Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1993 04:31:40 -0400 From: mail-server@rtfm.MIT.EDU Subject: mail-server: "SEND /pub/usenet/news.answers/active-newsgroups/part1.Z" To: tom.tcimpidis@grapevine.lrk.ar.us (Tom Tcimpidis) -----cut here----- Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans. net!darwin.sura.net!haven.umd.edu!uunet!not-for-mail From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.lists,news.groups,news.announce.newusers,news.announce.newgrou ps,news.answers Subject: List of Active Newsgroups, Part I Supersedes: Followup-To: news.groups Date: 23 Jul 1993 17:23:21 -0400 Organization: UUNET Technologies Inc, Falls Church, VA, USA Lines: 667 Approved: tale@uunet.uu.net Expires: 22 Sep 93 09:23:17 GMT Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net Summary: First of two postings. This contains the introduction, and the groups in comp, misc, and news Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu news.lists:2678 news.groups:76877 news.announce .newusers:1138 news.announce.newgroups:3589 news.answers:10628 Archive-name: active-newsgroups/part1 Original-author: Gene Spafford (spaf@cs.purdue.edu) Comment: enhanced & edited until 5/93 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford) Last-change: 22 Jul 1993 by tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) The following is a list of currently active USENET newsgroups as of 23 Jul 1993. This list does not include the gatewayed Internet newsgroups (see below). The groups distributed worldwide are divided into seven broad classifications: "news", "soc", "talk", "misc", "sci", "comp" and "rec". Each of these classifications is organized into groups and subgroups according to topic. "comp" Topics of interest to both computer professionals and hobbyists, including topics in computer science, software source, and information on hardware and software systems. "sci" Discussions marked by special and usually practical knowledge, relating to research in or application of the established sciences. "misc" Groups addressing themes not easily classified under any of the other headings or which incorporate themes from multiple categories. "soc" Groups primarily addressing social issues and socializing. "talk" Groups largely debate-oriented and tending to feature long discussions without resolution and without appreciable amounts of generally useful information. "news" Groups concerned with the news network and software themselves. "rec" Groups oriented towards the arts, hobbies and recreational activities. These "world" newsgroups are (usually) circulated around the entire USENET -- this implies world-wide distribution. Not all groups actually enjoy such wide distribution, however. Some sites take only a selected subset of the more "technical" groups, and controversial "noise" groups are often not carried by many sites (these groups are often under the "talk" and "soc" classifications). Many sites do not carry some or all of the comp.binaries groups. There are groups in other subcategories, but they are local: to institutions, to geographic regions, etc. and they are not listed here. Note that these distribution categories can be used to restrict the propagation of news articles. Currently, distributions include: world worldwide distribution (default) can limited (mostly) to Canada eunet limited (mostly) to European sites in EUNet na limited (mostly) to North America usa limited (mostly) to the United States There may be other regional and local distribution categories available at your site. Most US states have distribution categories named after the two letter abbreviation for that state or category (e.g., "ga" for Georgia, "nj" for New Jersey). Please use an appropriate distribution category if your article is not likely to be of interest to USENET readers worldwide. Some groups are moderated or are monitored mailing lists. They can only be posted to by mailing submissions to the coordinator (provided in a companion posting). Some selected sites provide automatic remailing to the moderator in support of B2.11, C news and INN -- posting to one of these groups automatically mails the article for the poster. Some of the moderated groups are gatewayed to USENET from the Internet and appear as newsgroups to facilitate distribution and posting from the Usenet. Some of these gatewayed Internet newsgroups are listed below, and the rest appear in a companion posting that lists alternative newsgroup hierarchies. Other of the "world" groups are bidirectionally gatewayed with Internet mailing lists; items submitted from the Internet side to the digest are split up and submitted to the USENET group, while articles submitted on the USENET side are bundled up and submitted to the mailing list. A complete list of moderated newsgroups, submission addresses and moderators is given in a companion posting. The following "world" groups have been gatewayed with the listed Internet lists. Some of them may not still be gatewayed due to broken software and/or gateways; such groups are marked with an asterisk ("*") in the list below. Please contact me if you should know of their current status. Also note that the group "comp.lang.forth" is gatewayed with the Bitnet discussion list "umforth@weizmann.bitnet", comp.lang.apl is gatewayed with APL-L at the unb.ca node, and rec.railroad is run from "railroad@queens.bitnet". Some of these lists are gated one-way into Usenet groups; those groups have been marked with a ">" symbol in the list below. If you are reading this article from a site not on the Usenet, you may subscribe to Internet lists by writing to the request address. You form such an address by putting "-request" before the "@" symbol, as in "unix-emacs-request@vm.tcs.tulane.edu". This gets your message directly to the list maintainer instead of broadcasting it to all the readers of the list. Also note that moderators of Usenet groups may not be in charge of the corresponding mailing list or gateway. For example, the moderator of comp.sources.unix does not have anything to do with the unix-sources mailing list; matters concerning the mailing list should be addressed to unix-sources-request@brl.mil Usenet Group Internet list ------------ ------------- comp.databases.ingres info-ingres@math.ams.com comp.dcom.modems info-modems@wsmr-simtel20.army.mil comp.dcom.telecom telecom@eecs.nwu.edu comp.emacs unix-emacs@bbn.com comp.graphics.gnuplot info-gnuplot@dartmouth.edu *comp.lang.ada info-ada@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu comp.lang.c info-c@brl.mil >comp.lang.c++ info-g++@prep.ai.mit.edu >comp.lang.c++ help-g++@prep.ai.mit.edu comp.lang.modula2 info-m2@ucf1vm.bitnet *comp.lang.pascal info-pascal@brl.mil *comp.lang.prolog prolog@score.stanford.edu comp.mail.mh mh-users@ics.uci.edu comp.os.cpm info-cpm@wsmr-simtel20.army.mil comp.os.minix info-minix@udel.edu comp.os.vms info-vax@sri.com comp.protocols.kerberos kerberos@athena.mit.edu comp.protocols.tcp-ip tcp-ip@nic.ddn.mil comp.society.privacy comp-privacy@pica.army.mil comp.sources.misc unix-sources@brl.mil comp.sources.unix unix-sources@brl.mil comp.specification.z zforum@comlab.ox.ac.uk comp.sys.apollo apollo@umix.cc.umich.edu comp.sys.apple2 info-apple@apple.com comp.sys.atari.8bit info-atari8-request@naucse.cse.nau.edu comp.sys.atari.st info-atari16-request@naucse.cse.nau.edu comp.sys.misc info-micro@wsmr-simtel20.army.mil comp.sys.prime info-prime@blx-a.prime.com comp.sys.tahoe info-tahoe@csd1.milw.wisc.edu comp.sys.xerox info-1100@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu *comp.terminals info-terms@mc.lcs.mit.edu >comp.text.tex texhax@cs.washington.edu >comp.text.tex info-tex@shsu.edu comp.unix.questions info-unix@brl.mil comp.unix.internals unix-wizards@brl.mil comp.windows.interviews interviews@interviews.stanford.edu comp.windows.x xpert@expo.lcs.mit.edu *rec.arts.sf.misc sf-lovers@rutgers.edu rec.food.recipes recipes@rigel.dfrt.nasa.gov rec.games.diplomacy dipl-l@mitvma.mit.edu rec.radio.amateur.misc info-hams@ucsd.edu rec.radio.amateur.packet packet-radio@ucsd.edu rec.radio.amateur.policy ham-policy@ucsd.edu rec.radio.broacasting journal@airwaves.chi.il.us rec.radio.info radio-info@ucsd.edu rec.radio.shortwave swl-l@cuvma.columbia.edu rec.music.funky funky-music@hyper.lap.upenn.edu rec.music.gdead dead-flames@virginia.edu rec.music.phish phish@virginia.edu rec.music.makers.synth synth-l@auvm.auvm.edu rec.sport.disc ultimate-list@doe.carleton.ca rec.video videotech@wsmr-simtel20.army.mil *sci.astro sky-fans@xx.lcs.mit.edu sci.astro.fits fitsbits@nrao.edu sci.physics physics@unix.sri.com sci.physics.fusion fusion@zorch.sf-bay.org sci.space space@isu.isunet.edu soc.roots roots-l@vm1.nodak.edu Please notify me of any errors or changes to the information in this article. Gene Spafford spaf@purdue.EDU ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Newsgroup Description ---------------------------------------------------------------------- comp.admin.policy Discussions of site administration policies. comp.ai Artificial intelligence discussions. comp.ai.fuzzy Fuzzy set theory, aka fuzzy logic. comp.ai.genetic Genetic algorithms in computing. comp.ai.nat-lang Natural language processing by computers. comp.ai.neural-nets All aspects of neural networks. comp.ai.nlang-know-rep Natural Language and Knowledge Representation. (Moderate d) comp.ai.philosophy Philosophical aspects of Artificial Intelligence. comp.ai.shells Artificial intelligence applied to shells. comp.answers Repository for periodic USENET articles. (Moderated) comp.apps.spreadsheets Spreadsheets on various platforms. comp.arch Computer architecture. comp.arch.bus.vmebus Hardware and software for VMEbus Systems. comp.arch.storage Storage system issues, both hardware and software. comp.archives Descriptions of public access archives. (Moderated) comp.archives.admin Issues relating to computer archive administration. comp.archives.msdos.announce Announcements about MSDOS archives. (Moderated) comp.archives.msdos.d Discussion of materials available in MSDOS archives. comp.bbs.misc All aspects of computer bulletin board systems. comp.bbs.waffle The Waffle BBS and USENET system on all platforms. comp.benchmarks Discussion of benchmarking techniques and results. comp.binaries.acorn Binary-only postings for Acorn machines. (Moderated) comp.binaries.amiga Encoded public domain programs in binary. (Moderated) comp.binaries.apple2 Binary-only postings for the Apple II computer. comp.binaries.atari.st Binary-only postings for the Atari ST. (Moderated) comp.binaries.ibm.pc Binary-only postings for IBM PC/MS-DOS. (Moderated) comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Discussions about IBM/PC binary postings. comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted Requests for IBM PC and compatible programs. comp.binaries.mac Encoded Macintosh programs in binary. (Moderated) comp.binaries.ms-windows Binary programs for Microsoft Windows. (Moderated) comp.binaries.os2 Binaries for use under the OS/2 ABI. (Moderated) comp.bugs.2bsd Reports of UNIX* version 2BSD related bugs. comp.bugs.4bsd Reports of UNIX version 4BSD related bugs. comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes Bug reports/fixes for BSD Unix. (Moderated) comp.bugs.misc General UNIX bug reports and fixes (incl V7, uucp) comp.bugs.sys5 Reports of USG (System III, V, etc.) bugs. comp.cad.cadence Users of Cadence Design Systems products. comp.cad.compass Compass Design Automation EDA tools. comp.cad.synthesis Research and production in the field of logic synthesis. comp.client-server Topics relating to client/server technology. comp.cog-eng Cognitive engineering. comp.compilers Compiler construction, theory, etc. (Moderated) comp.compression Data compression algorithms and theory. comp.compression.research Discussions about data compression research. comp.databases Database and data management issues and theory. comp.databases.informix Informix database management software discussions. comp.databases.ingres Issues relating to INGRES products. comp.databases.ms-access MS Windows' relational database system, Access. comp.databases.object Object-oriented paradigms in databases systems. comp.databases.oracle The SQL database products of the Oracle Corporation. comp.databases.pick Pick-like, post-relational, database systems. comp.databases.sybase Implementations of the SQL Server. comp.databases.theory Discussing advances in database technology. comp.dcom.cell-relay Forum for discussion of Cell Relay-based products. comp.dcom.fax Fax hardware, software, and protocols. comp.dcom.isdn The Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN). comp.dcom.lans.ethernet Discussions of the Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 protocols. comp.dcom.lans.fddi Discussions of the FDDI protocol suite. comp.dcom.lans.misc Local area network hardware and software. comp.dcom.lans.token-ring Installing and using token ring networks. comp.dcom.modems Data communications hardware and software. comp.dcom.servers Selecting and operating data communications servers. comp.dcom.sys.cisco Info on Cisco routers and bridges. comp.dcom.sys.wellfleet Wellfleet bridge & router systems hardware & software. comp.dcom.telecom Telecommunications digest. (Moderated) comp.doc Archived public-domain documentation. (Moderated) comp.doc.techreports Lists of technical reports. (Moderated) comp.dsp Digital Signal Processing using computers. comp.edu Computer science education. comp.emacs EMACS editors of different flavors. comp.fonts Typefonts -- design, conversion, use, etc. comp.graphics Computer graphics, art, animation, image processing. comp.graphics.animation Technical aspects of computer animation. comp.graphics.avs The Application Visualization System. comp.graphics.explorer The Explorer Modular Visualisation Environment (MVE). comp.graphics.gnuplot The GNUPLOT interactive function plotter. comp.graphics.opengl The OpenGL 3D application programming interface. comp.graphics.research Highly technical computer graphics discussion. (Moderate d) comp.graphics.visualization Info on scientific visualization. comp.groupware Software and hardware for shared interactive environments. comp.human-factors Issues related to human-computer interaction (HCI). comp.infosystems Any discussion about information systems. comp.infosystems.gis All aspects of Geographic Information Systems. comp.infosystems.gopher Discussion of the gopher information service. comp.infosystems.wais The Z39.50-based WAIS full-text search system. comp.infosystems.www The World Wide Web information system. comp.internet.library Discussing electronic libraries. (Moderated) comp.ivideodisc Interactive videodiscs -- uses, potential, etc. comp.lang.ada Discussion about Ada*. comp.lang.apl Discussion about APL. comp.lang.c Discussion about C. comp.lang.c++ The object-oriented C++ language. comp.lang.clos Common Lisp Object System discussions. comp.lang.dylan For discussion of the Dylan language. comp.lang.eiffel The object-oriented Eiffel language. comp.lang.forth Discussion about Forth. comp.lang.fortran Discussion about FORTRAN. comp.lang.functional Discussion about functional languages. comp.lang.hermes The Hermes language for distributed