alt.chinese.text    Postings in Chinese; Chinese language software.
alt.co-ops        Discussion about co-operatives.
alt.cobol        Relationship between programming and stone axes.
alt.colorguard        Marching bands etc.
alt.comedy.british    British humour.
alt.comics.buffalo-roam    A postscript comic strip.
alt.comics.lnh        Interactive net.madness in the superhero genre.
alt.comics.superman    No one knows it is also alt.clark.kent.
alt.comp.acad-freedom.news    Academic freedom issues related to computers. (Moderated)
alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk    Academic freedom issues related to computers.
alt.conference-ctr    Conference center management issues.
alt.config        Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity.
alt.consciousness    Discussions on consciousness.
alt.conspiracy        Be paranoid -- they're out to get you.
alt.conspiracy.jfk    The Kennedy assassination.
alt.cosuard        Council of Sysops & Users Against Rate Discrimination.
alt.cult-movies        Movies with a cult following (e.g., Rocky Horror PS).
alt.culture.electric-midget    Waiting for the dwarf, or someone like him.
alt.culture.kerala    People of Keralite origin and the malayalam language.
alt.culture.tamil    Discussion of Tamil culture, history, etc.
alt.culture.tuva    Topics related to the Republic of Tannu Tuva.
alt.culture.usenet    A self-referential oxymoron.
alt.cyb-sys        Cybernetics and Systems.
alt.cyberpunk        High-tech low-life.
alt.cyberpunk.chatsubo    Literary virtual reality in a cyberpunk hangout.
alt.cyberpunk.movement    Cybernizing the Universe.
alt.cyberpunk.tech    Cyberspace and Cyberpunk technology.
alt.cyberspace        Cyberspace and how it should work.
alt.cybertoon        Cyberpunk epic.
alt.dads-rights        Rights of fathers trying to win custody in court.
alt.dcom.telecom    Discussion of telecommunications technology.
alt.desert-storm    The war against Iraq in Kuwait.
alt.desert-storm.facts    For factual information on The Gulf War.
alt.desert-thekurds    What's happening to the Kurds in Iraq.
alt.destroy.the.earth    Deteriorata meets the Space Orphans.
alt.deutsche.bundesbahn.kotz.kotz.kotz    Flaming the German rail system.
alt.dev.null        The ultimate in moderated newsgroups. (Moderated)
alt.devilbunnies    Probably better left undescribed.
alt.discrimination    Quotas, affirmative action, bigotry, persecution.
alt.divination        Divination techniques (e.g., I Ching, Tarot, runes).
alt.dreams        What do they mean?
alt.drugs        Recreational pharmaceuticals and related flames.
alt.drugs.usenet    Many things are addictive besides pills.
alt.drumcorps        Drum and bugle corps discussion.
alt.duke.basketball.sucks.sucks.sucks    ??.
alt.earth_summit    ??.
alt.education.disabled    Learning experiences for the disabled.
alt.education.distance    Learning over nets etc.
alt.elvis.sighting    Guess who I saw at K-mart?
alt.emusic        Ethnic, exotic, electronic, elaborate, etc. music.
alt.ensign.wesley.die.die.die    We just can't get enough of him.
alt.ernie-pook        Long live Lynda Barry.
alt.evil        Tales from the dark side.
alt.exploding.kibo    Perhaps just wishful thinking.
alt.fan.alok.vijayvargia    Vote early, and vote often.
alt.fan.BIFF        COWABUNGA, D00D!!! MY BROTHER SEZ HES AWSUM.
alt.fan.brother-jed    The born-again minister touring US campuses.
alt.fan.bugtown        For fans of the works of Matt Howarth.
alt.fan.dan-quayle    For discussion of the US Vice President.
alt.fan.dave_barry    Electronic fan club for humorist Dave Barry.
alt.fan.dice-man    Fans of Andrew Dice Clay.
alt.fan.disney.afternoon    Disney Afternoon characters & shows.
alt.fan.don.no-soul.simmons    From "Amazon Women On The Moon" fame.
alt.fan.douglas-adams    Author of "The Meaning of Liff", & other fine works.
alt.fan.eddings        The works of writer David Eddings.
alt.fan.frank-zappa    Is that a Sears poncho?
alt.fan.furry        Fans of funny animals, ala Steve Gallacci's book.
alt.fan.gooley        Fans of Markian Gooley and his followers.
alt.fan.goons        Careful Neddy, it's that dastardly Moriarty again.
alt.fan.howard-stern    Fans of the abrasive radio & TV personality.
alt.fan.itchy-n-scratchy    Bart Simpson's favorite TV cartoon.
