Re: usenet flow cytometry?? NOT!
/G=Gerhard/S=Nebe-von-Caron/OU=1890CHPE/O=TMGB.URC/@LANGATE.gb.sprint.com
Fri, 26 Jan 1996 05:34:00 -0500
I am converted for exactly the same reasons. My original
enthusiasm vanished quickly when I saw all the crap in
there. Apart from the rubbish even some discussion threads
appear in more than one newsgroup simultaneously Only the
moderated groups are worth looking at as otherwise most of
the discussion is hardly scientific. If I would sit in
Purdue I wouldn't want to do the moderation either (so it
could have spared me some embarrassing moments).
The only good thing they have done with bionet is to create
the searchable archives. They are split by month which makes
it easier to read about the most recent topics if you are
not on the mailing list, but I am not sure whether it is
possible to go on their archive without risk of unwanted
attention.
Gerhard Nebe-v.Caron
Unilever Research, Colworth Lab.
Sharnbrook, Beds. GB-MK44 1LQ
Tel.:+44(0)1234 222066
Fax.: 222344
Gerhard.Nebe-von-Caron@urcgb.sprint.com
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Subject: usenet flow cytometry?? NOT!
Author: Calman_Prussin@d10.niaid.pc.niaid.nih.gov at INTERNET
Date: 25/01/96 23:45
I would vote NO on the usenet idea. It may be that I frequent unsavory
newsgroups, but I find many news groups to be waist deep "in spamming" -the
internet equivqlent of TV infomercials and frequently distracted by mass
mailings and obnoxious drop ins. Spend a few weeks observing
"news:bionet.immunology" and you will see what I mean. Check out the
"Re: Did Vaccines Eliminate Polio?" thread if you want to see some social
pathology.
Although I agree with the idea of making this list more accessible, I do
not think a usenet news group is a good way to do so. Other mechanisms can
be sought to make this mailing list more accessible, such as publication of
the address in every issue of cytometry. Each of us could post it in our
shared facilities, ask reagent suppliers to add the information to their
catalogs in the technical sections, etc.
Calman Prussin
NIAID/ NIH
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>I was thinking would it not be a good idea for us to make our flow
>cytometry discussions more accesable, i.e. via usenet.
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