• Re: Fw: List of Big Eight Newsgroups

    From Nomen Nescio@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 16 05:59:33 2024
    XPost: alt.fan.karla-homolka, alt.free.newsservers

    On 15 Jun 2024, D <noreply@mixmin.net> posted some news:20240615.175738.a3f5e5e2@mixmin.net:

    On Sat, 15 Jun 2024 08:00:03 -0700, news.announce.newgroups Moderation
    Team <newgroups-request@isc.org> wrote:
    What follows is a complete list of newsgroups in the "Big Eight" >>hierarchies (comp.*, humanities.*, misc.*, news.*, rec.*, sci.*,
    soc.*, and talk.*) with descriptions. Moderated newsgroups are marked
    with the string "(Moderated)" at the end of the description.

    snips, sample groups and totals...

    comp.arch Computer architecture.
    ...
    humanities.classics Discussion of ancient Greece and Rome.
    ...
    misc.survivalism Disaster and long-term survival techniques and
    theory. ...
    news.groups Discussions and lists of newsgroups.
    ...
    rec.antiques Discussing antiques and vintage items.
    ...
    sci.fractals Objects of non-integral dimension and other chaos.
    ...
    soc.religion.quaker The Religious Society of Friends.
    ...
    talk.religion.newage Esoteric and minority religions & philosophies.
    ...

    comp.* 685 642y 43m
    humanities.* 8 6y 2m
    misc.* 108 96y 12m
    news.* 28 16y 12m
    rec.* 689 636y 53m
    sci.* 198 174y 24m
    soc.* 245 200y 45m
    talk.* 31 29y 2m
    ---------------------------------------
    1992 1799y 193m

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    meaningful content?

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