alt.fan.jimmy-buffett    A white sports coat and a pink crustacean.
alt.fan.john-palmer    Tygra, tygra, burning blight...
alt.fan.kevin-darcy    For Kebbie.
alt.fan.letterman    One of the top 10 reasons to get the alt groups.
alt.fan.mike-jittlov    Electronic fan club for animator Mike Jittlov.
alt.fan.monty-python    Electronic fan club for those wacky Brits.
alt.fan.mst3k        Mystery Science Theatre 3000 tv show.
alt.fan.pern        Anne McCaffery's s-f oeuvre.
alt.fan.peter.hammill    Fans of the avant-garde musician.
alt.fan.pratchett    For fans of Terry Pratchett, s-f humor writer.
alt.fan.q        The Qmnipotent Qne holds court here.
alt.fan.shostakovich    Classical music composer.
alt.fan.suicide-squid    Breathtaking adventure stories.
alt.fan.tna        For the college radio show "T n A".
alt.fan.tom-robbins    A novelist of quaint & affecting tales.
alt.fan.tom_peterson    Portland, Oregon's favorite son.
alt.fan.warlord        The War Lord of the West Preservation Fan Club.
alt.fandom.cons        Announcements of conventions (SciFi and others).
alt.fandom.misc        Other topics for fans of various kinds.
alt.fashion        All facets of the fasion industry discussed.
alt.fax.bondage        The ancient secrets revealed.
alt.feet        Tales too ticklish to tell.
alt.fishing        Fishing as a hobby and sport.
alt.flack        FubGeniuf ftuff.
alt.flame        Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming.
alt.flame.psu        Penn State gets its own.
alt.flame.spelling    Fore andd abowt piple whoe kant spel.
alt.folklore.college    Collegiate humor.
alt.folklore.computers    Stories & anecdotes about computers (some true!).
alt.folklore.ghost-stories    Boo!.
alt.folklore.science    The folklore of science, not the science of folklore.
alt.folklore.urban    Urban legends, ala Jan Harold Brunvand.
alt.fondle.vomit    Chia pet replacement.
alt.food        Most folks like it.
alt.food.cocacola    & Royal Crown, Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, NEHI, etc...
alt.foolish.users    Final resting place for the "idiot-proof" zealots.
alt.forgery        One place for all forgeries--crossposting encouraged.
alt.fractals        Fractals in math, graphics, and art.
alt.freedom.of.information.act    "...EXCEPT THAT Congress shall limit...".
alt.french.captain.borg.borg.borg    Picard, you are not yourself lately.
alt.galactic-guide    Entries for the actual Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
alt.games.gb        The Galactic Bloodshed conquest game.
alt.games.lynx        The Atari Lynx.
alt.games.mornington.crescent    Discussion of the Crescent game, and playing.
alt.games.omega        The computer game Omega.
alt.games.sf2        The video game Street Fighter 2.
alt.games.torg        Gateway for TORG mailing list.
alt.games.xtrek        All about a Star Trek game for X.
alt.gathering.rainbow    For discussing the annual Rainbow Gathering.
alt.good.news        A place for some news that's good news.
alt.gopher        Discussion of the gopher information service.
alt.gorby.gone.gone.gone    Some say he did it to himself.
alt.gorets        ...is like a crowded theatre full of piggies.
alt.gothic        The gothic movement: things mournful and dark.
alt.gourmand        Recipes & cooking info. (Moderated)
alt.graffiti        Usenet spraypainters and their documenters.
alt.graphics        Some prefer this to comp.graphics.
alt.graphics.pixutils    Discussion of pixmap utilities.
alt.great-lakes        Discussions of the Great Lakes and adjacent places.
alt.great.ass.paulina    "For a year I get nothing and then this".
alt.guitar        Guitar enthusiasts.
alt.hackers        Descriptions of projects currently under development. (Moderated)
alt.half.operating.system.delay.delay.delay    1/2 an OS for 1/2 a computer, twice as late.
alt.heraldry.sca    Heraldry in the Society of Creative Anachronism.
alt.hindu        The Hindu religion. (Moderated)
alt.horror        The horror genre.
alt.hotrod        High speed automobiles. (Moderated)
alt.hypertext        Discussion of hypertext -- uses, transport, etc.
alt.individualism    Philosophies where individual rights are paramount.
alt.industrial        The Industrial Computing Society.
alt.irc            Internet Relay Chat material.
alt.irc.corruption    Is nowhere safe?
alt.irc.recovery    Kill your television... er, IRC client.
alt.is.too        NOT!
alt.kalbo        ??.
alt.karaoke        Amazing that so many people know how to sing off-key.
