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From: smoliar@vaxa.isi.edu (Stephen Smoliar)
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Subject: Re: comp.cog-eng
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In article <5108@utcsri.UUCP> peterr@utcsri.UUCP writes:
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>So, I suggest that comp.cog-eng be deleted and comp.humfac be created.
>
I strongly agree.  When I first entered the RN community, I though "cog-eng"
had something to do with cognition and engineering.  The idea of human factors
never occurred to me.  When I started reading the articles, this confusion
was reinforced.  Eventually, I unsubscribed because I seemed to be seeing
the same material on comp.ai.  A newsgroup for human factors is a good idea,
but it should be more explicitly labeled as such.