From: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford)
Newsgroups: news.lists,news.groups,news.announce.newusers,news.announce.newgroups,news.answers
Subject: Alternative Newsgroup Hierarchies, Part I
Summary: First of two postings.  This part describes the following
	alternate hierarchies: alt, bionet, bit, biz
Date: 4 Sep 92 03:52:17 GMT
Expires: 3 Nov 92 15:52:16 GMT
Followup-To: news.groups
Organization: Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue Univ.
Supersedes: <spaf-altgroups_711614936@cs.purdue.edu>

Archive-name: alt-hierarchies/part1
Original-author: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
Last-change: 3 Sep 1992 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (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.angst		Anxiety in the modern world.
alt.angst.xibo.sex	Tightening the screws of your existence.
alt.appalachian		??.
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.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.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.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.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		??.
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.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.horror		The horror genre.
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.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 native Americans.
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.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		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.cu-digest	Postings about the Computer Underground. (Moderated)
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.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.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 vampyres 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
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).

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
<biosci@genbank.bio.net> 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.xtallography		Discussions about protein crystallography.

Submissions to bionet.software.sources should be mailed to
software-sources@genbank.bio.net (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.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.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:  spaf@cs.purdue.edu	phone:  (317) 494-7825
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