Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!columbia!rutgers!ucla-cs!cit-vax!elroy!jplgodo!wlbr!scgvaxd!trwrb!aero!venera.isi.edu!smoliar From: smoliar@vaxa.isi.edu (Stephen Smoliar) Newsgroups: comp.ai,comp.cog-eng,news.admin,news.misc Subject: Re: comp.cog-eng Message-ID: <3244@venera.isi.edu> Date: Wed, 22-Jul-87 10:31:20 EDT Article-I.D.: venera.3244 Posted: Wed Jul 22 10:31:20 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jul-87 11:41:52 EDT References: <993@mind.UUCP> <3781@osu-eddie.UUCP> <8305@utzoo.UUCP> <5108@utcsri.UUCP> Sender: daemon@venera.isi.edu Reply-To: smoliar@vaxa.isi.edu.UUCP (Stephen Smoliar) Organization: Information Sciences Institute Lines: 10 Xref: mnetor comp.ai:675 comp.cog-eng:221 news.admin:726 news.misc:789 In article <5108@utcsri.UUCP> peterr@utcsri.UUCP writes: > >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.