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From: ajay@lead.aichem.arizona.edu (Ajay Shah)
Newsgroups: alt.config
Subject: Charter for alt.Hindu (Proposed)
Date: 1 Sep 92 20:11:46 GMT
Organization: A.I. Chem Lab, University of Arizona


              Charter for alt.Hindu

We propose the formation of a moderated alt group, alt.Hindu
 
Hindu dharma (religious philosophy and way of life) is followed by over 650 
million people in the world.  Prominent among its teaching are the 
acceptance of various religious paths, and the sprit of universal family.

Although there is soc.religion.eastern, alt.Hindu will be different.  It will
be the forum to discuss various Hindu docterines as they are applicable to
day to day living.  Unlike soc.religion.eastern, it will also be used as
a forum to discuss various issues that affect Hindus living around the world.
These issues include, environmental awareness from the Hindu perspective, 
war and peace, human rights and participlation of Hindus in political process
to promote the universal ideals mentioned above.  It will also be used as a
forum for cultural news about Hindus from around the world.

This forum will also be different from soc.culture.indian (sci) because,
sci is more concerned with the issues affecting India, whereas alt.Hindu
will be of interest to the people from around the world who are eager to
learn about the Hindu dharma (religious philosophy + way of life) and culture.

Currently the only forum for promoting these ideals is the a list
called the Hindu Digest (HINDU-D), however, there is overwhelming 
interest in having an alt group.

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Posted By: Ajay Shah
ajay@mercury.aichem.arizona.edu
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Newsgroups: alt.config
From: lexier@fraser.sfu.ca (Lyle Lexier)
Subject: Proposal for alt.tv.life-goes-on
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 08:48:41 GMT

     Hello everyone,
 
     I hope the newsgroup alt.tv.life-goes-on   becomes a reality.  This last
Sunday unfortunately, there was a repeat (their house party) after their parents
go out of town.  I hope this Sunday and next Sunday won't be the two sequels to
this, otherwise it will be a real bore.
 
     Lyle

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Newsgroups: alt.config
From: scannon@bluemoon.rn.com (Sam Cannon)
Subject: Proposal for alt.fan.abe-maslow 
Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-998[024])
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 92 05:56:05 EDT

I would like to start a group alt.fan.abe-maslow for discussions
of Maslow's work and to exchange ideas as well as to begin networking
Maslow folks.  Where do I go from here?  Will watch this group
as well as private mail for suggestions.  Thanks a BUNCH.

 
scannon@bluemoon.rn.com      --------------------------------------------
sam@resource.com              The Eupsychian Network - Abraham H. Maslow
CMHC Systems, Inc.           --------------------------------------------
                                           
              "Support Mental Health or I'll kill you"
 
Newsgroups: alt.config,soc.men
From: dww@bnr.co.uk (David Wright)
Newsgroups: alt.config,alt.polyamory,alt.personals
Subject: Re: Newsgroup proposal: alt.personals.poly
Date: 29 Aug 92 11:23:39 GMT
Organization: BNR Europe Limited, Harlow, UK

If you want a personals group about polygamy, (the most recognisable of the
four names you've used), then call it that.   Please be aware that in the
UK and I believe a number of other places "Poly" is usually used as an
abbreviation for "Polytechnic College".   (As satirised in Tom Sharp's
"Wilt" books). If you call the group alt.personals.poly, many will assume
it's a place for students to discuss their dating problems.

Regards,   David Wright  BNR Europe, London Road, Harlow, Essex  CM17 9NA, UK
dww@bnr.co.uk <or> ...uunet!mcsun!uknet!stl!dww <or> PSI%234237100122::DWW
"In general, it is best to assume that the network is filled with malevolent
entities that will send in packets designed to have the worst possible effect"
    From RFC 1122  [Thanks to Neil Todd for the extract]
Newsgroups: alt.config
From: qasama@guardian.WPI.EDU (John Grossi)
Subject: Re: CREATION OF ALT.WANTED.PROSTITUTE
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 02:49:26 GMT

In article <r0fnt!g.rdc@netcom.com> rdc@netcom.com (Rachel Dafni Christy) writes:
>
>I would like to create alt.wanted.prostitute.
>
>It could have many purposes, such as:
>
>	to arrange prostitutes for readers traveling to various cities
>	around the country.
>
>	to swap information on recommended prostitutes, costs per city, etc.
>
>	
>Readers write to your root and demand alt.wanted.prostitute at your
>site!  Alternatively follow-up to this article in alt.config!
>
>
>First-Amendment Carasso
>-- 
>--
>hugs, Rachel

Hey, Rachel why not tell just tell the police?