alt.ketchup        Whak* Whak* ...shake... Whak* Damn, all over my tie.
alt.kids-talk        A place for the pre-college set on the net.
alt.lang.asm        Assembly languages of various flavors.
alt.lang.basic        The Language That Would Not Die.
alt.lang.cfutures    Discussion of the future of the C programming language
alt.lang.intercal    A joke language with a real compiler.
alt.lang.ml        The ML and SML symbolic languages.
alt.lang.teco        The TECO editor language.
alt.lawyers.sue.sue.sue    Worse than banana slug fleas.
alt.locksmithing    You locked your keys in *where*?
alt.lwaxana-troi.die.die.die    More Stardrek.
alt.magic        For discussion about stage magic.
alt.magick        For discussion about supernatural arts.
alt.manga        Discussion of non-Western comics.
alt.materials.simulaton    Discussion of computer modeling of materials.
alt.mcdonalds        Can I get fries with that?
alt.meditation.transcendental    Contemplation of states beyond the teeth.
alt.messianic        Messianic traditions.
alt.mindcontrol        You WILL read this group and ENJOY it!
alt.missing-kids    Locating missing children.
alt.models        Model building, design, etc.
alt.motd        Messages Of The Day.
alt.motorcycles.harley    Hog heaven.
alt.mud.german        For German-speaking MUD-er's.
alt.music.alternative    For groups having 2 or less Platinum-selling albums.
alt.music.enya        Gaelic set to spacey music.
alt.music.filk        sf/fantasy related folk music.
alt.music.progressive    Yes, Marillion, Asia, King Crimson, etc..
alt.music.rush        For Rushheads.
alt.music.the.police    Don't stand so close.
alt.my.crummy.boss    Where'd I put my gun?
alt.my.head.hurts    I can't believe this is happening AGAIN...
alt.mythology        ??.
alt.national.enquirer    Entertaining, utter drek.
alt.native        Issues for and about indigenous peoples of the world.
alt.newbie        Alt's answer to news.newusers.*.
alt.newgroup        For people who don't like to rmgroup/newgroup things.
alt.news-media        Don't believe the hype.
alt.nick.sucks        Probably.
alt.noise        BZZZZT! KRAK!! BLAM! %$@#*?! etc.
alt.out-of-body        Nobody's home.
alt.overlords        Office of the Omnipotent Overlords of the Omniverse.
alt.pagan        Discussions about paganism & religion.
alt.paranormal        Phenomena which are not scientifically explicable.
alt.parents-teens    Parent-teenager relationships.
alt.party        Parties, celebration and general debauchery.
alt.pcnews        ??.
alt.peeves        Discussion of peeves & related.
alt.personals        Do you really want to meet someone this way?
alt.personals.ads    Geek seeks Dweeb. Object: low-level interfacing.
alt.personals.bondage    Are you tied up this evening?
alt.personals.misc    Dweeb seeks Geek. Object: low-level interfacing.
alt.personals.poly    Do you multiprocess?
alt.planning.urban    As if any city is really planned.
alt.politics.british    Politics and a real Queen, too.
alt.politics.bush    Discussing Mr. Read-My-Lips.
alt.politics.clinton    Discussing Slick Willie & Co.
alt.politics.correct    A Neil Bush fan club.
alt.politics.democrats    Another view of silly season in the US.
alt.politics.democrats.clinton    Another view of silly season in the US.
alt.politics.democrats.d    Another view of silly season in the US.
alt.politics.democrats.governors    Another view of silly season in the US.
alt.politics.democrats.house    Another view of silly season in the US.
alt.politics.democrats.senate    Another view of silly season in the US.
alt.politics.elections    Everyone who votes for Quayle gets a free lollipop.
alt.politics.homosexuality    As the name implies
alt.politics.perot    Discussion of the non-candidate.
alt.polyamory        For those who maintain multiple love relationships.
alt.postmodern        Postmodernism, semiotics, deconstruction, and the like.
alt.privacy        Privacy issues in cyberspace.
alt.prose        Postings of original writings, fictional & otherwise.
alt.prose.d        Discussions about postings in alt.prose.
alt.psychoactives    Better living through chemistry.
alt.pub.dragons-inn    A computer fantasy environment (like Usenet is).
alt.pulp        Paperback fiction, newsprint production, orange juice.
alt.radio.pirate    Hide the gear, here comes the magic station-wagons.
alt.radio.scanner    Discussion of scanning radio receivers.
alt.rap            For fans of rap music.
alt.rap-gdead        Fans of The Grateful Dead and Rap.  Really.
