X-Message-Number: 5424 Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 18:16:36 -0800 (PST) From: "Kevin Q. Brown" <> Subject: Re: RFD sci.life-extension.cryonics In message <> Brian Wowk () said: > In reply to an RFD for sci.life-extension.smartdrugs, > Brian M. Delaney suggested that sci.cryonics become > sci.life-extension.cryonics. ... > I urge all those netfolk who believe cryonics > (and the continued growth of cryonics) to be important > to actively oppose any proposal to move this newsgroup > under the sci.life-extension heirarchy. I appreciate the kind words Brian Wowk had to say about me in that message, so it's really hard to disagree with him. :-) But I also must apologize for forwarding Brian M. Delaney's message to the CryoNet mailing list without any explanation of the history behind his proposal. (My excuse: I was too busy doing other things, such as working with Brian Wowk on the CryoCare web page!) Here is a summary of that history: The sci.cryonics news group was created in July 1992, almost 3 1/2 years ago. At that time there was no sci.life-extension news group or any other satisfactory place to put a cryonics news group. If there had been, we would have created sci.life-extension.cryonics or sci.xxx.cryonics (for some appropriate "xxx") rather than sci.cryonics. Other proposals, such as sci.med.cryonics, produced even more flames than sci.cryonics, so we didn't pursue them. Some net.god(s) did not like the name sci.cryonics, but there were enough votes to create sci.cryonics anyway. In 1993 Brian M. Delaney worked toward creating sci.life-extension and, despite great popular support for the idea, met numerous unexpected roadblocks from the net.god(s) that delayed creation of the news group. It appeared in retrospect that the main source of those roadblocks was ill will (previously unknown to me) dating from the creation of sci.cryonics; the name space purists were determined not to let that kind of thing happen again. Brian Delaney's proposal to create sci.life-extension.cryonics provides a logical home for the cryonics news group at a convenient time; as long as people are thinking of spawning sci.life-extension sub-groups they might as well put this proposal on the table, too. I also expect that the net.god(s) and name space purists will look _kindly_ on renaming sci.cryonics as sci.life-extension.cryonics. Whether or not it makes any difference what the net.god(s) think is another matter. Vote your conscience. Kevin Q. Brown PS: I didn't put "SCI.CRYONICS" in the subject line of this message because I plan to crosspost manually it to news.groups, sci.cryonics, and sci.life-extension. The only news group discussion that "counts" in creation of news groups is the one in news.groups. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=5424