applications. comp.lang.idl-pvwave IDL and PV-Wave language discussions. comp.lang.lisp Discussion about LISP. comp.lang.lisp.mcl Discussing Apple's Macintosh Common Lisp. comp.lang.logo The Logo teaching and learning language. comp.lang.misc Different computer languages not specifically listed. comp.lang.ml ML languages including Standard ML, CAML, Lazy ML, etc. (Moderate d) comp.lang.modula2 Discussion about Modula-2. comp.lang.modula3 Discussion about the Modula-3 language. comp.lang.oberon The Oberon language and system. comp.lang.objective-c The Objective-C language and environment. comp.lang.pascal Discussion about Pascal. comp.lang.perl Discussion of Larry Wall's Perl system. comp.lang.pop Pop11 and the Plug user group. comp.lang.postscript The PostScript Page Description Language. comp.lang.prolog Discussion about PROLOG. comp.lang.sather The object-oriented computer language Sather. comp.lang.scheme The Scheme Programming language. comp.lang.sigplan Info & announcements from ACM SIGPLAN. (Moderated) comp.lang.smalltalk Discussion about Smalltalk 80. comp.lang.tcl The Tcl programming language and related tools. comp.lang.verilog Discussing Verilog and PLI. comp.lang.vhdl VHSIC Hardware Description Language, IEEE 1076/87. comp.laser-printers Laser printers, hardware & software. (Moderated) comp.lsi Large scale integrated circuits. comp.lsi.testing Testing of electronic circuits. comp.mail.elm Discussion and fixes for ELM mail system. comp.mail.headers Gatewayed from the Internet header-people list. comp.mail.maps Various maps, including UUCP maps. (Moderated) comp.mail.mh The UCI version of the Rand Message Handling system. comp.mail.mime Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions of RFC 1341. comp.mail.misc General discussions about computer mail. comp.mail.mush The Mail User's Shell (MUSH). comp.mail.sendmail Configuring and using the BSD sendmail agent. comp.mail.uucp Mail in the uucp network environment. comp.misc General topics about computers not covered elsewhere. comp.multimedia Interactive multimedia technologies of all kinds. comp.newprod Announcements of new products of interest. (Moderated) comp.object Object-oriented programming and languages. comp.object.logic Integrating object-oriented and logic programming. comp.org.acm Topics about the Association for Computing Machinery. comp.org.decus Digital Equipment Computer Users' Society newsgroup. comp.org.eff.news News from the Electronic Frontiers Foundation. (Moderated) comp.org.eff.talk Discussion of EFF goals, strategies, etc. comp.org.fidonet FidoNews digest, official news of FidoNet Assoc. (Moderated) comp.org.ieee Issues and announcements about the IEEE & its members. comp.org.issnnet The International Student Society for Neural Networks. comp.org.sug Talk about/for the The Sun User's Group. comp.org.usenix USENIX Association events and announcements. comp.org.usenix.roomshare Finding lodging during Usenix conferences. comp.os.386bsd.announce Announcements relating to the 386bsd operating system.( Moderated) comp.os.386bsd.apps Applications which run under 386bsd. comp.os.386bsd.bugs Bugs and fixes for the 386bsd OS and its clients. comp.os.386bsd.development Working on 386bsd internals. comp.os.386bsd.misc General aspects of 386bsd not covered by other groups. comp.os.386bsd.questions General questions about 386bsd. comp.os.coherent Discussion and support of the Coherent operating system. comp.os.cpm Discussion about the CP/M operating system. comp.os.linux The free UNIX-clone for the 386/486, LINUX. comp.os.linux.announce Announcements important to the Linux community. (Moderat ed) comp.os.mach The MACH OS from CMU & other places. comp.os.minix Discussion of Tanenbaum's MINIX system. comp.os.misc General OS-oriented discussion not carried elsewhere. comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy Speculation and debate about Microsoft Windows. comp.os.ms-windows.announce Announcements relating to Windows. (Moderated) comp.os.ms-windows.apps Applications in the Windows environment. comp.os.ms-windows.misc General discussions about Windows issues. comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc General discussion about Windows NT. comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup Configuring Windows NT systems. comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc Programming Microsoft Windows. comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools Development tools in Windows. comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32 32-bit Windows programming interfaces. comp.os.ms-windows.setup Installing and configuring Microsoft Windows. comp.os.msdos.apps Discussion of applications that run under MS-DOS. comp.os.msdos.desqview QuarterDeck's Desqview and related products. comp.os.msdos.mail-news Administering mail & network news systems under MS-DOS. comp.os.msdos.misc Miscellaneous topics about MS-DOS machines. comp.os.msdos.pcgeos GeoWorks PC/GEOS and PC/GEOS-based packages. comp.os.msdos.programmer Programming MS-DOS machines. comp.os.msdos.programmer.turbovision Borland's text application libraries. comp.os.os2.advocacy Supporting and flaming OS/2. comp.os.os2.announce Notable news and announcements related to OS/2. (Moderated ) comp.os.os2.apps Discussions of applications under OS/2. comp.os.os2.beta All aspects of beta releases of OS/2 systems software. comp.os.os2.bugs OS/2 system bug reports, fixes and work-arounds. comp.os.os2.misc Miscellaneous topics about the OS/2 system. comp.os.os2.multimedia Multi-media on OS/2 systems. comp.os.os2.networking Networking in OS/2 environments. comp.os.os2.programmer Programming OS/2 machines. comp.os.os2.programmer.misc Programming OS/2 machines. comp.os.os2.programmer.porting Porting software to OS/2 machines. comp.os.os2.setup Installing and configuring OS/2 systems. comp.os.os2.ver1x All aspects of OS/2 versions 1.0 through 1.3. comp.os.os9 Discussions about the os9 operating system. comp.os.research Operating systems and related areas. (Moderated) comp.os.vms DEC's VAX* line of computers & VMS. comp.os.vxworks The VxWorks real-time operating system. comp.os.xinu The XINU operating system from Purdue (D. Comer). comp.parallel Massively parallel hardware/software. (Moderated) comp.parallel.pvm The PVM system of multi-computer parallelization. comp.patents Discussing patents of computer technology. (Moderated) comp.periphs Peripheral devices. comp.periphs.scsi Discussion of SCSI-based peripheral devices. comp.programming Programming issues that transcend languages and OSs. comp.protocols.appletalk Applebus hardware & software. comp.protocols.dicom Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine. comp.protocols.ibm Networking with IBM mainframes. comp.protocols.iso The ISO protocol stack. comp.protocols.kerberos The Kerberos authentication server. comp.protocols.kermit Info about the Kermit package. (Moderated) comp.protocols.misc Various forms and types of FTP protocol. comp.protocols.nfs Discussion about the Network File System protocol. comp.protocols.ppp Discussion of the Internet Point to Point Protocol. comp.protocols.tcp-ip TCP and IP network protocols. comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc TCP/IP for IBM(-like) personal computers. comp.publish.cdrom.hardware Hardware used in publishing with CD-ROM. comp.publish.cdrom.multimedia Software for multimedia authoring & publishing. comp.publish.cdrom.software Software used in publishing with CD-ROM. comp.realtime Issues related to real-time computing. comp.research.japan The nature of research in Japan. (Moderated) comp.risks Risks to the public from computers & users. (Moderated) comp.robotics All aspects of robots and their applications. comp.security.misc Security issues of computers and networks. comp.simulation Simulation methods, problems, uses. (Moderated) comp.society The impact of technology on society. (Moderated) comp.society.cu-digest The Computer Underground Digest. (Moderated) comp.society.development Computer technology in developing countries. comp.society.folklore Computer folklore & culture, past & present. (Moderated) comp.society.futures Events in technology affecting future computing. comp.society.privacy Effects of technology on privacy. (Moderated) comp.soft-sys.khoros The Khoros X11 visualization system. comp.soft-sys.matlab The MathWorks calculation and visualization package. comp.soft-sys.sas The SAS statistics package. comp.soft-sys.shazam The SHAZAM econometrics computer program. comp.soft-sys.spss The SPSS statistics package. comp.software-eng Software Engineering and related topics. comp.software.licensing Software licensing technology. comp.software.testing All aspects of testing computer systems. comp.sources.3b1 Source code-only postings for the AT&T 3b1. (Moderated) comp.sources.acorn Source code-only postings for the Acorn. (Moderated) comp.sources.amiga Source code-only postings for the Amiga. (Moderated) comp.sources.apple2 Source code and discussion for the Apple2. (Moderated) comp.sources.atari.st Source code-only postings for the Atari ST. (Moderated) comp.sources.bugs Bug reports, fixes, discussion for posted sources. comp.sources.d For any discussion of source postings. comp.sources.games Postings of recreational software. (Moderated) comp.sources.games.bugs Bug reports and fixes for posted game software. comp.sources.hp48 Programs for the HP48 and HP28 calculators. (Moderated) comp.sources.mac Software for the Apple Macintosh. (Moderated) comp.sources.misc Posting of software. (Moderated) comp.sources.postscript Source code for programs written in PostScript. (Modera ted) comp.sources.reviewed Source code evaluated by peer review. (Moderated) comp.sources.sun Software for Sun workstations. (Moderated) comp.sources.testers Finding people to test software. comp.sources.unix Postings of complete, UNIX-oriented sources. (Moderated) comp.sources.wanted Requests for software and fixes. comp.sources.x Software for the X windows system. (Moderated) comp.specification Languages and methodologies for formal specification. comp.specification.z Discussion about the formal specification notation Z. comp.speech Research & applications in speech science & technology. comp.std.c Discussion about C language standards. comp.std.c++ Discussion about C++ language, library, standards. comp.std.internat Discussion about international standards. comp.std.misc Discussion about various standards. comp.std.mumps Discussion for the X11.1 committee on Mumps. (Moderated) comp.std.unix Discussion for the P1003 committee on UNIX. (Moderated) comp.std.wireless Examining standards for wireless network technology. (Moderat ed) (Moderated) comp.sw.components Software components and related technology. comp.sys.3b1 Discussion and support of AT&T 7300/3B1/UnixPC. comp.sys.acorn Discussion on Acorn and ARM-based computers. comp.sys.acorn.advocacy Why Acorn computers and programs are better. comp.sys.acorn.announce Announcements for Acorn and ARM users. (Moderated) comp.sys.acorn.tech Software and hardware aspects of Acorn and ARM products. comp.sys.alliant Info and discussion about Alliant computers. comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Why an Amiga is better than XYZ. comp.sys.amiga.announce Announcements about the Amiga. (Moderated) comp.sys.amiga.applications Miscellaneous applications. comp.sys.amiga.audio Music, MIDI, speech synthesis, other sounds. comp.sys.amiga.datacomm Methods of getting bytes in and out. comp.sys.amiga.emulations Various hardware & software emulators. comp.sys.amiga.games Discussion of games for the Commodore Amiga. comp.sys.amiga.graphics Charts, graphs, pictures, etc. comp.sys.amiga.hardware Amiga computer hardware, Q&A, reviews, etc. comp.sys.amiga.introduction Group for newcomers to Amigas. comp.sys.amiga.marketplace Where to find it, prices, etc. comp.sys.amiga.misc Discussions not falling in another Amiga group. comp.sys.amiga.multimedia Animations, video, & multimedia. comp.sys.amiga.programmer Developers & hobbyists discuss code. comp.sys.amiga.reviews Reviews of Amiga software, hardware. (Moderated) comp.sys.apollo Apollo computer systems. comp.sys.apple2 Discussion about Apple II micros. comp.sys.apple2.comm Apple II data communications. comp.sys.apple2.gno The AppleIIgs GNO multitasking environment. comp.sys.apple2.marketplace Buying, selling and trading Apple II equipment. comp.sys.apple2.programmer Programming on the Apple II. comp.sys.apple2.usergroups All about Apple II user groups. comp.sys.atari.8bit Discussion about 8 bit Atari micros. comp.sys.atari.advocacy Attacking and defending Atari computers. comp.sys.atari.st Discussion about 16 bit Atari micros. comp.sys.atari.st.tech Technical discussions of Atari ST hard/software. comp.sys.att Discussions about AT&T microcomputers. comp.sys.cbm Discussion about Commodore micros. comp.sys.concurrent The Concurrent/Masscomp line of computers. (Moderated) comp.sys.convex Convex computer systems hardware and software. comp.sys.dec Discussions about DEC computer systems. comp.sys.dec.micro DEC Micros (Rainbow, Professional 350/380) comp.sys.encore Encore's MultiMax computers. comp.sys.harris Harris computer systems, especially real-time systems. comp.sys.hp Discussion about Hewlett-Packard equipment. comp.sys.hp48 Hewlett-Packard's HP48 and HP28 calculators. comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos Demonstration programs which showcase programmer skill. comp.sys.ibm.pc.digest The IBM PC, PC-XT, and PC-AT. (Moderated) comp.sys.ibm.pc.games Games for IBM PCs and compatibles. comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Arcade-style games on PCs. comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure Adventure (non-rpg) games on PCs. comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.announce Announcements for all PC gamers. (Moderated) comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim Flight simulators on PCs. comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc Games not covered by other PC groups. comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg Role-playing games on the PC. comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic Strategy/planning games on PCs. comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware XT/AT/EISA hardware, any vendor. comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Discussion about IBM personal computers. comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt Topics related to IBM's RT computer. comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard Hardware and software aspects of PC sound cards. comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware Microchannel hardware, any vendor. comp.sys.intel Discussions about Intel systems and parts. comp.sys.isis The ISIS distributed system from Cornell. comp.sys.laptops Laptop (portable) computers. comp.sys.m6809 Discussion about 6809's. comp.sys.m68k Discussion about 68k's. comp.sys.m68k.pc Discussion about 68k-based PCs. (Moderated) comp.sys.m88k Discussion about 88k-based computers. comp.sys.mac.advocacy The Macintosh computer family compared to others. comp.sys.mac.announce Important notices for Macintosh users. (Moderated) comp.sys.mac.apps Discussions