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Newsgroups: alt.config
From: ahawks@nyx.cs.du.edu (technobabblist, m.d.)
Subject: Re: Plain and simple: >>NEEDED: ALT.LETTERMAN<<
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 23:38:02 GMT

In article <1992Aug31.231311.3429@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> mperlman@nyx.cs.du.edu (Marshal "Airborne" Perlman) writes:
|David Lettermna is the king of late night, Jon is gone. Lenno sucks.
|
|He at least have a news group..and maybe some one person will be kind
|enough to type out the daily top 10 list. 

No! No! No!  A couple weeks ago I suggested:

alt.tv.talk

Which could possibly turn into a hierarchy of the form:

alt.tv.talk.morning 	(Today, Good Morning America, etc)
alt.tv.talk.afternoon	(Phil, Oprah, Geraldo, Women Aloud, Joan
			 Rivers, etc)
alt.tv.talk.late-night  (Leno, Letterman, Arsenio, Dennis Miller,
			 Allan Havey)


However, there seemed to be absolutely no interested in this, so it
died....

Bring the idea back from the dead - I think it's a good one....

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Newsgroups: alt.config,soc.men,alt.feminism
From: Albert-Lunde@nwu.edu (Albert Lunde)
Subject: Re: Alt.feminism
Followup-To: alt.feminism
Originator: lunde@casbah.acns.nwu.edu
Reply-To: Albert-Lunde@nwu.edu (Albert Lunde)
Organization: Ministry of Silly Walks
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 07:07:14 GMT

In article <PPESSI.92Aug28052443@vipunen.hut.fi> 
 ppessi@vipunen.hut.fi (Pekka Pessi) writes:
>In article <17gkuuINNa0q@agate.berkeley.edu> 
 Jym Dyer <jym@mica.berkeley.edu> writes:
>>=o= Articles are rejected from soc.feminism if they have nothing
>>to do with feminism or if they do nothing but repeat something
>>that's already been said.  The folks in soc.men who are whining
>>about their articles not being accepted are, from what I can
>>see, posting such articles.
>
>	There is no constant, bias free line of rejecting repeative
>	articles.
>
>>tj> What concerns me more about moderation (and was the very
>>tj> issue that caused me to agree to this group) is the fact
>>tj> that "moderators" are entering into the "debate".
>
>>=o= There are several moderators for soc.feminism, and they are
>>a diverse group.  In instances where a moderator -- let's call
>>her Moderator A -- enters into the debate, her article is
>>submitted for approval by the other moderators.  
>
>	This is simply not true. First article that I checked was
>	posted and moderated by cindy (<2A773B7D.15723@ics.uci.edu>).
>	However, muffy seems to be constantly approving her articles
>	by other moderators.

This was explained elsewhere (I think) as a technical problem.

>>And yes, some
>>of these articles have actually been rejected by the other
>>moderators.  If somebody posts something disagreeing with what
>>Moderator A has posted, Moderator A does not have the authority
>>to reject it.  Again, you can verify that this is going on by
>>reading messages in the newsgroup.
>
>	How can I tell what kind of articles were rejected by reading
>	the moderated newsgroup? I have found articles written and
>	approved by moderator; so only your verifiable claim is
>	untrue. What I should think of your other claims?

Soc.feminism has an ftp archive on the machine which sends mail to the
moderators. I believe that this includes all submissions, rejected
or approved (barring techincal difficulties).  Therefore it is easier
to judge moderation policy on soc.feminism than most moderated groups.

The idea of randomly assigning incoming mail to a group of moderators
was also introduced to dilute the power of any one moderator's opinion.

This set-up is not conductive to power trips - few moderated groups
are more open in their conduct.

I would rather have moderators expressing their views than have people
with hidden adgendas.  Sometimes it does seem like Muffy is holding up
on side of a conversation single handedly - but I think this is part
because the net is not a welcoming enviroment for feminists even on
soc.feminism.