alt.rave        Techno-culture: music, dancing, drugs, dancing...
alt.recovery        For people in recovery programs (e.g., AA, ACA, GA).
alt.religion.adm3a    Flaming the merits of the Sigler-Lear ADM3A.
alt.religion.all-worlds    Grokking the Church of All Worlds from Heinlein's book.
alt.religion.computers    People who believe computing is "real life."
alt.religion.emacs    Emacs.    Umacs.    We all macs.
alt.religion.kibology    He's Fred, Jim.
alt.religion.scientology    He's dead, Jim.
alt.revisionism        "It CAN'T be that way 'cause here's the FACTS".
alt.rhode_island    Discussion of the great little state.
alt.rissa        Fans (and otherwise) of Patricia O'Tuama.
alt.rmgroup        For the people who like to rmgroup/newgroup things.
alt.rock-n-roll        Counterpart to alt.sex and alt.drugs.
alt.rock-n-roll.acdc    Dirty deeds done dirt cheap.
alt.rock-n-roll.hard    ??.
alt.rock-n-roll.metal    For the headbangers on the net.
alt.rock-n-roll.metal.heavy    Non-sissyboy metal bands.
alt.rock-n-roll.metal.metallica    ??.
alt.rodney.king        Four of a kind beat a king.
alt.romance        Discussion about the romantic side of love.
alt.romance.chat    Talk about no sex.
alt.rush-limbaugh    Fans of the conservative activist radio announcer.
alt.satanism        Not such a bad dude once you get to know him.
alt.save.the.earth    Environmentalist causes.
alt.sb.programmer    Programming the Sound Blaster card for IBM PClones.
alt.sci.astro.aips    Discussions on the Astronomical Image Processing System.
alt.sci.physics.acoustics    Sound advice.
alt.sci.physics.new-theories    Scientific theories you won't find in journals.
alt.security.index    Pointers to good stuff in {alt,misc}.security. (Moderated)
alt.self-improve    Self-improvement in less than 14 characters.
alt.sewing        Working with needle and thread.
alt.sex            Postings of a prurient nature.
alt.sex.NOT        For those who've had enough of sex, or else want to.
alt.sex.aluminum.baseball.bat    Postings of a very prurient nature.
alt.sex.bestiality    Happiness is a warm puppy.
alt.sex.bestiality.hamster.duct-tape    That little squeek they make is so *cute*...
alt.sex.bondage        Tie me, whip me, make me read the net!
alt.sex.bondage.particle.physics    Extracting yourself from a quagma.
alt.sex.boredom        For those who fall asleep BEFORE.
alt.sex.carasso        Where Carasso's SO is himself.
alt.sex.carasso.snuggles    I can't talk, my mouth is full.
alt.sex.homosexual    As the name implies.
alt.sex.masturbation    Where one's SO is oneself.
alt.sex.motss        Jesse Helms would not subscribe to this group.
alt.sex.movies        Discussing the ins and outs of certain movies.
alt.sex.sonja        Yesssss....
alt.sex.stories        For those who need it *NOW*.
alt.sex.wanted        Requests for erotica, either literary or in the flesh.
alt.sex.wizards        Questions for only true Sex wizards.
alt.sex.woody-allen    A Mid-Summer's Night Sex Comedy.
alt.sexual.abuse.recovery    Helping others deal with traumatic experiences.
alt.sexy.bald.captains    More Stardrek.
alt.silly.group.names.d    Eponymy.
alt.skate-board        Discussion of all apsects of skate-boarding.
alt.skinheads        The skinhead culture/anti-culture.
alt.slack        Posting relating to the Church of the Subgenius.
alt.smouldering.dog.zone    Explosions and the deity.
alt.snowmobiles        High-horsepower sleds in the powder.
alt.society.ati        The Activist Times Digest.  (Moderated)
alt.society.civil-disob    Civil disobedience.
alt.society.civil-liberties    Individual rights.
alt.society.revolution    Discussions on revolution(s).
alt.society.sovereign    Independantistes, unite!
alt.sources        Alternative source code, unmoderated. Caveat Emptor.
alt.sources.amiga    Technically-oriented Amiga PC sources.
alt.sources.d        Discussion of posted sources.
alt.sources.index    Pointers to source code in alt.sources.*. (Moderated)
alt.sources.patches    Reposted patches from non-bugs groups.
alt.sources.wanted    Requests for source code.
alt.spam.tin        Spam is neither particle nor wave - it is a property.
alt.spleen        The spleen is underappreciated...
alt.sport.bowling    In the gutter again.
alt.sport.bungee    Like alt.suicide with rubber bands.
