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In article <1992Nov2.153530.25647@cs.cornell.edu> karr@cs.cornell.edu (David Karr) writes:
>In article <1992Nov2.122422.11183@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> dmarble@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Duane F Marble) writes:
>I wonder if any data storage and retrieval methods like WAIS and
>Gopher could substitute for the query to a newsgroup.  Or do we want
>to have both methods?  What are the advantages and pitfalls of the
>newsgroup approach?  For example, do we really want to see everyone's
>questions all the time?  When and what should one post?

There's a initiative begin started called "Usenet University - New
Network Academy" which is designed to combine both methods of getting
information.  UU-NNA will consist of two parts, a list of consultants,
who are willing to answers questions over E-mail and a hypertext
database of frequently asked questions and explanatory material.

Over time, I'm hoping that UU-NNA will gather more and more functions of
a "real" university.

To read more about this, subscribe to the alt.uu groups.

>Oh yes, and how do we know when we answer a question that we're not
>giving unauthorized help on an exam (or do we need to be concerned
>with this any more than if someone happened to knock on our office
>door with the same question)?

Well, posting a question to a world-wide electronic network which the
prof may be reading seems like a really, really silly way of getting
unauthorized help.