Re: LAST CALL: sci.commtech, sci.infotech, sci.informatics

Article View: comp.cog-eng

Article #1013

#1013

From: Chris Malcolm cam 031 667 1011 x...
Date: Tue, 30 May 1989 19:44

16 lines
1296 bytes

In article <4158@bgsuvax.UUCP> klopfens@bgsuvax.UUCP (Bruce Klopfenstein) writes:
>
>I am about to issue the call to vote for a new newsgroup on communication/
>information technologies and their impacts on society, media industries,
>organizations and individuals.  The vast majority of responses have been
>favorable, with some discussion needed to resolve a name for the group.
> ....
>sci.informatics may be an excellent name from a European perspective as 
>the word does seem to reflect our intentions, but it may be less familiar
>to U.S. users

In Europe informatics = computer science (Fr informatique).
-- 
Chris Malcolm    cam@uk.ac.ed.edai   031 667 1011 x2550
Department of Artificial Intelligence, Edinburgh University
5 Forrest Hill, Edinburgh, EH1 2QL, UK

Technical Details

Message-ID: <396@edai.ed.ac.uk>

Path:

arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!utstat!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcvax!ukc!etive!aipna!edai!cam

References: <4158@bgsuvax.UUCP>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!utstat!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcvax!ukc!etive!aipna!edai!cam
From: cam@edai.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm    cam@uk.ac.ed.edai   031 667 1011 x2550)
Newsgroups: comp.cog-eng
Subject: Re: LAST CALL: sci.commtech, sci.infotech, sci.informatics
Keywords: sci.commecth
Message-ID: <396@edai.ed.ac.uk>
Date: 30 May 89 19:44:23 GMT
References: <4158@bgsuvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: cam@edai (Chris Malcolm)
Organization: University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
Lines: 16

Reply to Parent Message