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In lugnet.market.auction, edboxer@aol.com (Ed Jones) writes:
> From the number of the responses to this and a few other Auction
> technology threads, maybe we need lugnet.maket.technology group?
Hey, that's a cool name that might work.
Are these analysis/theory threads becoming too much to follow in a
primiarly-non-discussion group? Are these discussions noise here?
If so, then yes, there should be a separate group for this sort of thing.
Here is the charter for the current auction group, BTW:
lugnet.market.auction (group):
Auction announcements, updates, listings, and analysis.
lugnet.market.* (hierarchy):
Virtual marketplace where people can buy/sell/trade/auction LEGO®
items.
At one point long ago, there was possibly going to be a group named
lugnet.market.auction.theory, but these discussion aren't necessarily always
completely about auctions.
I would be in favor of
lugnet.market.tech
or
lugnet.market.technology
or
lugnet.market.technologies
and labeling it
Technologies
or
Technologies/Techniques
on the web page.
It would certainly sort nicely among the other .market.* groups:
lugnet.market.auction Auctions
lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade Buy/Sell/Trade
lugnet.market.shipping Shipping
lugnet.market.shopping Shopping
lugnet.market.technology Technology
On the other hand, anything named .market.techxxx almost sounds like the
group is for buying & selling hi-tech components (computers, stereos, games,
etc.)
Perhaps "theory" makes sense outside of the realm of purely auctions.
lugnet.market.auction Auctions
lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade Buy/Sell/Trade
lugnet.market.shipping Shipping
lugnet.market.shopping Shopping
lugnet.market.theory Theory
There is a fair bit of precedent in Usenet for the .theory prefix, for
example...
alt.culture.theory
alt.info-theory
comp.databases.theory
comp.theory
net.games.roleplaying.theory
rec.music.theory
sci.psychology.theory
talk.politics.theory
...just to name a few. [Not that it's necessarily the best thing to blindly
follow Usenet conventions, but they're an indication of what sorts of things
are intuitive/common by their relative frequencies.]
There are also many Usenet groups ending in .tech, for example...
alt.disney.tech
alt.sci.tech
comp.security.pgp.tech
comp.sys.powerpc.tech
fj.soc.tech
rec.aquaria.tech
rec.arts.movies.tech
rec.arts.startrek.tech
rec.audio.tech
rec.bicycles.tech
sci.philosophy.tech
sci.space.tech
...and a few ending in .technolog*, for example...
alt.agriculture.technology
alt.bio.technology
alt.printing.technologies
de.rec.sf.startrek.technologie
sci.bio.technology
What differences do "market theory" and "market tech/technology/
technologies" suggest? They're similar, but different. Both do encompass
algorithms, analysis, but I think only "theory" encompasses psychology,
sociology, and economics.
--Todd
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