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 Albert-Lunde@nwu.edu |  Bisexual   |      *Y*        tree of life"
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Newsgroups: alt.config
From: mperlman@nyx.cs.du.edu (Marshal "Airborne" Perlman)
Subject: Plain and simple: >>NEEDED: ALT.LETTERMAN<<
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 23:13:11 GMT

David Lettermna is the king of late night, Jon is gone. Lenno sucks.

He at least have a news group..and maybe some one person will be kind
enough to type out the daily top 10 list. 
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Newsgroups: alt.config
From: dtasman@dante.nmsu.edu (Dan Tasman)
Subject: Re: figure it out for yourself, college boys
Organization: New Mexico State University
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 21:39:33 GMT

In article <1992Aug28.200616.7071@midway.uchicago.edu>  
elle@kimbark.uchicago.edu (Ellen Keyne Seebacher) writes:
> [Stupid Carasso suggestion.  (Oh, sorry, that's redundant.)]
> 
> In response, Dan Tasman dribbles:
> 
> >Remember, we must follow proper newsgroup naming procedure here.  ...
> >
> >[various misogynistic suggestions]
> 
> No, no, no;  you've got it all wrong.  Let's try:
> 
>   alt.poisoning.testosterone.dan-tasman

My first public flame!  My first public flame!  :) :) :)

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Xref: sparky alt.config:5346 comp.programming:2515 comp.bbs.misc:705 soc.culture.usa:6939 comp.society.futures:506 alt.zines:59
From: elle@kimbark.uchicago.edu (Ellen Keyne Seebacher)
Newsgroups: alt.config,comp.programming,comp.bbs.misc,soc.culture.usa,comp.society.futures,alt.zines
Subject: Re: Newsgroup proposal: alt.amateur-computerist
Date: 27 Aug 92 18:43:29 GMT
Reply-To: elle@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations

In article <1992Aug27.161943.28125@news.ysu.edu> 
 ae547@yfn.ysu.edu (Ronda Hauben) writes:
>              alt.amateur-computerist Charter
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Nineteen characters breaks the 14-character subhierarchy limit, by
quite a margin.

>"computers for the people" ...  Workers' computer literacy  ...  there is
>currently no place on usenet that we know of where issues involving
>computers and workers are dealt with.

alt.society.futures     The future(s) of society.
comp.edu                Computer science education.
comp.society.futures    Events in technology affecting future computing.
misc.jobs.misc          Discussion about employment, workplaces, careers.
sci.med.occupational    Preventing, detecting & treating occupational injuries.

I suggest you try one of these groups before creating yet another.  If you
must create one, please come up with a better name; "amateur computerist"
covers just about every hobby machine and OS in the comp.* hierarchy.

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From: elle@kimbark.uchicago.edu (Ellen Keyne Seebacher)
Newsgroups: alt.config
Subject: Re: Proposal for alt.fan.abe-maslow
Date: 3 Sep 92 15:01:02 GMT
Reply-To: elle@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations

In article <7FXgqB1w165w@bluemoon.rn.com> 
 scannon@bluemoon.rn.com (Sam Cannon) writes:
>I would like to start a group alt.fan.abe-maslow for discussions
>of Maslow's work and to exchange ideas as well as to begin networking
>Maslow folks.  Where do I go from here?

sci.psychology.  (If you must use an alt.group, try the existing
alt.self-improve.)

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Newsgroups: alt.config
From: mperlman@nyx.cs.du.edu (Marshal "Airborne" Perlman)
Subject: Re: CREATION OF ALT.FAN.LETTERMAN
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 01:47:20 GMT

csquared@nyx.cs.du.edu (C Squared) writes:

#1 the home office is in OK.
>And the number one reason to create alt.fan.letterman....
I SAID SO.

hmmmmm maybe (i was told that it was illigal to post the top 10 lists
on the net..and that is PROBABLY RIGHT) we can contact GE/NBC and ask them
to let us..we'll buy toasters and bulbs.

hahaha.reminds me of that skit where someone said "dave, i got a new GE 
answering machine..call me"...so dave calls him, and the answering machine
blows up, and catches fire...there is tons of smoke...and the camera pans
up to show a GE smoke detector not doing anything at all...bhahaha
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Newsgroups: alt.config
From: ramsey@wucs1.wustl.edu (Betsy Ramsey)
Subject: Re: Proposal: alt.tv.blakes7
Reply-To: ramsey@cua.edu (Betsy Ramsey)
Organization: The Catholic University of America
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 23:05:04 GMT