alt.sport.darts        Look what you've done to the wall!
alt.sport.lasertag    Indoor splatball with infrared lasers.
alt.stagecraft        Technical theatre issues.
alt.startrek.creative    Stories and parodies related to Star Trek.
alt.stupid.putz        Getting the next-to-the-last word.
alt.stupidity        Discussion about stupid newsgroups.
alt.suburbs        Sprawling on the fringes of the city.
alt.suicide.finals    Is that last name, first?
alt.suicide.holiday    Talk of why suicides increase at holidays.
alt.support        Dealing with emotional situations & experiences.
alt.support.cancer    Dealing with the Big C.
alt.support.diet    Seeking enlightenment through weight loss.
alt.support.mult-sclerosis    Discussion about living with multiple sclerosis.
alt.surfing        Riding the ocean waves.
alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork    Don't ask.
alt.sys.amiga.demos    Code and talk to show off the Amiga.
alt.sys.amiga.uucp    AmigaUUCP.
alt.sys.amiga.uucp.patches    Patches for AmigaUUCP.
alt.sys.intergraph    Support for Intergraph machines.
alt.tasteless        Truly disgusting.
alt.test        Alternative subnetwork testing.
alt.text.dwb        Discussion of the AT&T Documenter's WorkBench.
alt.thrash        Thrashlife.
alt.timewasters        ??.
alt.tla            Palindromic fun, or else Three-Letter-Acronyms.
alt.toolkits.xview    The X windows XView toolkit.
alt.toon-pics        More copyright violations.
alt.true.crime        To balance out all the false crime on the net.
alt.tv.antagonists    Fans of the new "The Antagonists" TV show.
alt.tv.dinosaurs    The bigger they are...
alt.tv.la-law        For the folks out in la-law land.
alt.tv.northern-exp    For the TV show with moss growing on it.
alt.tv.prisoner        The Prisoner television series from years ago.
alt.tv.red-dwarf    The British sci-fi/comedy show.
alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy    Some change from Lassie, eh?
alt.tv.simpsons        Don't have a cow, man!
alt.tv.tiny-toon    Discussion about the "Tiny Toon Adventures" show.
alt.tv.twin-peaks    Discussion about the popular (and unusual) TV show.
alt.usage.english    English grammar, word usages, and related topics.
alt.usenet.recovery    Reupholster your news reader.
alt.uu.announce        Announcements of Usenet University.
alt.uu.comp.misc    Computer department of Usenet University.
alt.uu.future        Planning the future of Usenet University.
alt.uu.lang.esperanto.misc    Study of Esperanto in Usenet University.
alt.uu.lang.misc    Language department of Usenet University.
alt.uu.math.misc    Math department of Usenet University.
alt.uu.misc.misc    Misc. department of Usenet University.
alt.uu.tools        Tools for Usenet University and education.
alt.uu.virtual-worlds.misc    Study of virtual worlds in Usenet University.
alt.vampyres        Discussion of vampires and related writings, films, etc.
alt.wall        ??. (Moderated)
alt.wanted.mars.women    Mars Needs Women!
alt.wanted.moslem.gay    ??.
alt.wanted.moslem.men    ??.
alt.wanted.moslem.women    ??.
alt.war            Not just collateral damage.
alt.war.civil.usa    Lest we forget...
alt.weemba        Talk & flames about the one & only Weemba.
alt.whine        Why me?
alt.who.is.bob        Send $11.
alt.zines        Small magazines, mostly noncommercial.

Submissions to the moderated alt.gourmand group should be mailed to
[e-mail] (Brian Reid).  alt.society.cu-digest
submissions should be mailed to [e-mail] or
[e-mail] (Jim Thomas and Gordon Meyer).

You can join the "alt subnet" by finding a site in your area that
carries the groups.  Either send mail to the administrators of the
sites you connect to, or post something to a local "general" or
"wanted" newsgroup for your area .  If no sites nearby are getting
them, you can get them from uunet.

