Temporal Lobes

[Eugene Leitl]

On Sat, 3 May 1997, David Longley wrote:

> [...]
> As  a  direct  consequence, most professionals  will  shortly  be 
> saying goodbye to the internet newsgroups as a serious forums for 
> scientific   discussion.  After  all,  that's  largely  why   the 
> professions evolved reviewed publications in the first place.

Of course. Usenet newsgroups < mailing lists < moderated mailing lists < 
peer reviewed nonprofit electronic journals < peer reviewed for-profit 
ejournals < ...

Actually, nobody prevents a group of professionals coming together, and 
founding such a peer-reviewed institution. I'm still amazed that so few 
are actually doing it.

ciao,
'gene

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> David Longley
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