In article <1992Aug23.204926.7346@amhux2.amherst.edu>
twpierce@amhux1.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce) writes:
>Why not take the other route, rather than leaving behind an
>unnecessary group that will not die?  Put out an RFD for
>rec.arts.tv.blake7 or what-have-you.  If the RFD is met with hoots of
>derision, or the CFV fails, *then* create a mailing list or
>alt.tv.blake7.

It looks like this is what we're going to do: post an RFD on
rec.arts.sf.tv.blakes7 and see what happens...

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Internet: RAMSEY@CUA.EDU or
	  RAMSEY%CUAVAX.DNET@NETCON.CUA.EDU
  Bitnet: RAMSEY@CUA

All opinions expressed here are my own.
From: glenn@MOENG2.MORGAN.EDU (D. Glenn Arthur Jr.)
Newsgroups: alt.config
Subject: Re: TV-TS Newsgroup?
Date: 4 Sep 92 12:08:19 GMT
Organization: The Space-Time Fabrication Institute, Rockville, MD.

>Everybody seems to agree that we want a group. I suggest we get the ball
>rolling toward starting one.

Well, I've been collecting responses to my .signature, and the response
has been generally positive, but not exactly overwhelming in volume.  I
know that some of the folks I know from the two TV/TS mailing lists and
IRC are actually against a newsgroup.  I, unsurprisingly, favour one.

I would prefer to have a group in the main hierarchy but one question 
that has been raised is, "How many of the people who want a TV/TS 
group are willing to use their names and net addresses publically for
a vote?"  I don't yet know the answer.

Look for more from me in a day or two.  :-)



-- 
D. Glenn Arthur Jr., The Human Vibrator, glenn@bessel.umd.edu
"Being a _man_ means knowing that one has a choice not to act like a 'man'."

How much interest is there in a TV/TS newsgroup?  How many would post there?
You can send me mail anonymously at wi.2743@wizvax.methuen.ma.us (was wi.79)

Newsgroups: alt.config,soc.culture.pakistan,soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.bangladesh
From: ali@simdiv1.mentorg.com (Aliasgar Haveliwala)
Subject: CREATION of ALT.URDU.POETRY
Originator: ali@simdiv1
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1992 22:36:13 GMT
Organization: Mentor Graphics Corporation; Beaverton, Oregon
Keywords: 
Followup-To: 


CREATION of "ALT.URDU.POETRY"


        Charter:
        This group will serve the needs of all people within the Indian sub continent
        that have a interest in the Urdu Language and its rich poetry collections.

        Will be a forum of discussion for Urdu ghazals and interpretations.

        Will be a forum to discuss the Urdu Language and its popularity/state
        in the subcontinent.
From: moon!cyberden!jwlhyfer@well.sf.ca.us
Newsgroups: alt.config
Subject: Alt.Prostitutes
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 92 02:56:43 PDT
Organization: Indescribable Creations

Incidentally,That was a NO vote..

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   |       /         |\
   | H E   \ Y B E R |/ E N       [ moon!cyberden!jwlhyfer@well.sf.ca.us ]
Xref: sparky alt.config:5362 alt.polyamory:1108 alt.personals:17946
From: john@n7kbt.rain.com (John Opalko)
Newsgroups: alt.config,alt.polyamory,alt.personals
Subject: Re: Newsgroup proposal: alt.personals.poly
Date: 28 Aug 92 22:55:23 GMT
Organization: Indexed sequential

Several people have sent me e-mail exhorting me to put my poly-friendly ACS
on alt.personals instead of creating alt.personals.poly.  The theory is that
the obvious superiority of my server will drive the existing one out of
business.

I don't want to do that.

My intent is not to serve the community of seekers as a whole but, rather, to
serve those subsets of which I am a member.  That is why I run the ACS on
alt.personals.bondage and that is why I wish to create a poly-specific
personals newsgroup.

I do not wish to invest the machine cycles and other resources to serve any
person in net.land who happens to be feeling lonely.  The existing server
does that quite well.  All you have to do is play by its administrator's
rules.