Bionet
------
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
<[e-mail]> for more details.  The current newsgroup list
looks like this:

bionet.agroforestry        Discussion of Agroforestry.
bionet.announce            Announcements of interest to biologists. (Moderated)
bionet.biology.computational    Computer and mathematical applications. (Moderated)
bionet.biology.tropical        Discussions about tropical biology.
bionet.general            General BIOSCI discussion.
bionet.genome.chrom22        Discussion of Chromosome 22.
bionet.genome.arabidopsis    Information about the Arabidopsis project.
bionet.immunology        Discussions about research in immunology.
bionet.info-theory        Discussions about biological information theory.
bionet.jobs            Scientific Job opportunities.
bionet.journals.contents    Contents of biology journal publications.
bionet.molbio.ageing        Discussions of cellular and organismal ageing.
bionet.molbio.bio-matrix    Computer applications to biological databases.
bionet.molbio.embldatabank    Info about the EMBL Nucleic acid database.
bionet.molbio.evolution        How genes and proteins have evolved.
bionet.molbio.gdb        Messages to and from the GDB database staff.
bionet.molbio.genbank        Info about the GenBank Nucleic acid database.
bionet.molbio.genbank.updates    Hot off the presses! (Moderated)
bionet.molbio.gene-linkage    Discussions about genetic linkage analysis.
bionet.molbio.genome-program    Discussion of Human Genome Project issues.
bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts    Requests for information and lab reagents.
bionet.molbio.hiv        Discussions about the molecular biology of HIV.
bionet.molbio.proteins        Research on proteins and protein databases.
bionet.neuroscience        Research issues in the neurosciences.
bionet.plants            Discussion about all aspects of plant biology.
bionet.population-bio        Technical discussions about population biology.
bionet.sci-resources        Information about funding agencies, etc.
bionet.software            Information about software for biology.
bionet.software.sources        Software Source relating to biology. (Moderated)
bionet.users.addresses        Who's who in Biology.
bionet.women-in-bio        Discussions about women in biology.
bionet.xtallography        Discussions about protein crystallography.

Submissions to bionet.software.sources should be mailed to
[e-mail] (Kenton Hoover).

Bit
---
bit" is a collection of newsgroups which are being distributed by a
collection of sites that choose to carry them. The "bit" newsgroups
are redistributions of the more popular BitNet LISTSERV mailing lists.
Here is a list of the "bit" newsgroups:

bit.admin        bit Newgroups Discussions.
bit.general        Discussions Relating to BitNet/Usenet.
bit.listserv.advanc-l    Geac Advanced Integrated Library System Users.
bit.listserv.advise-l    User Services List.
bit.listserv.aix-l    IBM AIX Discussion List.
bit.listserv.allmusic    Discussions on all forms of Music.
bit.listserv.appc-l    APPC Discussion List.
bit.listserv.apple2-l    Apple II List.
bit.listserv.applicat    Applications under BITNET.
bit.listserv.ashe-l    Higher Ed Policy and Research.
bit.listserv.asm370    IBM 370 Assembly Programming Discussions.
bit.listserv.autism    Autism and Developmental Disability List.
bit.listserv.banyan-l    Banyan Vines Network Software Discussions.
bit.listserv.big-lan    Campus-Size LAN Discussion Group. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.billing    Chargeback of computer resources.
bit.listserv.biosph-l    Biosphere, ecology, Discussion List.
bit.listserv.bitnews    BITNET News.
bit.listserv.buslib-l    Business Libraries List.
bit.listserv.c+health    Computer and Health Discussion List.
bit.listserv.candle-l    Candle Products Discussion List.
bit.listserv.cdromlan    CD-ROM on Local Area Networks.
bit.listserv.christia    Practical Christian Life.
bit.listserv.cics-l    CICS Discussion List.
bit.listserv.cinema-l    Discussions on all forms of Cinema.
bit.listserv.circplus    Circulation Reserve and Related Library Issues.
bit.listserv.cmspip-l    VM/SP CMS Pipelines Discussion List.
bit.listserv.commed    Communication education.
bit.listserv.csg-l    Control System Group Network.
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.
bit.listserv.cyber-l    CDC Computer Discussion.
bit.listserv.c18-l    18th Century Interdisciplinary Discussion.
bit.listserv.c370-l    C/370 Discussion List.
bit.listserv.dasig    Database Administration.
bit.listserv.dbase-l    Discussion on the use of the dBase IV.
bit.listserv.db2-l    DB2 Data Base Discussion List.
bit.listserv.deaf-l    Deaf List.
bit.listserv.decnews    Digital Equipment Corporation News List.
bit.listserv.dectei-l    DECUS Education Software Library Discussions.
bit.listserv.dipl-l    Diplomacy Game Discussion List.
bit.listserv.disarm-l    Disarmament Discussion List.
bit.listserv.domain-l    Domains Discussion Group.
bit.listserv.earntech    EARN Technical Group.
bit.listserv.edi-l    Electronic Data Interchange Issues.
bit.listserv.edpolyan    Professionals and Students Discuss Education.
bit.listserv.edstat-l    Statistics Education Discussion List.
bit.listserv.edtech    EDTECH - Educational Technology. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.emusic-l    Electronic Music Discussion List.