of Macintosh applications. comp.sys.mac.comm Discussion of Macintosh communications. comp.sys.mac.databases Database systems for the Apple Macintosh. comp.sys.mac.digest Apple Macintosh: info&uses, but no programs. (Moderated) comp.sys.mac.games Discussions of games on the Macintosh. comp.sys.mac.hardware Macintosh hardware issues & discussions. comp.sys.mac.hypercard The Macintosh Hypercard: info & uses. comp.sys.mac.misc General discussions about the Apple Macintosh. comp.sys.mac.oop.macapp3 Version 3 of the MacApp object oriented system. comp.sys.mac.oop.misc Object oriented programming issues on the Mac. comp.sys.mac.oop.tcl Symantec's THINK Class Library for object programming. comp.sys.mac.portables Discussion particular to laptop Macintoshes. comp.sys.mac.programmer Discussion by people programming the Apple Macintosh. comp.sys.mac.scitech Using the Macintosh in scientific & technological work. comp.sys.mac.system Discussions of Macintosh system software. comp.sys.mac.wanted Postings of "I want XYZ for my Mac." comp.sys.mentor Mentor Graphics products & the Silicon Compiler System. comp.sys.mips Systems based on MIPS chips. comp.sys.misc Discussion about computers of all kinds. comp.sys.ncr Discussion about NCR computers. comp.sys.next.advocacy The NeXT religion. comp.sys.next.announce Announcements related to the NeXT computer system. (Mode rated) comp.sys.next.bugs Discussion and solutions for known NeXT bugs. comp.sys.next.hardware Discussing the physical aspects of NeXT computers. comp.sys.next.marketplace NeXT hardware, software and jobs. comp.sys.next.misc General discussion about the NeXT computer system. comp.sys.next.programmer NeXT related programming issues. comp.sys.next.software Function, use and availability of NeXT programs. comp.sys.next.sysadmin Discussions related to NeXT system administration. comp.sys.novell Discussion of Novell Netware products. comp.sys.nsc.32k National Semiconductor 32000 series chips. comp.sys.palmtops Super-powered calculators the palm of your hand. comp.sys.pen Interacting with computers through pen gestures. comp.sys.prime Prime Computer products. comp.sys.proteon Proteon gateway products. comp.sys.pyramid Pyramid 90x computers. comp.sys.ridge Ridge 32 computers and ROS. comp.sys.sequent Sequent systems, (Balance and Symmetry). comp.sys.sgi.admin System administration on Silicon Graphics's Irises. comp.sys.sgi.announce Announcements for the SGI community. (Moderated) comp.sys.sgi.apps Applications which run on the Iris. comp.sys.sgi.bugs Bugs found in the IRIX operating system. comp.sys.sgi.graphics Graphics packages and issues on SGI machines. comp.sys.sgi.hardware Base systems and peripherals for Iris computers. comp.sys.sgi.misc General discussion about Silicon Graphics's machines. comp.sys.stratus Stratus products, incl. System/88, CPS-32, VOS and FTX. comp.sys.sun.admin Sun system administration issues and questions. comp.sys.sun.announce Sun announcements and Sunergy mailings. (Moderated) comp.sys.sun.apps Software applications for Sun computer systems. comp.sys.sun.hardware Sun Microsystems hardware. comp.sys.sun.misc Miscellaneous discussions about Sun products. comp.sys.sun.wanted People looking for Sun products and support. comp.sys.tahoe CCI 6/32, Harris HCX/7, & Sperry 7000 computers. comp.sys.tandy Discussion about Tandy computers: new & old. comp.sys.ti Discussion about Texas Instruments. comp.sys.transputer The Transputer computer and OCCAM language. comp.sys.unisys Sperry, Burroughs, Convergent and Unisys* systems. comp.sys.xerox Xerox 1100 workstations and protocols. comp.sys.zenith.z100 The Zenith Z-100 (Heath H-100) family of computers. comp.terminals All sorts of terminals. comp.text Text processing issues and methods. comp.text.desktop Technology & techniques of desktop publishing. comp.text.frame Desktop publishing with FrameMaker. comp.text.interleaf Applications and use of Interleaf software. comp.text.sgml ISO 8879 SGML, structured documents, markup languages. comp.text.tex Discussion about the TeX and LaTeX systems & macros. comp.theory.info-retrieval Information Retrieval topics. (Moderated) comp.unix.admin Administering a Unix-based system. comp.unix.aix IBM's version of UNIX. comp.unix.amiga Minix, SYSV4 and other *nix on an Amiga. comp.unix.aux The version of UNIX for Apple Macintosh II computers. comp.unix.bsd Discussion of Berkeley Software Distribution UNIX. comp.unix.dos-under-unix MS-DOS running under UNIX by whatever means. comp.unix.internals Discussions on hacking UNIX internals. comp.unix.large UNIX on mainframes and in large networks. comp.unix.misc Various topics that don't fit other groups. comp.unix.osf.misc Various aspects of Open Software Foundation products. comp.unix.osf.osf1 The Open Software Foundation's OSF/1. comp.unix.pc-clone.16bit UNIX on 286 architectures. comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit UNIX on 386 and 486 architectures. comp.unix.programmer Q&A for people programming under Unix. comp.unix.questions UNIX neophytes group. comp.unix.shell Using and programming the Unix shell. comp.unix.sys3 System III UNIX discussions. comp.unix.sys5.misc Versions of System V which predate Release 3. comp.unix.sys5.r3 Discussing System V Release 3. comp.unix.sys5.r4 Discussing System V Release 4. comp.unix.ultrix Discussions about DEC's Ultrix. comp.unix.wizards Questions for only true Unix wizards. comp.unix.xenix.misc General discussions regarding XENIX (except SCO). comp.unix.xenix.sco XENIX versions from the Santa Cruz Operation. comp.virus Computer viruses & security. (Moderated) comp.windows.garnet The Garnet user interface development environment. comp.windows.interviews The InterViews object-oriented windowing system. comp.windows.misc Various issues about windowing systems. comp.windows.news Sun Microsystems' NeWS window system. comp.windows.open-look Discussion about the Open Look GUI. comp.windows.suit The SUIT user-interface toolkit. comp.windows.x Discussion about the X Window System. comp.windows.x.apps Getting and using, not programming, applications for X. comp.windows.x.i386unix The XFree86 window system and others. comp.windows.x.intrinsics Discussion of the X toolkit. comp.windows.x.pex The PHIGS extension of the X Window System. misc.activism.progressive Information for Progressive activists. (Moderated) misc.answers Repository for periodic USENET articles. (Moderated) misc.books.technical Discussion of books about technical topics. misc.consumers Consumer interests, product reviews, etc. misc.consumers.house Discussion about owning and maintaining a house. misc.education Discussion of the educational system. misc.emerg-services Forum for paramedics & other first responders. misc.entrepreneurs Discussion on operating a business. misc.fitness Physical fitness, exercise, etc. misc.forsale Short, tasteful postings about items for sale. misc.forsale.computers.d Discussion of misc.forsale.computers.*. misc.forsale.computers.mac Apple Macintosh related computer items. misc.forsale.computers.other Selling miscellaneous computer stuff. misc.forsale.computers.pc-clone IBM PC related computer items. misc.forsale.computers.workstation Workstation related computer items. misc.handicap Items of interest for/about the handicapped. (Moderated) misc.headlines Current interest: drug testing, terrorism, etc. misc.health.alternative Alternative, complementary and holistic health care. misc.health.diabetes Discussion of diabetes management in day to day life. misc.int-property Discussion of intellectual property rights. misc.invest Investments and the handling of money. misc.invest.real-estate Property investments. misc.invest.technical Analyzing market trends with technical methods. misc.jobs.contract Discussions about contract labor. misc.jobs.misc Discussion about employment, workplaces, careers. misc.jobs.offered Announcements of positions available. misc.jobs.offered.entry Job listings only for entry-level positions. misc.jobs.resumes Postings of resumes and "situation wanted" articles. misc.kids Children, their behavior and activities. misc.kids.computer The use of computers by children. misc.legal Legalities and the ethics of law. misc.legal.computing Discussing the legal climate of the computing world. misc.misc Various discussions not fitting in any other group. misc.news.east-europe.rferl Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Daily Report. (Mode rated) misc.news.southasia News from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, etc. (Moderated) misc.rural Devoted to issues concerning rural living. misc.taxes Tax laws and advice. misc.test For testing of network software. Very boring. misc.wanted Requests for things that are needed (NOT software). misc.writing Discussion of writing in all of its forms. news.admin.misc General topics of network news administration. news.admin.policy Policy issues of USENET. news.admin.technical Technical aspects of maintaining network news. (Moderated) news.announce.conferences Calls for papers and conference announcements. (Moder ated) news.announce.important General announcements of interest to all. (Moderated) news.announce.newgroups Calls for newgroups & announcements of same. (Moderated ) news.announce.newusers Explanatory postings for new users. (Moderated) news.answers Repository for periodic USENET articles. (Moderated) news.config Postings of system down times and interruptions. news.future The future technology of network news systems. news.groups Discussions and lists of newsgroups. news.lists News-related statistics and lists. (Moderated) news.lists.ps-maps Maps relating to USENET traffic flows. (Moderated) news.misc Discussions of USENET itself. news.newsites Postings of new site announcements. news.newusers.questions Q & A for users new to the Usenet. news.software.anu-news VMS B-news software from Australian National Univ. news.software.b Discussion about B-news-compatible software. news.software.nn Discussion about the "nn" news reader package. news.software.notes Notesfile software from the Univ. of Illinois. news.software.readers Discussion of software used to read network news. -----cut here----- /pub/usenet/news.answers/active-newsgroups/part2.Z" Archive-name: active-newsgroups/part2 -----cut here----- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Newsgroup Description ---------------------------------------------------------------------- rec.answers Repository for periodic USENET articles. (Moderated) rec.antiques Discussing antiques and vintage items. rec.aquaria Keeping fish and aquaria as a hobby. rec.arts.animation Discussion of various kinds of animation. rec.arts.anime Japanese animation fen discussion. rec.arts.anime.info Announcements about Japanese animation. (Moderated) rec.arts.anime.marketplace Things for sale in the Japanese animation world. rec.arts.anime.stories All about Japanese comic fanzines. (Moderated) rec.arts.bodyart Tattoos and body decoration discussions. rec.arts.bonsai Dwarfish trees and shrubbery. rec.arts.books Books of all genres, and the publishing industry. rec.arts.books.tolkien The works of J.R.R. Tolkien. rec.arts.cinema Discussion of the art of cinema. (Moderated) rec.arts.comics.info Reviews, convention information and other comics news. (M oderated) rec.arts.comics.marketplace The exchange of comics and comic related items. rec.arts.comics.misc Comic books, graphic novels, sequential art. rec.arts.comics.strips Discussion of short-form comics. rec.arts.comics.xbooks The Mutant Universe of Marvel Comics. rec.arts.dance Any aspects of dance not covered in another newsgroup. rec.arts.disney Discussion of any Disney-related subjects. rec.arts.drwho Discussion about Dr. Who. rec.arts.erotica Erotic fiction and verse. (Moderated) rec.arts.fine Fine arts & artists. rec.arts.int-fiction Discussions about interactive fiction. rec.arts.manga All aspects of the Japanese storytelling art form. rec.arts.marching.drumcorps Drum and bugle corps. rec.arts.marching.misc Marching-related performance activities. rec.arts.misc Discussions about the arts not in other groups. rec.arts.movies Discussions of movies and movie making. rec.arts.movies.reviews Reviews of movies. (Moderated) rec.arts.poems For the posting of poems. rec.arts.prose Short works of prose fiction and followup discussion. rec.arts.sf.announce Major announcements of the SF world. (Moderated) rec.arts.sf.fandom Discussions of SF fan activities. rec.arts.sf.marketplace Personal forsale notices of SF materials. rec.arts.sf.misc Science fiction lovers' newsgroup. rec.arts.sf.movies Discussing SF motion pictures. rec.arts.sf.reviews Reviews of science fiction/fantasy/horror works. (Moderated ) rec.arts.sf.science Real and speculative aspects of SF science. rec.arts.sf.starwars Discussion of the Star Wars universe. rec.arts.sf.tv Discussing general television SF. rec.arts.sf.written Discussion of written science fiction and fantasy. rec.arts.startrek.current New Star Trek shows, movies and books. rec.arts.startrek.fandom Star Trek conventions and memorabilia. rec.arts.startrek.info Information about the universe of Star Trek. (Moderated) rec.arts.startrek.misc General discussions of Star Trek. rec.arts.startrek.reviews Reviews of Star Trek books, episodes, films, &c. (Mod erated) rec.arts.startrek.tech Star Trek's depiction of future technologies. rec.arts.theatre Discussion of all aspects of stage work & theatre. rec.arts.tv The boob tube, its history, and past and current shows. rec.arts.tv.soaps Postings about soap operas. rec.arts.tv.uk Discussions of telly shows from the UK. rec.arts.wobegon "A Prairie Home Companion" radio show discussion. rec.audio High fidelity audio. rec.audio.car Discussions of automobile audio systems. rec.audio.high-end High-end audio systems. (Moderated) rec.audio.pro Professional audio recording and studio engineering. rec.autos Automobiles, automotive products and laws. rec.autos.antique Discussing all aspects of automobiles over 25 years old. rec.autos.driving Driving automobiles. rec.autos.rod-n-custom High performance automobiles. rec.autos.sport Discussion of organized, legal auto competitions. rec.autos.tech Technical aspects of automobiles, et. al. rec.autos.vw Issues pertaining to Volkswagen products. rec.aviation.announce Events of interest to the aviation community. (Moderated) rec.aviation.answers Frequently asked questions about aviation. (Moderated) rec.aviation.homebuilt Selecting, designing, building, and restoring aircraft. rec.aviation.ifr Flying under Instrument Flight Rules. rec.aviation.military Military aircraft of the past, present and future. rec.aviation.misc Miscellaneous topics in aviation. rec.aviation.owning Information on owning airplanes. rec.aviation.piloting General discussion for aviators. rec.aviation.products Reviews and discussion of products useful to pilots. rec.aviation.simulators Flight simulation on all levels. rec.aviation.soaring All aspects of sailplanes and hang-gliders. rec.aviation.stories Anecdotes of flight experiences. (Moderated) rec.aviation.student Learning to fly. rec.backcountry Activities in the Great Outdoors. rec.bicycles.marketplace Buying, selling & reviewing items for cycling. rec.bicycles.misc General