I intend, via the new newsgroup, to serve a community of folks who are in open
relationships *and whose partners know they are looking.*  This does not
include people who are sneaking around behind their partners' backs.  This is
called "cheating" and I expect that peer pressure will eventually drive off
those who use my server to do that.

Also, like it or not, most of the people on the net (assuming the net is a
reasonably representative sample of the population) believe that monogamy is
the only way to go and that poly{gamy|gyny|andry|amory} is icky.

I don't want to be in those people's faces.  That's why alt.personals.bondage
is a separate newsgroup and that's why I feel alt.personals.poly should be a
separate newsgroup.

-- 
John Opalko

john@n7kbt.rain.com  -or-  wi.5327@wizvax.methuen.ma.us
Newsgroups: alt.config,alt.flame.spelling
From: jaapjl@tab00.larc.nasa.gov (J Lee Jaap)
Subject: Re: figure it out for yourself, college boys
Followup-To: alt.flame.spelling
Organization: AS&M Inc
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 17:41:46 GMT

In article <> dtasman@dante.nmsu.edu (Dan Tasman) writes:
   rdc@netcom.com (Rachel Dafni Christy) writes:
[are you sure your middle name isn't `Daffi'?]

		    ALT.FLAME.MADE.BY.WOMEN.ON.THE.RAG

   Remember, we must follow proper newsgroup naming procedure here.  May I  
   recommend ...

   alt.flame.made-by-women-on-the-rag

   or, better yet,
[...]
   alt.flame.water-retension

How can water be tensioned again? :-)
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employed by, not speaking for, AS&M Inc, at NASA LaRC, Hampton VA 23681-0001
Newsgroups: alt.config
From: dtasman@dante.nmsu.edu (Dan Tasman)
Subject: Re: figure it out for yourself, college boys
Organization: New Mexico State University
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 17:07:22 GMT

rdc@netcom.com (Rachel Dafni Christy) writes:

 		      DUE TO OVERWHELMING DEMAND
 				   
 		  I HEARBY CALL FOR THE CREATION OF
 				   		  
                 ALT.FLAME.MADE.BY.WOMEN.ON.THE.RAG
 				   
Remember, we must follow proper newsgroup naming procedure here.  May I  
recommend ...

alt.flame.made-by-women-on-the-rag

or, better yet,

alt.flame.pms
alt.flame.that-time-of-the-month
alt.flame.period
alt.flame.hormonal-imbalance
alt.flame.tampons.rag.rag.rag
alt.flame.cramps
alt.flame.water-retension
alt.flame.GET-AWAY-FROM-ME-YOU-MAN!

Followup posts here.  Followup flames to alt.if-it-ain't-scottish-it's-CRAP!
 				   
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Newsgroups: alt.config
From: havel@uuhare.rabbit.net (Jon Havel)
Subject: Test
Organization: The Rabbit Network, Inc.  Mt. Clemens,  MI
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1992 17:38:02 GMT

Junk - or some junk....
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Newsgroups: alt.config
From: cathyf@is.rice.edu (Catherine Anne Foulston)
Subject: Re: figure it out for yourself, college boys
Organization: Rice University
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 21:07:09 GMT


>How can water be tensioned again? :-)

For that matter, how can it be tensioned the first time?

Personally, I think if we're going to have the previously proposed
sexist flame group, we should also have

alt.flame.five-days-a-month.women.act.like-men-act-all-the-time

:-)
-- 
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Why throw stones even if your own house isn't glass?  Do you really want to
wreck your friends' houses?  What if your enemy retaliates with a torch?
And are you sure you don't even have a glass window somewhere?
Newsgroups: alt.config,rec.arts.tv
From: smith@NCoast.ORG (Phil Smith)
Subject: Re: NEXP: creation of alt.tv.nexp (Northern Exposure)
Reply-To: smith@ncoast.org (Phil Smith)
Organization: North Coast Public Access *NIX, Cleveland, OH
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 19:20:37 GMT
Followup-To: alt.config

This reminds me of the lengthy discussions
here in regards to Quantum Leap.

To rephrase a summary of those:
	Yes for rec.arts.tv.ne, NO for alt.tv.ne
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Newsgroups: alt.config