usenet flow cytometry?? NOT!
Calman Prussin (Calman_Prussin@d10.niaid.pc.niaid.nih.gov)
Thu, 25 Jan 96 15:02:08 EST
I would vote NO on the usenet idea. It may be that I frequent unsavory
newsgroups, but I find many news groups to be waist deep "in spamming" -the
internet equivqlent of TV infomercials and frequently distracted by mass
mailings and obnoxious drop ins. Spend a few weeks observing
"news:bionet.immunology" and you will see what I mean. Check out the
"Re: Did Vaccines Eliminate Polio?" thread if you want to see some social
pathology.
Although I agree with the idea of making this list more accessible, I do
not think a usenet news group is a good way to do so. Other mechanisms can
be sought to make this mailing list more accessible, such as publication of
the address in every issue of cytometry. Each of us could post it in our
shared facilities, ask reagent suppliers to add the information to their
catalogs in the technical sections, etc.
Calman Prussin
NIAID/ NIH
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>I was thinking would it not be a good idea for us to make our flow
>cytometry discussions more accesable, i.e. via usenet.
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