discussion of bicycling. rec.bicycles.racing Bicycle racing techniques, rules and results. rec.bicycles.rides Discussions of tours and training or commuting routes. rec.bicycles.soc Societal issues of bicycling. rec.bicycles.tech Cycling product design, construction, maintenance, etc. rec.birds Hobbyists interested in bird watching. rec.boats Hobbyists interested in boating. rec.boats.paddle Talk about any boats with oars, paddles, etc. rec.climbing Climbing techniques, competition announcements, etc. rec.collecting Discussion among collectors of many things. rec.collecting.cards Collecting all sorts of sport and non-sport cards. rec.crafts.brewing The art of making beers and meads. rec.crafts.metalworking All aspects of working with metal. rec.crafts.misc Handiwork arts not covered elsewhere. rec.crafts.textiles Sewing, weaving, knitting and other fiber arts. rec.equestrian Discussion of things equestrian. rec.folk-dancing Folk dances, dancers, and dancing. rec.food.cooking Food, cooking, cookbooks, and recipes. rec.food.drink Wines and spirits. rec.food.historic The history of food making arts. rec.food.recipes Recipes for interesting food and drink. (Moderated) rec.food.restaurants Discussion of dining out. rec.food.sourdough Making and baking with sourdough. rec.food.veg Vegetarians. rec.gambling Articles on games of chance & betting. rec.games.abstract Perfect information, pure strategy games. rec.games.backgammon Discussion of the game of backgammon. rec.games.board Discussion and hints on board games. rec.games.board.ce The Cosmic Encounter board game. rec.games.bridge Hobbyists interested in bridge. rec.games.chess Chess & computer chess. rec.games.corewar The Core War computer challenge. rec.games.design Discussion of game design related issues. rec.games.diplomacy The conquest game Diplomacy. rec.games.empire Discussion and hints about Empire. rec.games.frp.advocacy Flames and rebuttals about various role-playing systems. rec.games.frp.announce Announcements of happenings in the role-playing world. ( Moderated) rec.games.frp.archives Archivable fantasy stories and other projects. (Moderate d) rec.games.frp.cyber Discussions of cyberpunk related roleplaying games. rec.games.frp.dnd Fantasy role-playing with TSR's Dungeons and Dragons. rec.games.frp.marketplace Role-playing game materials wanted and for sale. rec.games.frp.misc General discussions of role-playing games. rec.games.go Discussion about Go. rec.games.hack Discussion, hints, etc. about the Hack game. rec.games.int-fiction All aspects of interactive fiction games. rec.games.mecha Giant robot games. rec.games.miniatures Tabletop wargaming. rec.games.misc Games and computer games. rec.games.moria Comments, hints, and info about the Moria game. rec.games.mud.admin Admnistrative issues of multiuser dungeons. rec.games.mud.announce Informational articles about multiuser dungeons. (Modera ted) rec.games.mud.diku All about DikuMuds. rec.games.mud.lp Discussions of the LPMUD computer role playing game. rec.games.mud.misc Various aspects of multiuser computer games. rec.games.mud.tiny Discussion about Tiny muds, like MUSH, MUSE and MOO. rec.games.netrek Discussion of the X window system game Netrek (XtrekII). rec.games.pbm Discussion about Play by Mail games. rec.games.pinball Discussing pinball-related issues. rec.games.programmer Discussion of adventure game programming. rec.games.rogue Discussion and hints about Rogue. rec.games.trivia Discussion about trivia. rec.games.video.arcade Discussions about coin-operated video games. rec.games.video.classic Older home video entertainment systems. rec.games.video.marketplace Home video game stuff for sale or trade. rec.games.video.misc General discussion about home video games. rec.games.video.nintendo All Nintendo video game systems and software. rec.games.video.sega All Sega video game systems and software. rec.games.xtank.play Strategy and tactics for the distributed game Xtank. rec.games.xtank.programmer Coding the Xtank game and its robots. rec.gardens Gardening, methods and results. rec.guns Discussions about firearms. (Moderated) rec.heraldry Discussion of coats of arms. rec.humor Jokes and the like. May be somewhat offensive. rec.humor.d Discussions on the content of rec.humor articles. rec.humor.funny Jokes that are funny (in the moderator's opinion). (Moderated) rec.humor.oracle Sagacious advice from the USENET Oracle. (Moderated) rec.humor.oracle.d Comments about the USENET Oracle's comments. rec.hunting Discussions about hunting. (Moderated) rec.juggling Juggling techniques, equipment and events. rec.kites Talk about kites and kiting. rec.mag Magazine summaries, tables of contents, etc. rec.martial-arts Discussion of the various martial art forms. rec.misc General topics about recreational/participant sports. rec.models.railroad Model railroads of all scales. rec.models.rc Radio-controlled models for hobbyists. rec.models.rockets Model rockets for hobbyists. rec.models.scale Construction of models. rec.motorcycles Motorcycles and related products and laws. rec.motorcycles.dirt Riding motorcycles and ATVs off-road. rec.motorcycles.harley All aspects of Harley-Davidson motorcycles. rec.motorcycles.racing Discussion of all aspects of racing motorcycles. rec.music.a-cappella Vocal music without instrumental accompaniment. rec.music.afro-latin Music with afro-latin, African and Latin influences. rec.music.beatles Postings about the Fab Four & their music. rec.music.bluenote Discussion of jazz, blues, and related types of music. rec.music.cd CDs -- availability and other discussions. rec.music.christian Christian music, both contemporary and traditional. rec.music.classical Discussion about classical music. rec.music.classical.guitar Classical music performed on guitar. rec.music.compose Creating musical and lyrical works. rec.music.country.western C&W music, performers, performances, etc. rec.music.dementia Discussion of comedy and novelty music. rec.music.dylan Discussion of Bob's works & music. rec.music.early Discussion of pre-classical European music. rec.music.folk Folks discussing folk music of various sorts. rec.music.funky Funk, rap, hip-hop, house, soul, r&b and related. rec.music.gaffa Discussion of Kate Bush & other alternative music. (Moderated) rec.music.gdead A group for (Grateful) Dead-heads. rec.music.indian.classical Hindustani and Carnatic Indian classical music. rec.music.indian.misc Discussing Indian music in general. rec.music.industrial Discussion of all industrial-related music styles. rec.music.info News and announcements on musical topics. (Moderated) rec.music.makers For performers and their discussions. rec.music.makers.bass Upright bass and bass guitar techniques and equipment. rec.music.makers.guitar Electric and acoustic guitar techniques and equipment. rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Guitar tablature/chords. rec.music.makers.marketplace Buying & selling used music-making equipment. rec.music.makers.percussion Drum & other percussion techniques & equipment. rec.music.makers.synth Synthesizers and computer music. rec.music.marketplace Records, tapes, and CDs: wanted, for sale, etc. rec.music.misc Music lovers' group. rec.music.newage "New Age" music discussions. rec.music.phish Discussing the musical group Phish. rec.music.reggae Roots, Rockers, Dancehall Reggae. rec.music.reviews Reviews of music of all genres and mediums. (Moderated) rec.music.video Discussion of music videos and music video software. rec.nude Hobbyists interested in naturist/nudist activities. rec.org.mensa Talking with members of the high IQ society Mensa. rec.org.sca Society for Creative Anachronism. rec.outdoors.fishing All aspects of sport and commercial fishing. rec.pets Pets, pet care, and household animals in general. rec.pets.birds The culture and care of indoor birds. rec.pets.cats Discussion about domestic cats. rec.pets.dogs Any and all subjects relating to dogs as pets. rec.pets.herp Reptiles, amphibians and other exotic vivarium pets. rec.photo Hobbyists interested in photography. rec.puzzles Puzzles, problems, and quizzes. rec.puzzles.crosswords Making and playing gridded word puzzles. rec.pyrotechnics Fireworks, rocketry, safety, & other topics. rec.radio.amateur.antenna Antennas: theory, techniques and construction. rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc Packet radio and other digital radio modes. rec.radio.amateur.equipment All about production amateur radio hardware. rec.radio.amateur.homebrew Amateur radio construction and experimentation. rec.radio.amateur.misc Amateur radio practices, contests, events, rules, etc. rec.radio.amateur.packet Discussion about packet radio setups. rec.radio.amateur.policy Radio use & regulation policy. rec.radio.amateur.space Amateur radio transmissions through space. rec.radio.broadcasting Local area broadcast radio. (Moderated) rec.radio.cb Citizen-band radio. rec.radio.info Informational postings related to radio. (Moderated) rec.radio.noncomm Topics relating to noncommercial radio. rec.radio.shortwave Shortwave radio enthusiasts. rec.radio.swap Offers to trade and swap radio equipment. rec.railroad For fans of real trains. rec.roller-coaster Roller coasters and other amusement park rides. rec.running Running for enjoyment, sport, exercise, etc. rec.scouting Scouting youth organizations worldwide. rec.scuba Hobbyists interested in SCUBA diving. rec.skate Ice skating and roller skating. rec.skiing Hobbyists interested in snow skiing. rec.skydiving Hobbyists interested in skydiving. rec.sport.baseball Discussion about baseball. rec.sport.baseball.college Baseball on the collegiate level. rec.sport.baseball.fantasy Rotisserie (fantasy) baseball play. rec.sport.basketball.college Hoops on the collegiate level. rec.sport.basketball.misc Discussion about basketball. rec.sport.basketball.pro Talk of professional basketball. rec.sport.cricket Discussion about the sport of cricket. rec.sport.cricket.scores Scores from cricket matches around the globe. (Moderat ed) rec.sport.disc Discussion of flying disc based sports. rec.sport.fencing All aspects of swordplay. rec.sport.football.australian Discussion of Australian (Rules) Football. rec.sport.football.canadian All about Canadian rules football. rec.sport.football.college US-style college football. rec.sport.football.misc Discussion about American-style football. rec.sport.football.pro US-style professional football. rec.sport.golf Discussion about all aspects of golfing. rec.sport.hockey Discussion about ice hockey. rec.sport.hockey.field Discussion of the sport of field hockey. rec.sport.misc Spectator sports. rec.sport.olympics All aspects of the Olympic Games. rec.sport.paintball Discussing all aspects of the survival game paintball. rec.sport.pro-wrestling Discussion about professional wrestling. rec.sport.rowing Crew for competition or fitness. rec.sport.rugby Discussion about the game of rugby. rec.sport.soccer Discussion about soccer (Association Football). rec.sport.swimming Training for and competing in swimming events. rec.sport.table-tennis Things related to table tennis (aka Ping Pong). rec.sport.tennis Things related to the sport of tennis. rec.sport.triathlon Discussing all aspects of multi-event sports. rec.sport.volleyball Discussion about volleyball. rec.travel Traveling all over the world. rec.travel.air Airline travel around the world. rec.travel.marketplace Tickets and accomodations wanted and for sale. rec.video Video and video components. rec.video.cable-tv Technical and regulatory issues of cable television. rec.video.production Making professional quality video productions. rec.video.releases Pre-recorded video releases on laserdisc and videotape. rec.video.satellite Getting shows via satellite. rec.windsurfing Riding the waves as a hobby. rec.woodworking Hobbyists interested in woodworking. sci.aeronautics The science of aeronautics & related technology. (Moderated) sci.aeronautics.airliners Airliner technology. (Moderated) sci.answers Repository for periodic USENET articles. (Moderated) sci.anthropology All aspects of studying humankind. sci.aquaria Only scientifically-oriented postings about aquaria. sci.archaeology Studying antiquities of the world. sci.astro Astronomy discussions and information. sci.astro.fits Issues related to the Flexible Image Transport System. sci.astro.hubble Processing Hubble Space Telescope data. (Moderated) sci.bio Biology and related sciences. sci.chem Chemistry and related sciences. sci.chem.organomet Organometallic chemistry. sci.classics Studying classical history, languages, art and more. sci.cognitive Perception, memory, judgement and reasoning. sci.comp-aided The use of computers as tools in scientific research. sci.cryonics Theory and practice of biostasis, suspended animation. sci.crypt Different methods of data en/decryption. sci.data.formats Modelling, storage and retrieval of scientific data. sci.econ The science of economics. sci.econ.research Research in all fields of economics. (Moderated) sci.edu The science of education. sci.electronics Circuits, theory, electrons and discussions. sci.energy Discussions about energy, science & technology. sci.engr Technical discussions about engineering tasks. sci.engr.biomed Discussing the field of biomedical engineering. sci.engr.chem All aspects of chemical engineering. sci.engr.civil Topics related to civil engineering. sci.engr.control The engineering of control systems. sci.engr.manufacturing Manufacturing technology. sci.engr.mech The field of mechanical engineering. sci.environment Discussions about the environment and ecology. sci.fractals Objects of non-integral dimension and other chaos. sci.geo.fluids Discussion of geophysical fluid dynamics. sci.geo.geology Discussion of solid earth sciences. sci.geo.meteorology Discussion of meteorology and related topics. sci.image.processing Scientific image processing and analysis. sci.lang Natural languages, communication, etc. sci.lang.japan The Japanese language, both spoken and written. sci.life-extension Slowing, stopping or reversing the ageing process. sci.logic Logic -- math, philosophy & computational aspects. sci.materials All aspects of materials engineering. sci.math Mathematical discussions and pursuits. sci.math.research Discussion of current mathematical research. (Moderated) sci.math.stat Statistics discussion. sci.math.symbolic Symbolic algebra discussion. sci.med Medicine and its related products and regulations. sci.med.aids AIDS: treatment, pathology/biology of HIV, prevention. (Moderated ) sci.med.dentistry Dentally related topics; all about teeth. sci.med.nutrition Physiological impacts of diet. sci.med.occupational Preventing, detecting & treating occupational injuries. sci.med.pharmacy The teaching and practice of pharmaceutics. sci.med.physics Issues of physics in medical testing/care. sci.med.telemedicine Clinical consulting through computer networks. sci.military Discussion about science & the military. (Moderated) sci.misc Short-lived discussions on subjects in the sciences. sci.nanotech Self-reproducing molecular-scale machines. (Moderated) sci.nonlinear Chaotic systems and other nonlinear scientific study. sci.optics Discussion relating to the science of