bit.listserv.envbeh-l    Forum on Environment and Human Behavior.
bit.listserv.erl-l    Educational Research List.
bit.listserv.ethics-l    Discussion of Ethics in Computing.
bit.listserv.ethology    Ethology List.
bit.listserv.euearn-l    Eastern Europe List.
bit.listserv.film-l    Film making and reviews List.
bit.listserv.fnord-l    New Ways of Thinking List.
bit.listserv.frac-l    FRACTAL Discussion List.
bit.listserv.games-l    Computer Games List.
bit.listserv.gaynet    GayNet Discussion List. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.gddm-l    The GDDM Discussion List.
bit.listserv.geodesic    List for the Discussion of Buckminster Fuller.
bit.listserv.gguide    BITNIC GGUIDE List.
bit.listserv.govdoc-l    Discussion of Government Document Issues.
bit.listserv.gutnberg    GUTNBERG Discussion List.
bit.listserv.hellas    The Hellenic Discussion List. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.history    History List.
bit.listserv.i-amiga    Info-Amiga List.
bit.listserv.ibm-hesc    IBM Higher Education Consortium.
bit.listserv.ibm-main    IBM Mainframe Discussion List.
bit.listserv.ibm-nets    BITNIC IBM-NETS List.
bit.listserv.ibmtcp-l    IBM TCP/IP List.
bit.listserv.ibm7171    Protocol Converter List.
bit.listserv.info-gcg    INFO-GCG: GCG Genetics Software Discussion.
bit.listserv.infonets    Infonets Redistribution.
bit.listserv.ingrafx    Information Graphics.
bit.listserv.innopac    Innovative Interfaces Online Public Access.
bit.listserv.ioob-l    Industrial Psychology.
bit.listserv.isn    ISN Data Switch Technical Discussion Group.
bit.listserv.jes2-l    JES2 Discussion group.
bit.listserv.jnet-l    BITNIC JNET-L List.
bit.listserv.l-hcap    Handicap List. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.l-vmctr    VMCENTER Components Discussion List.
bit.listserv.lawsch-l    Law School Discussion List.
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.
bit.listserv.linkfail    Link failure announcements.
bit.listserv.literary    Discussions about Literature.
bit.listserv.lstsrv-l    Forum on LISTSERV.
bit.listserv.mail-l    BITNIC MAIL-L List.
bit.listserv.mailbook    MAIL/MAILBOOK subscription List.
bit.listserv.mba-l    MBA Student curriculum Discussion.
bit.listserv.mbu-l    Megabyte University - Computers and Writing.
bit.listserv.medlib-l    Medical Libraries Discussion List.
bit.listserv.mednews    MEDNEWS - Health Info-Com Network Newsletter.
bit.listserv.mideur-l    Middle Europe Discussion List.
bit.listserv.netnws-l    NETNWS-L Netnews List.
bit.listserv.new-list    NEW-LIST - New List Announcements. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.next-l    NeXT Computer List.
bit.listserv.nodmgt-l    Node Management.
bit.listserv.notis-l    NOTIS/DOBIS Discussion group List.
bit.listserv.notabene    Nota Bene List.
bit.listserv.novell    Novell LAN Interest Group.
bit.listserv.omrscan    OMR Scanner Discussion.
bit.listserv.ozone    OZONE Discussion List.
bit.listserv.pacs-l    Public-Access Computer System Forum. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.page-l    IBM 3812/3820 Tips and Problems Discussion List.
bit.listserv.pagemakr    PageMaker for Desktop Publishers.
bit.listserv.pmdf-l    PMDF Distribution List.
bit.listserv.politics    Forum for the Discussion of Politics.
bit.listserv.power-l    POWER-L IBM RS/6000 POWER Family.
bit.listserv.psycgrad    Psychology Grad Student Discussions.
bit.listserv.qualrs-l    Qualitative Research of the Human Sciences.
bit.listserv.relusr-l    Relay Users Forum.
bit.listserv.rexxlist    REXX Programming Discussion List.
bit.listserv.rhetoric    Rhetoric, social movements, persuasion.
bit.listserv.rscs-l    VM/RSCS Mailing List.
bit.listserv.rscsmods    The RSCS modifications List.
bit.listserv.s-comput    SuperComputers List.
bit.listserv.sas-l    SAS Discussion.
bit.listserv.script-l    IBM vs Waterloo SCRIPT Discussion Group.
bit.listserv.scuba-l    Scuba diving Discussion List.
bit.listserv.seasia-l    Southeast Asia Discussion List.
bit.listserv.sfs-l    VM Shared File System Discussion List.
bit.listserv.sganet    Student Government Global Mail Network.
