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- From: twpierce@unix.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce)
- Subject: Re: soc.motss.*
- Message-ID: <Bzn9x8.F7E@unix.amherst.edu>
- Organization: Elitist Usenet Administrators, Turkey Division
- References: <1992Dec21.141228.13237@bsu-ucs> <1992Dec21.215922.12999@reed.edu> <1992Dec22.001422.25655@macc.wisc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 05:00:44 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec22.001422.25655@macc.wisc.edu> anderson@macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson) writes:
-
- >The trouble with "info" is that it doesn't separate
- >anything.
-
- I really can't agree, both on practical grounds (if not "info," then
- what?) and the issue of clarity.
-
- >News is info. How we lead our lives is info.
- >Political philosophy and activism are info.
-
- Which of these are the sort of "info" that people are going to regard
- as important general knowledge? More to the point, which of these
- will be regarded as informational enough to warrant being singled out
- in the newsgroup name as "info?"
-
- Whether or not "info" is a term of obvious meaning, it's unclear to me
- what could be the alternative. soc.motss.news? Come on -- everything
- on Usenet is "news." soc.motss.announce? Only if we're ready to post
- messages regarding MOTSS v2.0, patchlevel 8. Bleah.
- soc.motss.important? What?
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