optics. sci.philosophy.tech Technical philosophy: math, science, logic, etc. sci.physics Physical laws, properties, etc. sci.physics.fusion Info on fusion, esp. "cold" fusion. sci.physics.research Current physics research. (Moderated) sci.psychology Topics related to psychology. sci.psychology.digest PSYCOLOQUY: Refereed Psychology Journal and Newsletter. ( Moderated) sci.research Research methods, funding, ethics, and whatever. sci.research.careers Issues relevant to careers in scientific research. sci.skeptic Skeptics discussing pseudo-science. sci.space Space, space programs, space related research, etc. sci.space.news Announcements of space-related news items. (Moderated) sci.space.shuttle The space shuttle and the STS program. sci.stat.consult Statistical consulting. sci.stat.edu Statistics education. sci.stat.math Statistics from a strictly mathematical viewpoint. sci.systems The theory and application of systems science. sci.virtual-worlds Modelling the universe. (Moderated) sci.virtual-worlds.apps Current and future uses of virtual-worlds technology. ( Moderated) soc.answers Repository for periodic USENET articles. (Moderated) soc.bi Discussions of bisexuality. soc.college College, college activities, campus life, etc. soc.college.grad General issues related to graduate schools. soc.college.gradinfo Information about graduate schools. soc.college.teaching-asst Issues affecting collegiate teaching assistants. soc.couples Discussions for couples (cf. soc.singles). soc.culture.afghanistan Discussion of the Afghan society. soc.culture.african Discussions about Africa & things African. soc.culture.african.american Discussions about Afro-American issues. soc.culture.arabic Technological & cultural issues, *not* politics. soc.culture.asean Countries of the Assoc. of SE Asian Nations. soc.culture.asian.american Issues & discussion about Asian-Americans. soc.culture.australian Australian culture and society. soc.culture.austria Austria and its people. soc.culture.baltics People of the Baltic states. soc.culture.bangladesh Issues & discussion about Bangladesh. soc.culture.bosna-herzgvna The indepedent state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. soc.culture.brazil Talking about the people and country of Brazil. soc.culture.british Issues about Britain & those of British descent. soc.culture.bulgaria Discussing Bulgarian society. soc.culture.canada Discussions of Canada and its people. soc.culture.caribbean Life in the Caribbean. soc.culture.celtic Irish, Scottish, Breton, Cornish, Manx & Welsh. soc.culture.china About China and Chinese culture. soc.culture.croatia The lives of people of Croatia. soc.culture.czecho-slovak Bohemian, Slovak, Moravian and Silesian life. soc.culture.europe Discussing all aspects of all-European society. soc.culture.filipino Group about the Filipino culture. soc.culture.french French culture, history, and related discussions. soc.culture.german Discussions about German culture and history. soc.culture.greek Group about Greeks. soc.culture.hongkong Discussions pertaining to Hong Kong. soc.culture.indian Group for discussion about India & things Indian. soc.culture.indian.telugu The culture of the Telugu people of India. soc.culture.indonesia All about the Indonesian nation. soc.culture.iranian Discussions about Iran and things Iranian/Persian. soc.culture.italian The Italian people and their culture. soc.culture.japan Everything Japanese, except the Japanese language. soc.culture.jewish Jewish culture & religion. (cf. talk.politics.mideast) soc.culture.korean Discussions about Korean & things Korean. soc.culture.latin-america Topics about Latin-America. soc.culture.lebanon Discussion about things Lebanese. soc.culture.maghreb North African society and culture. soc.culture.magyar The Hungarian people & their culture. soc.culture.malaysia All about Malaysian society. soc.culture.mexican Discussion of Mexico's society. soc.culture.misc Group for discussion about other cultures. soc.culture.native Aboriginal people around the world. soc.culture.nepal Discussion of people and things in & from Nepal. soc.culture.netherlands People from the Netherlands and Belgium. soc.culture.new-zealand Discussion of topics related to New Zealand. soc.culture.nordic Discussion about culture up north. soc.culture.pakistan Topics of discussion about Pakistan. soc.culture.peru All about the people of Peru. soc.culture.polish Polish culture, Polish past, and Polish politics. soc.culture.portuguese Discussion of the people of Portugal. soc.culture.romanian Discussion of Romanian and Moldavian people. soc.culture.singapore The past, present and future of Singapore. soc.culture.soviet Topics relating to Russian or Soviet culture. soc.culture.spain Discussion of culture on the Iberian peninsula. soc.culture.sri-lanka Things & people from Sri Lanka. soc.culture.taiwan Discussion about things Taiwanese. soc.culture.tamil Tamil language, history and culture. soc.culture.thai Thai people and their culture. soc.culture.turkish Discussion about things Turkish. soc.culture.ukrainian The lives and times of the Ukrainian people. soc.culture.usa The culture of the United States of America. soc.culture.venezuela Discussion of topics related to Venezuela. soc.culture.vietnamese Issues and discussions of Vietnamese culture. soc.culture.yugoslavia Discussions of Yugoslavia and its people. soc.feminism Discussion of feminism & feminist issues. (Moderated) soc.history Discussions of things historical. soc.libraries.talk Discussing all aspects of libraries. soc.men Issues related to men, their problems & relationships. soc.misc Socially-oriented topics not in other groups. soc.motss Issues pertaining to homosexuality. soc.net-people Announcements, requests, etc. about people on the net. soc.penpals In search of net.friendships. soc.politics Political problems, systems, solutions. (Moderated) soc.politics.arms-d Arms discussion digest. (Moderated) soc.religion.bahai Discussion of the Baha'i Faith. (Moderated) soc.religion.christian Christianity and related topics. (Moderated) soc.religion.christian.bible-study Examining the Holy Bible. (Moderated) soc.religion.eastern Discussions of Eastern religions. (Moderated) soc.religion.islam Discussions of the Islamic faith. (Moderated) soc.religion.quaker The Religious Society of Friends. soc.rights.human Human rights & activism (e.g., Amnesty International). soc.roots Discussing genealogy and genealogical matters. soc.singles Newsgroup for single people, their activities, etc. soc.veterans Social issues relating to military veterans. soc.women Issues related to women, their problems & relationships. talk.abortion All sorts of discussions and arguments on abortion. talk.answers Repository for periodic USENET articles. (Moderated) talk.bizarre The unusual, bizarre, curious, and often stupid. talk.environment Discussion the state of the environment & what to do. talk.origins Evolution versus creationism (sometimes hot!). talk.philosophy.misc Philosophical musings on all topics. talk.politics.animals The use and/or abuse of animals. talk.politics.china Discussion of political issues related to China. talk.politics.drugs The politics of drug issues. talk.politics.guns The politics of firearm ownership and (mis)use. talk.politics.medicine The politics and ethics involved with health care. talk.politics.mideast Discussion & debate over Middle Eastern events. talk.politics.misc Political discussions and ravings of all kinds. talk.politics.soviet Discussion of Soviet politics, domestic and foreign. talk.politics.space Non-technical issues affecting space exploration. talk.politics.theory Theory of politics and political systems. talk.rape Discussions on stopping rape; not to be crossposted. talk.religion.misc Religious, ethical, & moral implications. talk.religion.newage Esoteric and minority religions & philosophies. talk.rumors For the posting of rumors. -----cut here----- Subject: mail-server: "SEND /pub/usenet/news.answers/alt-hierarchies/part1.Z" -----cut here----- bit.mailserv.word-mac Word Processing on the Macintosh. bit.mailserv.word-pc Word Processing on the IBM PC. bit.org.peace-corps International Volunteers Discussion Group. bit.software.international International Software List. (Moderated) 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.americast AmeriCast announcements. biz.americast.samples Samples of AmeriCast. (Moderated) biz.books.technical Technical bookstore & publisher advertising & info. 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.decathena DECathena discussions. biz.dec.decnews The DECNews newsletter. (Moderated) biz.dec.ip IP networking on DEC machines. biz.dec.workstations DEC workstation discussions & info. biz.digex.announce Announcements from Digex. (Moderated) biz.jobs.offered Position announcements. biz.misc Miscellaneous postings of a commercial nature. biz.next.newprod New product announcements for the NeXT. biz.pagesat For discussion of the Pagesat Satellite Usenet Newsfeed. biz.sco.announce SCO and related product announcements. (Moderated) biz.sco.binaries Binary packages for SCO Xenix, UNIX, or ODT. (Moderated) biz.sco.general Q&A, discussions and comments on SCO products. biz.sco.magazine To discuss SCO Magazine and its contents. biz.sco.opendesktop ODT environment and applications tech info, q&a. biz.sco.sources Source code ported to an SCO operating environment. biz.stolen Postings about stolen merchandise. biz.tadpole.sparcbook Discussions on the Sparcbook portable computer. biz.test Biz newsgroup test messages. biz.zeos.announce Zeos Product Announcements. (Moderated) biz.zeos.general Zeos technical support and general information. -----cut here----- Subject: mail-server: "SEND /pub/usenet/news.answers/alt-hierarchies/part1.Z" -----cut here----- Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!gatech!swrinde!cs.utexas.e du!uunet!not-for-mail From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.lists,news.groups,news.announce.newusers,news.announce.newgrou ps,news.answers Subject: Alternative Newsgroup Hierarchies, Part I Supersedes: Followup-To: news.groups Date: 23 Jul 1993 17:24:19 -0400 Organization: UUNET Technologies Inc, Falls Church, VA, USA Lines: 915 Approved: tale@uunet.uu.net Expires: 22 Sep 93 09:24:13 GMT Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net Summary: First of two postings. This part describes the following alternate hierarchies: alt, bionet, bit, biz Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu news.lists:2680 news.groups:76879 news.announce .newusers:1140 news.announce.newgroups:3591 news.answers:10630 Archive-name: alt-hierarchies/part1 Original-author: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford) Comment: enhanced & edited until 5/93 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford) Last-change: 22 Jul 1993 by tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) 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 able to find 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; software after B 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-request@uunet.uu.net 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 to the reply address in the header of this article. Alt --- "alt" is a collection of newsgroups that is being distributed by a collection of sites that choose to carry the groups. Many Usenet sites do not receive these groups. Here is a recent list of many active "alt" newsgroups: alt.1d One-dimensional imaging, & the thinking behind it. alt.3d Three-dimensional imaging. alt.59.79.99 Hut, hut, hike! alt.abortion.inequity Paternal obligations of failing to abort unwanted child. alt.abuse.recovery Helping victims of abuse to recover. alt.activism Activities for activists. alt.activism.d A place to discuss issues in alt.activism. alt.activism.death-penalty For people opposed to capital punishment. alt.adjective.noun.verb.verb.verb The penultimate alt group. alt.adoption For those involved with or contemplating adoption. alt.agriculture.misc General discussions of agriculture, farming, etc. alt.aldus.pagemaker Don't use expensive user support, come here instead. alt.alien.visitors Space Aliens on Earth! Abduction! Gov't Coverup! alt.amateur-comp Discussion and input for Amateur Computerist Newsletter. alt.angst Anxiety in the modern world. alt.answers As if anyone on alt has the answers. (Moderated) alt.appalachian Appalachian region awareness, events, and culture. alt.aquaria The aquarium & related as a hobby. alt.archery Robin Hood had the right idea. alt.architecture Building design/construction and related topics. alt.artcom Artistic Community, arts & communication. alt.asian-movies Movies from Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Chinese mainland. 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.autos.rod-n-custom Vehicles with modified engines and/or appearance. alt.backrubs Lower...to the right...aaaah! alt.basement.graveyard Another side of the do-it-yourself movement. alt.bbs Computer BBS systems & software. alt.bbs.ads Ads for various computer BBS's. alt.bbs.allsysop SysOp concerns of ALL networks and technologies. alt.bbs.first-class The First Class Mac GUI BBS. alt.bbs.internet BBSs that are hooked up to the Internet. alt.bbs.lists Postings of regional BBS listings. alt.bbs.pcboard Technical support for the PCBoard BBS. alt.bbs.pcbuucp The commerical PCBoard gateway, PCB-UUCP. alt.bbs.unixbbs Discussion of the BBS package UnixBBS. alt.bbs.uupcb PCB? I used to do that in the Sixties, man ... alt.beer Good for what ales ya. alt.best.of.internet It was a time of sorrow, it was a time of joy. alt.bigfoot Dr. Scholl's gone native. alt.binaries.multimedia Sound, text and graphics data rolled in one. alt.binaries.pictures Additional volume in the form of huge image files. 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.female Copyright violations featuring females. alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.male Copyright violations featuring males. alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.orientals Copyright violations featuring Asians. alt.binaries.pictures.fine-art.d Discussion of the fine-art binaries. (Moderate d) alt.binaries.pictures.fine-art.digitized Art from conventional media. (Moderate d) alt.binaries.pictures.fine-art.graphics Art created on computers. (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.supermodels Yet more copyright violations. alt.binaries.pictures.tasteless "Eccchh, that last one was *sick*...". alt.binaries.pictures.utilities Posting of pictures-related utilities. alt.binaries.sounds.d Sounding off. alt.binaries.sounds.misc Digitized audio adventures. alt.binaries.sounds.music Music samples in MOD/669 format. alt.bitterness No matter what it's for, you know how it'll turn out. alt.books.deryni Katherine Kurtz's books, especially the Deryni series. alt.books.isaac-asimov Fans of the late SF/science author Isaac Asimov. alt.books.reviews "If you want to know how it turns out, read it!". alt.books.technical Discussion of technical books. alt.brother-jed The born-again minister touring US campuses. alt.buddha.short.fat.guy Religion. And not religion. Both. Neither. alt.business.multi-level Multi-level (network) marketing businesses. 