Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version nyu B notes v1.5 12/10/84; site csd2.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!csd2!agrawal From: agrawal@csd2.UUCP (Mukul Babu Agrawal) Newsgroups: net.news.group Subject: Re: starting a new net net.india (net.asia?) Message-ID: <3490005@csd2.UUCP> Date: Thu, 17-Jan-85 11:58:00 EST Article-I.D.: csd2.3490005 Posted: Thu Jan 17 11:58:00 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 19-Jan-85 01:24:52 EST References: <945@amdahl.UUCP> Organization: New York University Lines: 40 > >> = Dina Street ..ucbvax!unisoft!dina > >> Why just India? There are also many other fascinating nations >> and cultures to explore (Chinese, Middle Eastern, African, >> Eastern European, South American, not to mention individual >> countries). Wouldn't something like net.international be >> more appropriate for what you wish to discuss? > >How about net.asia? Or net.nlang.asia? I realize some may consider >this TOO general from the original proposal, but let's gather a >bunch of little things together first. The net.india seems to >have a following but what about all the other Asian cultures? > >This makes sense because they are usually thought of as similiar, >(and here's a place to learn about differences, too) and could take >in other discussions. net.politics and net.religion are overwhelmed by >Western predisposition. Net.nlang.asia would something of a >"net.Eastern". > >What do you think? >-- >Gordon A. Moffett ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,sun}!amdahl!gam >/* ---------- */ I am sure if I broadcast a message on any of the networks mentioned above or on something like net.asia that Kapildev is back for the fourth testmatch or that a new record of Nazia and Zoheb Hasan is to be released soon , there will be millions of "flames" as to why I broadcast it on net.asia .. As to having different groups like net.lang.asia.india , imagin a group by the name net.lang.humun.world.americas.northamerica.usa-- What a convenient name ? Mukul Agrawal agrawal@csd2.arpa