From: shurigel@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu
Subject: Re: Alternative Newsgroup Hierarchies, Part I
Organization: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 03:07:11 GMT


In article <spaf-altgroups_716962660@cs.purdue.edu> spaf@cs.purdue.EDU  
(Gene Spafford) writes:
> Archive-name: alt-hierarchies/part1
> Original-author: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene  
Spafford)
> Last-change: 19 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.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		??.
> 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.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.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 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		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.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 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.women-in-bio		Discussions about women 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.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:  spaf@cs.purdue.edu	phone:  (317) 494-7825