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.cereal Breakfast cereals and their (m)ilk. alt.cesium College Educated Students In Universal Mainland. alt.child-support Raising children in a split family. alt.chinchilla The nature of chinchilla farming in America Today. alt.chinese.text Postings in Chinese; Chinese language software. alt.chinese.text.big5 Posting in Chinese[BIG 5]. alt.clearing.technology Renegades from the Church of Scientology. alt.co-ops Discussion about co-operatives. alt.cobol Relationship between programming and stone axes. alt.collecting.autographs WOW! You got Pete Rose's? What about Kibo's? alt.college.college-bowl Discussions of the College Bowl competition. alt.college.food Dining halls, cafeterias, mystery meat, and more. alt.comedy.british Discussion of British comedy in a variety of media. alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre Firesign Theatre in all its flaming glory. alt.comics.batman Marketing mania. alt.comics.lnh Interactive net.madness in the superhero genre. alt.comics.superman No one knows it is also alt.clark.kent. alt.comp.acad-freedom.news Academic freedom issues related to computers. (Moder ated) alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk Academic freedom issues related to computers. alt.comp.fsp A file transport protocol. alt.computer.consultants Geeks on Patrol. alt.config Alternative subnet discussions and connectivity. alt.consciousness Discussions on the study of the human consciousness. alt.conspiracy Be paranoid -- they're out to get you. alt.conspiracy.jfk The Kennedy assassination. alt.cows.moo.moo.moo Like cows would cluck or something. alt.cult-movies Movies with a cult following. alt.cult-movies.rocky-horror Virgin! Virgin! Virgin! Virgin! alt.culture.alaska Is this where the ice weasels come from? alt.culture.argentina Don't cry for me. alt.culture.hawaii Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka 'Aina I Ka Pono. alt.culture.indonesia Indonesian culture, news, etc. alt.culture.internet The culture(s) of the Internet. alt.culture.karnataka Culture and language of the Indian state of Karnataka. alt.culture.kerala People of Keralite origin and the Malayalam language. alt.culture.ny-upstate New York State, above Westchester. alt.culture.oregon Discussion about the state of Oregon. alt.culture.us.asian-indian Asian Indians in the US and Canada. alt.culture.us.southwest Basking in the sun of the US's lower left. alt.culture.usenet A self-referential oxymoron. alt.current-events.bosnia The strife of Bosnia-Herzegovina. alt.current-events.flood-of-93 How the midwest US was turned into a sea. alt.cyberpunk High-tech low-life. alt.cyberpunk.chatsubo Literary virtual reality in a cyberpunk hangout. alt.cyberpunk.tech Cyberspace and Cyberpunk technology. alt.cyberspace Cyberspace and how it should work. alt.dads-rights Rights of fathers trying to win custody in court. alt.data.bad.bad.bad Evil androids siding with the Borg. alt.dcom.telecom Discussion of telecommunications technology. alt.dear.whitehouse When Hints from Heloise aren't enough. alt.decathena Digital's DECathena product. (Moderated) alt.dev.null The ultimate in moderated newsgroups. (Moderated) alt.devilbunnies Probably better left undescribed. alt.discordia All hail Eris, etc. 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.caffeine All about the world's most-used stimulant drug. alt.drumcorps Drum and bugle corps discussion (and related topics). alt.drwho.creative Writing about long scarfs and time machines. alt.emusic Ethnic, exotic, electronic, elaborate, etc. music. alt.engr.explosives Building backyard bombs. alt.ensign.wesley.die.die.die We just can't get enough of him. alt.evil Tales from the dark side. alt.exotic-music Exotic music discussions. * alt.fan.alok.vijayvargia Vote early, and vote often. alt.fan.asprin The works of Robert Lynn Asprin. alt.fan.bgcrisis Priss, the Replicants, the ADP and Bubblegum Crisis. alt.fan.bill-gates Fans of the original micro-softie. alt.fan.dan-quayle For discussion of the US Vice President. alt.fan.dave_barry Electronic fan club for humorist Dave Barry. alt.fan.debbie.gibson The world's oldest cheerleader. alt.fan.devo Funny hats do not a band make. alt.fan.dick-depew Dump on Dick. alt.fan.disney.afternoon Disney Afternoon characters & shows. alt.fan.douglas-adams Author of "The Meaning of Liff", & other fine works. alt.fan.eddings The works of writer David Eddings. alt.fan.enya For Enya fandom alt.fan.firesign-theatre The first try for alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre. alt.fan.frank-zappa Is that a Sears poncho? alt.fan.furry Fans of funny animals, ala Steve Gallacci's book. alt.fan.g-gordon-liddy Y'know, I saw him and Rush holding hands in a bar once. alt.fan.goons Careful Neddy, it's that dastardly Moriarty again. alt.fan.greaseman Fans of Doug Tracht, the DJ. alt.fan.hofstadter Douglas Hofstadter and Godel, Escher, Bach. alt.fan.holmes Elementary, my dear Watson. Like he ever said that. alt.fan.howard-stern Fans of the abrasive radio & TV personality. alt.fan.james-bond On his Majesty's Secret Service (& secret linen too). alt.fan.jen-coolest Gosh, isn't she just wonderful? alt.fan.jimmy-buffett A white sports coat and a pink crustacean. alt.fan.karla-homolka Why are there so few hot, exhibitionist, S&M women? alt.fan.laurie.anderson Will it be a music concert or a lecture this time? alt.fan.lemurs Little critters with BIG eyes. alt.fan.letterman One of the top 10 reasons to get the alt groups. alt.fan.lightbulbs A hardware problem. alt.fan.madonna Nice tits, eh... And how about that puppy? alt.fan.mike-jittlov Electronic fan club for animator Mike Jittlov. alt.fan.monty-python Electronic fan club for those wacky Brits. alt.fan.pern Anne McCaffery's s-f oeuvre. alt.fan.piers-anthony For fans of the s-f author Piers Anthony. alt.fan.pratchett For fans of Terry Pratchett, s-f humor writer. alt.fan.robert.mcelwaine Another favorite net-personality. alt.fan.ronald-reagan Jellybeans and all. alt.fan.rush-limbaugh Derogation of others for fun and profit. alt.fan.serdar-argic All about Armenia, Turkey, genocide, and robot-posting. alt.fan.spinal-tap Down on the sex farm. alt.fan.tank-girl No, she doesn't make noises like a squirrel. Really. alt.fan.tolkien ...and in the dark shall find them. alt.fan.warlord The War Lord of the West Preservation Fan Club. alt.fan.wodehouse Discussion of the works of humour author P.G. Wodehouse. 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.feminism Like soc.feminism, only different. alt.filesystems.afs Discussions about AFS, from deployment to development. alt.fishing Fishing as a hobby and sport. alt.flame Alternative, literate, pithy, succinct screaming. alt.flame.faggots Ignore the homophobic twits and they'll go away. alt.flame.fucking.faggots For especially intellectual homophobes. alt.flame.roommate Putting the pig on a spit. alt.folklore.college Collegiate humor. alt.folklore.computers Stories & anecdotes about computers (some true!). alt.folklore.ghost-stories Boo!. alt.folklore.herbs Discussion of all aspects of herbs and their uses. alt.folklore.science The folklore of science, not the science of folklore. alt.folklore.urban Urban legends, ala Jan Harold Brunvand. alt.food.cocacola & Royal Crown, Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, NEHI, etc... alt.food.mcdonalds Carl Sagan's favourite burger place. alt.funk-you The altnet, so full of wit! alt.games.frp.dnd-util Discussion and creation of utility programs for AD&D. alt.games.frp.live-action Discussion of all forms of live-action gaming. alt.games.gb The Galactic Bloodshed conquest game. alt.games.lynx The Atari Lynx. alt.games.mk Struggling in Mortal Kombat! 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.vga-planets Discussion of Tim Wisseman's VGA Planets. alt.games.xpilot Discussion on all aspects of the X11 game Xpilot. alt.gathering.rainbow For discussing the annual Rainbow Gathering. alt.geek To fulfill an observed need. alt.good.morning Would you like coffee with that?. alt.good.news A place for some news that's good news. alt.gopher Discussion of the gopher information service. alt.gothic The gothic movement: things mournful and dark. alt.gourmand Recipes & cooking info. (Moderated) alt.grad-student.tenured Most prison terms are finished sooner. alt.graphics.pixutils Discussion of pixmap utilities. alt.great-lakes Discussions of the Great Lakes and adjacent places. alt.guitar You axed for it, you got it. alt.guitar.bass Bass guitars. alt.guitar.tab Discussions about guitar tablature music. alt.hackers Descriptions of projects currently under development. (Moderated) alt.health.ayurveda Really old medicine from India. alt.hemp It's about knot-tying with rope. Knot! alt.hi.are.you.cute Are there a lot of pathetic people on the net or what? alt.hindu The Hindu religion. (Moderated) alt.history.living A forum for discussing the hobby of living history. alt.history.what-if What would the net have been like without this group? alt.homosexual Same as alt.sex.homosexual. alt.horror The horror genre. alt.horror.cthulhu Campus Crusade for Cthulhu, Ctulhu, Ctulu, and the rest. alt.horror.werewolves They were wolves, now they're something to be wary of. alt.hotrod High speed automobiles. (Moderated) alt.humor.best-of-usenet What the moderator thinks is funniest. (Moderated) alt.humor.best-of-usenet.d Why everyone else doesn't it's funny. alt.hypertext Discussion of hypertext -- uses, transport, etc. alt.hypnosis When you awaken, you will forget about this newsgroup. alt.illuminati See alt.cabal. Fnord. alt.image.medical Medical image exchange discussions. alt.india.progressive Progressive politics in the Indian sub-continent. (Modera ted) alt.individualism Philosophies where individual rights are paramount. alt.internet.access.wanted "Oh. OK, how about just an MX record for now?" alt.internet.services Not available in the uucp world, even via email. alt.irc Internet Relay Chat material. alt.irc.lamers See alt.hi.are.you.cute. alt.is.too NOT! alt.japanese.text Postings in Japanese; Japanese language software. alt.journalism General hangout for journalists. 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.kill.the.whales This newsgroup is evidence for the coming apocalypse. alt.lang.asm Assembly languages of various flavors. alt.lang.basic The Language That Would Not Die. alt.lang.intercal A joke language with a real compiler. alt.law-enforcement No, ossifer, there's nothing illegal going on in alt ... alt.life.internet One big throbbing mass of life, we are. alt.life.sucks & then you shrivel up. alt.locksmithing You locked your keys in *where*? alt.lucid-emacs.bug Bug reports about Lucid Emacs. alt.lucid-emacs.help Q&A and general discussion of Lucid Emacs. alt.magic For discussion about stage magic. alt.magick For discussion about supernatural arts. alt.magick.sex Sexuality, spirituality, and magick. alt.manga Discussion of non-Western comics. alt.mcdonalds Can I get fries with that? alt.med.cfs Chronic fatigue syndrome information. alt.meditation General discussion of meditation. alt.meditation.transcendental Contemplation of states beyond the teeth. alt.memetics The evolution of ideas in societies. alt.messianic Messianic traditions. alt.military.cadet Preparing for the coming apocalypse. alt.missing-kids Locating missing children. alt.msdos.programmer For the serious MS/DOS programmer (no forsale ads). alt.mud Same as rec.games.mud. alt.mud.cyberworld "Made for some student," the clueless newgroup said. alt.mudders.anonymous You might as well face it, you're addicted to MUD. alt.music.a-cappella Voice only, no /dev/sound. alt.music.alternative For groups having 2 or less Platinum-selling albums. alt.music.canada Oh, Canada, eh? alt.music.enya Gaelic set to spacey music. alt.music.filk SF/fantasy related folk music. alt.music.hardcore Could be porno set to music. alt.music.marillion A progressive band. The Silmarillion is a book. alt.music.prince So my Prince came. Make him go away. alt.music.progressive Yes, Marillion, Asia, King Crimson, etc. alt.music.queen He's dead, Jim. alt.music.rush For Rushheads. alt.music.ska Discussions of ska ( skank ) music, bands, and suchlike. alt.music.tmbg They Might Be Giants. alt.music.world Discussion of music from around the world. alt.mythology Zeus rules. alt.necromicon Yet another sign of the coming apocalypse. alt.netgames.bolo A multiplayer tank game for the Macintosh. alt.news-media Don't believe the hype. alt.news.macedonia News concerning Macedonia in the Balkan Region. alt.nick.sucks Probably. alt.non.sequitur Richard Nixon. alt.online-service Large commercial online services, and the Internet. alt.os.multics 30 years old and going strong. alt.out-of-body Out of Body Experiences. alt.overlords Office of the Omnipotent Overlords of the Omniverse. alt.pagan Discussions about paganism & religion. alt.paranet.abduct "They replaced Jim-Bob with a look-alike!" alt.paranet.paranormal "If it exists, how can supernatural be beyond natural?" alt.paranet.science "Maybe if we dissect the psychic ..." alt.paranet.skeptic "I don't believe they turned you into a newt." alt.paranet.ufo "Heck, I guess naming it ``UFO'' identifies it." alt.paranormal Phenomena which are not scientifically explicable. alt.parents-teens Parent-teenager relationships. alt.party Parties, celebration and general debauchery. alt.pave.the.earth One world, one people, one slab of asphalt. alt.peeves Discussion of peeves & related. alt.personals Do you really want to meet someone this way? alt.personals.ads 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 Hi there, do you multiprocess? alt.philosophy.objectivism A product of the Ayn Rand corporation. alt.politics.british Politics and a real Queen, too. alt.politics.clinton Discussing Slick Willie & Co. alt.politics.correct A Neil Bush fan club. alt.politics.economics War == Poverty, & other discussions. alt.politics.elections Everyone who votes for Quayle gets a free lollipop. alt.politics.equality Equality and discrimination. alt.politics.greens Green party politics & activities worldwide. alt.politics.homosexuality As the name implies alt.politics.india.progressive All about Progressive politics in India. alt.politics.libertarian The libertarian ideology. alt.politics.media There's lies, damn lies, statistics, and news reports. alt.politics.org.misc Political organizations. alt.politics.perot Discussion of the non-candidate. alt.politics.radical-left Who remains after the radicals left? alt.politics.reform Political reform. alt.politics.sex Not a good idea to mix them, sez Marilyn & Profumo. alt.politics.usa.constitution U.S. Constitutional politics. alt.politics.usa.misc Miscellaneous USA politics. alt.politics.usa.republican Discussions of the USA Republican Party. alt.polyamory For those who maintain multiple love relationships. alt.postmodern Postmodernism, semiotics, deconstruction, and the like. alt.president.clinton Will the CIA undermine his efforts? alt.prisons Can I get an alt.