bit.listserv.simula    The SIMULA Language List.
bit.listserv.slart-l    SLA Research and Teaching.
bit.listserv.slovak-l    Slovak Discussion List.
bit.listserv.snamgt-l    SNA Network Management Discussion.
bit.listserv.sos-data    Social Science Data List.
bit.listserv.spires-l    SPIRES Conference List.
bit.listserv.sportpsy    Exercise and Sports Psychology.
bit.listserv.spssx-l    SPSSX Discussion.
bit.listserv.sqlinfo    Forum for SQL/DS and Related Topics.
bit.listserv.stat-l    STATISTICAL CONSULTING.
bit.listserv.tech-l    BITNIC TECH-L List.
bit.listserv.test    Test Newsgroup.
bit.listserv.tex-l    The TeXnical topics List.
bit.listserv.tn3270-l    tn3270 protocol Discussion List.
bit.listserv.trans-l    BITNIC TRANS-L List.
bit.listserv.travel-l    Tourism Discussions.
bit.listserv.ucp-l    University Computing Project Mailing List.
bit.listserv.ug-l    Usage Guidelines.
bit.listserv.uigis-l    User Interface for Geographical Info Systems.
bit.listserv.urep-l    UREP-L Mailing List.
bit.listserv.usrdir-l    User Directory List.
bit.listserv.valert-l    Virus Alert List. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.vfort-l    VS-Fortran Discussion List.
bit.listserv.vm-util    VM Utilities Discussion List.
bit.listserv.vmesa-l    VM/ESA Mailing List.
bit.listserv.vmslsv-l    VAX/VMS LISTSERV Discussion List.
bit.listserv.vmxa-l    VM/XA Discussion List.
bit.listserv.vnews-l    VNEWS Discussion List.
bit.listserv.vpiej-l    Electronic Publishing Discussion List.
bit.listserv.win3-l    Microsoft Windows Version 3 Forum.
bit.listserv.words-l    English Language Discussion Group.
bit.listserv.wpwin-l    WordPerfect for Windows.
bit.listserv.wpcorp-l    WordPerfect Corporation Products Discussions.
bit.listserv.xcult-l    International Intercultural Newsletter.
bit.listserv.xedit-l    VM System Editor List.
bit.listserv.xerox-l    The Xerox Discussion List.
bit.listserv.xmailer    Crosswell Mailer.
bit.listserv.xtropy-l    Extopian List.
bit.listserv.x400-l    x.400 Protocol List.
bit.listserv.9370-l    IBM 9370 and VM/IS specific topics List.
bit.mailserv.word-mac    Word Processing on the Macintosh.
bit.mailserv.word-pc    Word Processing on the IBM PC.

Biz
---
"Biz" is a distribution of newsgroups that are carried and propagated
by sites interested in the world of business products around them -- in
particular, computer products and services.  This includes product
announcements, announcements of fixes and enhancements, product
reviews, and postings of demo software.     Current biz groups include:

biz.books.technical    A place to contact book sellers & buyers.
biz.clarinet        Announcements about ClariNet.
biz.clarinet.sample    Samples of ClariNet newsgroups for the outside world.
biz.comp.hardware    Generic commercial hardware postings.
biz.comp.services    Generic commercial service postings.
biz.comp.software    Generic commercial software postings.
biz.comp.telebit    Support of the Telebit modem.
biz.comp.telebit.netblazer    The Telebit Netblazer.
biz.config        Biz Usenet configuration and administration.
biz.control        Control information and messages.
biz.dec            DEC equipment & software.
biz.dec.ip        IP networking on DEC machines.
biz.dec.workstations    DEC workstation discussions & info.
biz.jobs.offered    Position announcements.
biz.misc        Miscellaneous postings of a commercial nature.
biz.sco.announce    SCO and related product announcements. (Moderated)
biz.sco.binaries    Binary packages for SCO Xenix, UNIX, or ODT.
biz.sco.general        Q&A, discussions and comments on SCO products.
biz.sco.opendesktop    ODT environment and applications tech info, q&a.
biz.sco.sources        Source code ported to an SCO operating environment.
biz.tadpole.sparcbook    Discussions on the Sparcbook portable computer.
biz.test        Biz newsgroup test messages.
biz.stolen        Postings about stolen merchandise.

Feeds may possibly be obtained from ddsw1.mcs.com, husc6.harvard.edu,
rpi.edu, rutgers.edu, spl1, and telly.on.ca among others.
--
Gene Spafford
Software Engineering Research Center & Dept. of Computer Sciences
Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-1398
Internet:  [e-mail]    phone:  [phone]