* feed in the slammer?. alt.privacy Privacy issues in cyberspace. alt.privacy.anon-server Technical & policy matters of anonymous contact servers . alt.privacy.clipper No, really, we can't read it. *snicker*. alt.prose Postings of original writings, fictional & otherwise. alt.psychoactives Better living through chemistry. alt.psychology.personality Personality taxonomy, such as Myers-Briggs. alt.pub.cloven-shield S-F role-playing. alt.pub.dragons-inn Fantasy virtual reality pub similar to alt.callahans. alt.pub.havens-rest Even more S-F role-playing. alt.punk Burning them keeps insects away. alt.ql.creative The "Quantum Leap" tv show. alt.quotations Quotations, quips, .sig lines, witticisms, et al. 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.rave Techno-culture: music, dancing, drugs, dancing... alt.recovery For people in recovery programs (e.g., AA, ACA, GA). alt.recovery.codependency Recovering from the disease of codependency. alt.religion.emacs Emacs. Umacs. We all macs. alt.religion.kibology He's Fred, Jim. alt.religion.monica Discussion about net-venus Monica and her works. alt.religion.scientology He's dead, Jim. alt.revisionism "It CAN'T be that way 'cause here's the FACTS". alt.revolution.counter Discussions of counter-revolutionary issues. alt.rhode_island Discussion of the great little state. 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.classic Classic rock, both the music and its marketing. alt.rock-n-roll.hard Music where stance is everything. alt.rock-n-roll.metal For the headbangers on the net. alt.rock-n-roll.metal.gnr "Axl Rose" is an anagram for "Oral Sex". alt.rock-n-roll.metal.heavy Non-sissyboy metal bands. alt.rock-n-roll.metal.ironmaiden Sonic torture methods. alt.rock-n-roll.metal.metallica Sort of like Formica with more hair. alt.rock-n-roll.metal.progressive Slayer teams up with Tom Cora. alt.rock-n-roll.stones Gathering plenty of moss by now. 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.satellite.tv.europe All about European satellite tv. alt.save.the.earth Environmentalist causes. alt.sci.physics.acoustics Sound advice. alt.sci.physics.new-theories Scientific theories you won't find in journals. alt.sci.planetary Studies in planetary science. alt.sci.sociology People are really interesting when you watch them. alt.security Security issues on computer systems. alt.security.index Pointers to good stuff in alt.security. (Moderated) alt.security.pgp The Pretty Good Privacy package. alt.sega.genesis Another addiction. alt.self-improve Self-improvement in less than 14 characters. alt.sewing A group that is not as it seams. alt.sex Postings of a prurient nature. alt.sex.bestiality Happiness is a warm puppy. alt.sex.bestiality.barney For people with big, purple newt fetishes. alt.sex.bondage Tie me, whip me, make me read the net! alt.sex.fetish.amputee They're as sexual as anyone else. alt.sex.fetish.fa The group creator couldn't spell "fat" right. alt.sex.fetish.feet Kiss them. Now. alt.sex.fetish.hair It worked for Rapunsel. alt.sex.fetish.orientals The mysteries of Asia are a potent lure. 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.pictures Gigabytes of copyright violations. alt.sex.pictures.female Copyright violations featuring mostly females. alt.sex.pictures.male Copyright violations featuring mostly males. alt.sex.stories For those who need it *NOW*. alt.sex.stories.d For those who talk about needing it *NOW*. alt.sex.wanted Requests for erotica, either literary or in the flesh. alt.sex.wizards Questions for only true sex wizards. alt.sexual.abuse.recovery Helping others deal with traumatic experiences. alt.sexy.bald.captains More Stardrek. alt.shenanigans Practical jokes, pranks, randomness, etc. alt.shut.the.hell.up.geek Group for Usenet motto. 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.slick.willy.tax.tax.tax Not just for rich people anymore. alt.society.anarchy Societies without rulers. alt.society.ati The Activist Times Digest. (Moderated) alt.society.civil-liberties Individual rights. alt.society.civil-liberty Same as alt.society.civil-liberties. alt.society.conservatism Social, cultural, and political conservatism. alt.society.resistance Resistance against governments. alt.society.revolution Discussions on revolutions alt.soft-sys.tooltalk Forum for ToolTalk related issues. alt.soulmates But what if Richard Bach's true love lived in Mongolia? alt.sources Alternative source code, unmoderated. Caveat Emptor. alt.sources.d Discussion of posted sources. alt.sources.index Pointers to source code in alt.sources.*. (Moderated) alt.sources.wanted Requests for source code. alt.spam What is that stuff that doth jiggle in the breeze? alt.sport.bowling In the gutter again. alt.sport.darts Look what you've done to the wall! alt.sport.foosball Table soccer and dizzy little men. alt.sport.lasertag Indoor splatball with infrared lasers. alt.sport.pool Knock your balls into your pockets for fun. alt.sports.baseball.atlanta-braves Atlanta Braves major league baseball. alt.sports.baseball.balt-orioles Baltimore Orioles major league baseball. alt.sports.baseball.chicago-cubs Chicago Cubs major league baseball. alt.sports.baseball.cinci-reds Cincinnati Reds major league baseball. alt.sports.baseball.col-rockies Colorado Rockies major league baseball. alt.sports.baseball.fla-marlins Florida Marlins major league baseball. alt.sports.baseball.houston-astros Houston Astros major league baseball. alt.sports.baseball.la-dodgers Los Angele Dodgers baseball talk. alt.sports.baseball.mke-brewers For discussion of the Milwaukee Brewers. alt.sports.baseball.mke-brewers.suck.suck.suck ... and why they suck. alt.sports.baseball.mn-twins Minnesota Twins major league baseball. alt.sports.baseball.montreal-expos Montreal Expos major league baseball. alt.sports.baseball.ny-mets New York Mets baseball talk. alt.sports.baseball.oakland-as Oakland A's major league baseball talk. alt.sports.baseball.phila-phillies Philadelphia Phillies baseball talk. alt.sports.baseball.pitt-pirates Pittsburgh Pirates baseball talk. alt.sports.baseball.sf-giants San Francisco Giants baseball talk. alt.sports.baseball.stl-cardinals St. Louis Cardinals baseball talk. alt.sports.football.mn-vikings Minnesota Vikings football talk. alt.sports.football.pro.wash-redskins Washington Redskins football talk. alt.stagecraft Technical theatre issues. alt.startrek.creative Stories and parodies related to Star Trek. alt.stupid.religious.discussion talk.religion.misc's no-nonsense name. alt.stupidity Discussion about stupid newsgroups. alt.suicide.holiday Talk of why suicides increase at holidays. alt.super.nes Discussion of the Super Nintendo video game. alt.supermodels Discussing famous & beautiful models. alt.support Dealing with emotional situations & experiences. alt.support.big-folks Sizeism can be as awful as sexism or racism. alt.support.diet Seeking enlightenment through weight loss. alt.support.mult-sclerosis Discussion about living with multiple sclerosis. alt.support.step-parents Difficulties of being a step-parent. alt.surfing Riding the ocean waves. alt.sustainable.agriculture Such as the Mekong delta before Agent Orange. alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork The beginning of the end. alt.sys.amiga.demos Code and talk to show off the Amiga. alt.sys.amiga.uucp AmigaUUCP. alt.sys.intergraph Support for Intergraph machines. alt.sys.perq Keeping the antiques working. alt.sys.sun Technical discussion of Sun Microsystems products. alt.tasteless Truly disgusting. alt.tasteless.johan.wevers The OETLUL of the year. alt.tasteless.jokes Sometimes insulting rather than disgusting or humorous. alt.techno-shamanism But can they make the name work on SYSV systems? alt.technology.misc Another well-focused alt group. alt.technology.mkt-failure Promising technologies that failed to sell. alt.test Alternative subnetwork testing. alt.test.my.new.group Created by a fool on his day. alt.test.test More from the people who brought you "BBS systems." alt.thinking.hurts Barbie was right. alt.thrash Thrashlife. alt.timewasters A Dutch computer club; perhaps a microcosm of Usenet... alt.toolkits.xview The X windows XView toolkit. alt.toys.hi-tech Optimus Prime is my hero. alt.toys.lego Snap 'em together. alt.transgendered Boys will be girls, and vice-versa. alt.tv.babylon-5 Casablanca in space. alt.tv.bh90210 Fans of "Beverly Hills 90210" TV show. alt.tv.dinosaurs.barney.die.die.die Squish the saccharine newt. alt.tv.la-law For the folks out in la-law land. alt.tv.mash Nothing like a good comedy about war and dying. alt.tv.mst3k Hey, you robots! Down in front!. alt.tv.muppets Miss Piggy on the tube. alt.tv.mwc "Married... With Children". 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.rockford-files But he won't do windows. alt.tv.seinfeld A funny guy. alt.tv.simpsons Don't have a cow, man! alt.tv.time-traxx If you run into Nyssa, let us know. alt.tv.tiny-toon Discussion about the "Tiny Toon Adventures" show. alt.tv.tiny-toon.fandom Apparently one fan group could not bind them all. alt.tv.twin-peaks Discussion about the popular (and unusual) TV show. alt.unsubscribe-me Just strap right in to this electric chair here. alt.usage.english English grammar, word usages, and related topics. alt.usenet.offline-reader Getting your fix offline. alt.uu.lang.esperanto.misc Study of Esperanto in Usenet University. alt.vampyres Discussion of vampires and related writings, films, etc. alt.video.games.reviews What's hot and what's not in video games. alt.video.laserdisc LD players and selections available for them. alt.visa.us Discussion/information on visas pertaining to US. alt.war Not just collateral damage. alt.war.civil.usa Discussion of the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865). alt.war.vietnam Discussion of all aspects of the Vietnam War. alt.wedding Til death or our lawyers do us part. alt.wesley.crusher.die.die.die Ensigns just get no respect. alt.whine Why me? alt.whistleblowing Whistleblowing on fraud, abuse and other corruption. alt.winsock Windows Sockets. alt.wolves Discussing wolves & wolf-mix dogs. alt.wonderment.bgjw By Gosh, Judge Wapner! alt.zima Not to be confused with zuma. alt.zines Small magazines, mostly noncommercial. alt.znet.aeo Atari Explorer Online magazine. (Moderated) alt.znet.pc Z*NET International ASCII Magazines (Weekly). (Moderated) Submissions to the moderated alt groups should be made to the addresses listed in the companion posting of moderator addresses. 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 or psi. Bionet ------ There is a newsgroup hierarchy for topics interesting to biologists called "bionet" originating from net.bio.net and carried on a number of machines including rutgers, phri, mit-eddie, ukma, and all of the machines at UCSD. Contact David Kristofferson for more details. The current newsgroup list looks like this: bionet.agroforestry Discussion of Agroforestry. bionet.announce Announcements of widespread interest to biologists. (Moderated ) bionet.biology.computational Computer and mathematical applications. (Moderated ) bionet.biology.n2-fixation Research issues on biological nitrogen fixation. bionet.biology.tropical Discussions about tropical biology. bionet.cellbiol Disucssions about cell biology. bionet.chlamydomonas Discussions about the green alga Chlamydomonas. bionet.drosophila Discussions about the biology of fruit flies. bionet.general General BIOSCI discussion. bionet.genome.arabidopsis Information about the Arabidopsis project. bionet.genome.chrom22 Discussion of Chromosome 22. bionet.genome.chromosomes Mapping and sequencing of eucaryote chromosomes. 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. (Moderated) bionet.journals.note Advice on dealing with journals in biology. 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.hiv Discussions about the molecular biology of HIV. bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts Requests for information and lab reagents. bionet.molbio.proteins Research on proteins and protein databases. bionet.molbio.rapd Research on Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA. bionet.molbio.yeast The molecular biology and genetics of yeast. bionet.n2-fixation Research issues on biological nitrogen fixation. bionet.neuroscience Research issues in the neurosciences. bionet.photosynthesis Discussions about research on photosynthesis. 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. (Moderated) bionet.software Information about software for biology. bionet.software.acedb Discussions by users of genome DBs using ACEDB. bionet.software.gcg Discussions about using the ACEDB software. bionet.software.sources Software Source relating to biology. 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(Moderated) comp.dcom.lans.hyperchannel Hyperchannel networks within an IP network. comp.editors Topics related to computerized text editing. comp.edu.composition Writing instruction in computer-based classrooms. comp.lang.asm370 Programming in IBM System/370 Assembly Language. comp.lang.clu The CLU language & related topics. comp.lang.forth.mac The CSI MacForth programming environment. comp.lang.icon Topics related to the ICON programming language. comp.lang.idl IDL (Interface Description Language) related topics. comp.lang.lisp.franz The Franz Lisp programming language. comp.lang.lisp.x The XLISP language system. comp.lang.rexx The REXX command language. comp.lang.scheme.c The Scheme language environment. comp.lang.visual Visual programming languages. comp.lsi.cad Electrical Computer Aided Design. comp.mail.multi-media Multimedia Mail. comp.music Applications of computers in music research. comp.networks.noctools.announce Info and announcements about NOC tools. (Modera ted) comp.networks.noctools.bugs Bug reports and fixes for NOC tools. comp.networks.noctools.d Discussion about NOC tools. comp.networks.noctools.submissions New NOC tools submissions. comp.networks.noctools.tools Descriptions of available NOC tools. (Moderated) comp.networks.noctools.wanted Requests for NOC software. comp.org.isoc.interest Discussion about the Internet Society. comp.os.aos Topics related to Data General's AOS/VS. comp.os.cpm.amethyst Discussion of Amethyst, CP/M-80 software package. comp.os.msdos.4dos The 4DOS command processor for MS-DOS. comp.os.rsts Topics related to the PDP-11 RSTS/E operating system. comp.os.v The V distributed operating system from Stanford. comp.periphs.printers Information on printers. comp.protocols.iso.dev-environ The ISO Development Environment. comp.protocols.iso.x400 X400 mail protocol discussions. comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway X400 mail gateway discussions. (Moderated) comp.protocols.pcnet Topics related to PCNET (a personal computer network). comp.protocols.snmp The Simple Network Management Protocol. comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains Topics related to Domain Style names. comp.protocols.time.ntp The network time protocol. comp.security.announce Announcements from the CERT about security. (Moderated) comp.soft-sys.andrew The Andrew system from CMU. comp.soft-sys.nextstep The NeXTstep computing environment. comp.std.announce Announcements about standards activities. (Moderated) comp.sys.cdc Control Data Corporation Computers (e.g., Cybers). comp.sys.handhelds Handheld computers and programmable calculators. comp.sys.intel.ipsc310 Anything related to the Intel 310. comp.sys.northstar Northstar microcomputer users. comp.sys.super Supercomputers. comp.sys.ti.explorer The Texas Instruments Explorer. comp.sys.zenith Heath terminals and related Zenith products. comp.terminals.bitgraph The BB&N BitGraph Terminal. comp.terminals.tty5620 AT&T Dot Mapped Display Terminals (5620 and BLIT). comp.theory Theoretical Computer Science. comp.theory.cell-automata Discussion of all aspects of cellular automata. comp.theory.dynamic-sys Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems. comp.theory.self-org-sys Topics related to self-organization. comp.unix.cray Cray computers and their operating systems. comp.unix.solaris Discussions about the Solaris operating system. comp.windows.x.announce X Consortium announcements. (Moderated) comp.windows.x.motif The Motif GUI for the X Window System. ddn.mgt-bulletin The DDN Management Bulletin from NIC.DDN.MIL (Moderated) ddn.newsletter The DDN Newsletter from NIC.DDN.MIL (Moderated) news.software.nntp The Network News Transfer Protocol. rec.games.vectrex The Vectrex game system. rec.mag.fsfnet A Science Fiction "fanzine." (Moderated) sci.bio.technology Any topic relating to biotechnology. sci.math.num-analysis Numerical Analysis. sci.philosophy.meta Discussions within the scope of "MetaPhilosophy." soc.culture.esperanto The neutral international language Esperanto. Info --- The "info" hierarchy is a collection of mailing lists gatewayed into news at the University of Illinois. The lists are selected based on local interests but have proven popular at a number of sites. Groups are removed when they become available via more mainstream hierarchies. Sites are encouraged to mark *'ed groups as 'n' in their active file. 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(Moder ated) info.jethro-tull Discussions about Jethro Tull's music (jtull@remus.rutgers.edu ). (Moderated) info.labmgr Computer lab managers list (labmgr@ukcc.uky.edu). (Moderated) info.mach The Mach operating system (info-mach@cs.cmu.edu). (Moderated) info.mh.workers *MH development discussions (mh-workers@ics.uci.edu). (Moderate d) info.nets Inter-network connectivity (info-nets@think.com). info.nsf.grants *NSF grant notes (grants@note.nsf.gov). (Moderated) info.nsfnet.cert *Computer Emergency Response Team announcements (nsfnet-cert@m erit.edu). (Moderated) info.nsfnet.status NSFnet status reports. (Moderated) info.nupop Northwestern University's POP for PCs (nupop@casbah.acns.nwu.edu). ( Moderated) info.nysersnmp *The SNMP software distributed by PSI (nysersnmp@nisc.nyser.net) . (Moderated) info.osf *OSF Electronic Bulletin mailings (roma@uiuc.edu). (Moderated) info.pem-dev *IETF privacy enhanced mail discussions (pem-dev@tis.com). 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(Moderated) info.wisenet Women In Science and Engineering NETwork (wisenet@uicvm.uic.edu).( Moderated) K12 --- K12Net is a collection of conferences devoted to K-12 educational curriculum, language exchanges with native speakers, and classroom-to-classroom projects designed by teachers. The conferences are privately distributed among FidoNet-compatible electronic bulletin board systems in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America, as well as available from uunet.uu.net as Usenet newsgroups in the hierarchy k12.* Classroom-to-classroom projects are featured in the K12 "Channels" which are periodically reassigned based on usage and appropriate project length. They comprise the k12.sys hierarchy. Forums for casual conversation among students are divided by grade level in the k12.chat hierarchy; there is also an area for teachers to exchange general ideas about using telecommunications in education. k12.ed.art Arts & crafts curricula in K-12 education. k12.ed.business Business education curricula in grades K-12. k12.ed.comp.literacy Teaching computer literacy in grades K-12. k12.ed.health-pe Health and Physical Education curricula in grades K-12. k12.ed.life-skills Home Economics, career education, and school counseling. k12.ed.math Mathematics curriculum in K-12 education. k12.ed.music Music and Performing Arts curriculum in K-12 education. k12.ed.science Science curriculum in K-12 education. k12.ed.soc-studies Social Studies and History curriculum in K-12 education. k12.ed.special Educating students with handicaps and/or special needs. k12.ed.tag K-12 education for gifted and talented students. k12.ed.tech Industrial arts & vocational education in grades K-12. k12.library Implementing info technologies in school libraries. k12.lang.art The art of teaching language skills in grades K-12. k12.lang.deutsch-eng Bilingual German/English practice with native speakers. k12.lang.esp-eng Bilingual Spanish/English practice with native speakers. k12.lang.francais French practice with native speakers. k12.lang.russian Bilingual Russian/English practice with native speakers. k12.sys.projects Discussion of potential projects. k12.sys.ch0 Current projects. k12.sys.ch1 Current projects. k12.sys.ch2 Current projects. k12.sys.ch3 Current projects. k12.sys.ch4 Current projects. k12.sys.ch5 Current projects. k12.sys.ch6 Current projects. k12.sys.ch7 Current projects. k12.sys.ch8 Current projects. k12.sys.ch9 Current projects. k12.sys.ch10 Current projects. k12.sys.ch11 Current projects. k12.sys.ch12 Current projects. k12.chat.elementary Casual conversation for elementary students, grades K-5. k12.chat.junior Casual conversation for students in grades 6-8. k12.chat.senior Casual conversation for high school students. k12.chat.teacher Casual conversation for teachers of grades K-12. For more information, contact one of the members of the K12Net Council of Coordinators: Jack Crawford Janet Murray Rob Reilly Mort Sternheim Louis Van Geel RELCOM ------ Relcom.* is the hierarchy of Russian-language newsgroups distributed mostly on the territory of the former Soviet Union (non-CIS countries included). These groups are available in Europe and Northern America; due to the 8-bit encoding (KOI-8) of Cyrillic letters, minor software modifications may be required. Newsgroups under the hierarchy relcom.commerce contain classified advertisements and are relatively high-volume; the nature of the information distributed in those groups may contradict policy of some networks. However, they may be valuable for researchers and businessmen interested in the first-hand information on the economics of FSU countries. Eugene Peskin is the Relcom staff member responsible for netnews -- contact him for more information. relcom.ads Non-commercial ads. (Moderated) relcom.archives Messages about new items on archive sites. relcom.archives.d Discussions on file servers, archives. relcom.bbs BBS news. relcom.commerce.audio-video Audio & video equipment. relcom.commerce.chemical Chemical production. relcom.commerce.computers Computer hardware. relcom.commerce.construction Construction materials and equipment. relcom.commerce.consume Cosmetics, parfumes, dresses, shoes. relcom.commerce.energy Gas, coal, oil, fuel, generators, etc. relcom.commerce.estate Real estate. relcom.commerce.food Food & drinks (including alcoholic). relcom.commerce.food.drinks Spirits and soft drinks. relcom.commerce.food.sweet Sweets and sugar. relcom.commerce.household All for house - furniture, freezers, ovens, etc. relcom.commerce.infoserv Information services. relcom.commerce.jobs Jobs offered/wanted. relcom.commerce.machinery Machinery, plant equipment. relcom.commerce.medicine Medical services, equipment, drugs. relcom.commerce.metals Metals and metal products. relcom.commerce.money Credits, deposits, currency. relcom.commerce.orgtech Office equipment. relcom.commerce.other Miscelannia. relcom.commerce.software Software. relcom.commerce.stocks Stocks and bonds. relcom.commerce.talk Discussions about commercial groups. relcom.commerce.tobacco Cigarettes and tobacco. relcom.commerce.tour Tourism, leisure and entertainment opportunities. relcom.commerce.transport Vehicles and spare parts. relcom.comp.binaries Binary codes of computer programs. (Moderated) relcom.comp.dbms.foxpro FoxPro database development system. relcom.comp.demo Demo versions of various software. (Moderated) relcom.comp.demo.d Discussions on demonstration programs. relcom.comp.lang.pascal Using of Pascal programming language. relcom.comp.os.os2 FIDOnet area, OS/2 operational system. relcom.comp.os.vms VMS operational system. relcom.comp.os.windows FIDOnet area, MS-Windows operational system. relcom.comp.os.windows.prog FIDOnet area, programming under MS-Windows. relcom.comp.sources.d Discussions on sources. relcom.comp.sources.misc Software sources. (Moderated) relcom.currency ? relcom.exnet Discussions on ExNet electronic exchange. relcom.exnet.quote ExNet quotes. relcom.expo Exhibitions and fairs announcements and reviews. (Moderated) relcom.fido.flirt FIDOnet, just talking of love. relcom.fido.ru.hacker FIDOnet, hackers and crackers (legal!). relcom.fido.ru.modem Inter-network discussion on modems. relcom.fido.ru.networks Inter-network discussion of global nets. relcom.fido.ru.strack FIDOnet, digitized sound. relcom.fido.ru.unix Inter-network challenge to OS Unix. relcom.fido.su.books FIDOnet, for book readers and lovers. relcom.fido.su.c-c++ FIDOnet, C & C++ language. relcom.fido.su.dbms FIDOnet, database management systems. relcom.fido.su.general FIDOnet, about everything and nothing. relcom.fido.su.hardw FIDOnet, computer hardware. relcom.fido.su.magic FIDOnet, magic and occult sciences. relcom.fido.su.softw FIDOnet, software in general. relcom.fido.su.tolkien FIDOnet, creations of J.R.R Tolkien. relcom.fido.su.virus FIDOnet, viruses and vaccines. relcom.humor Ha-ha-ha. Jokes, you know them, funny. relcom.infomarket.quote Ex-USSR exchanges's quotes /ASMP/. (Moderated) relcom.infomarket.talk Discussion on market development /ASMP/. (Moderated) relcom.jusinf Information on laws by "Justicinform". (Moderated) relcom.kids About kids. relcom.lan Inter-network discussion on local area networks. relcom.maps Relcom maps. relcom.msdos MS-DOS software. relcom.music Music lovers. relcom.netnews Announcements and articles important for all netters. relcom.netnews.big General BIG articles. relcom.newusers Q&A of new Relcom users. relcom.penpals To find friends, colleagues, etc. relcom.politics Political discussions. relcom.postmasters For RELCOM postmasters, official. (Moderated) relcom.postmasters.d Discussion of postmaster's troubles and bright ideas. relcom.relarn.general Scientific academical subnet RELARN: general issues. (Mo derated) relcom.renews Net magazine RENEWS. (Moderated) relcom.sources Superseded by relcom.comp.sources.misc. (Moderated) relcom.spbnews Political & economic news digest by SPB-News Agency. (Moderated ) relcom.talk Unfettered talk. relcom.tcpip TCP/IP protocols and their implementation. relcom.terms Discussion of various terms and terminology. relcom.test "Wow, does it really work?". relcom.wtc Commercial proposals of World Trade Centers. relcom.x X Windows discussion. U3B --- Groups dealing with AT&T 3B{2,5,15,20,4000} computers -- everything except for the UNIX PC/3B1. Both uunet and ames carry these groups. u3b.config 3B Distribution configuration. u3b.misc 3B Miscellaneous Discussions. u3b.sources Sources for AT&T 3B systems. u3b.tech 3B Technical Discussions. u3b.test 3B Distribution Testing. VMSnet ------ This hierarchy is for topics of interest to VAX/VMS users (but not necessarily VMS-specific). These groups are a project of the VMSnet working group of the VAX SIG of the US Chapter of DECUS (the Digital Equipment Computer User's Society). They are carried by most major usenet news sites, and almost half of all netnews sites. To find a feed, contact the system managers of news sites near you, and/or post to a local or regional newsgroup and ask if anyone in the area is carrying the VMSnet newsgroups. If you have tried these alternatives and still can not find a site in your local area that carries the VMSnet groups, you can send mail to the VMSnet Network Coordinator, currently Terry Poot , who will attempt to assist you in finding a feed for the groups. Alternatively, you can send mail to the VMSnet mailing list , which is also gatewayed to the vmsnet.uucp newsgroup and ask for help. In either case, be sure to state where you are geographically, and what your constraints are. For instance, if you can only place local phone calls, be sure to say just what areas are a local call for you. Also describe your network connectivity (what networks you are on, your uucp neighbors, etc.). Here is a recent list of VMSnet newsgroups. NOTE: this is NOT the definitive list of VMSnet newsgroups. The current definitive list is always the most recent checkgroups posting in vmsnet.admin. It is posted monthly or whenever the set of newsgroups is changed. vmsnet.admin Administration of the VMSnet newsgroups. vmsnet.alpha Discussion about Alpha AXP architecture, systems, porting, etc. vmsnet.announce General announcements of interest to all. (Moderated) vmsnet.announce.newusers Orientation info for new users. (Moderated) vmsnet.databases.rdb DEC's Rdb relational DBMS and related topics. vmsnet.decus.journal The DECUServe Journal. (Moderated) vmsnet.decus.lugs Discussion of DECUS Local User Groups and related issues. vmsnet.employment Jobs sought/offered, workplace and employment related issues. vmsnet.internals VMS internals, MACRO-32, Bliss, etc., gatewayed to MACRO32 lis t. vmsnet.mail.misc Other electronic mail software. vmsnet.mail.pmdf PMDF email system, gatewayed to ipmdf mailing list. vmsnet.mail.mx MX email system, gatewayed to MX mailing list. vmsnet.misc General VMS topics not covered elsewhere. vmsnet.networks.desktop.misc Other desktop integration software. vmsnet.networks.desktop.pathworks DEC Pathworks desktop integration software. vmsnet.networks.management.decmcc DECmcc and related software. vmsnet.networks.management.misc Other network management solutions. vmsnet.networks.misc General networking topics not covered elsewhere. vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.cmu-tek CMU-TEK TCP/IP package, gatewayed to cmu-tek-tcp +@andrew.cmu.edu. vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.misc Other TCP/IP solutions for VMS. vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.multinet TGV's Multinet TCP/IP, gatewayed to info-multin et. vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.tcpware Discussion of Process Software's TCPWARE TCP/IPs oftware. vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.ucx DEC's VMS/Ultrix Connection (or TCP/IP services forV MS) product. vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.wintcp The Wollongong Group's WIN-TCP TCP/IP software. vmsnet.pdp-11 PDP-11 hardware and software, gatewayed to info-pdp11. vmsnet.sources Source code postings ONLY. (Moderated) vmsnet.sources.d Discussion about or requests for sources. vmsnet.sources.games Recreational software postings. vmsnet.sysmgt VMS system management. vmsnet.test Test messages. vmsnet.tpu TPU language and applications, gatewayed to info-tpu. vmsnet.uucp DECUS uucp software, gatewayed to vmsnet mailing list. vmsnet.vms-posix Discussion about VMS POSIX. -----cut here----- -EOF-