From: earlcox@earlcoxreports.com   
      
   The point with the Google groups is simple -- you have to register to post.   
   This means that, moderated or not, the chances that it will be flooded with   
   all sorts of spam is fairly low. A low spam or no spam group will then   
   provide an active environment to discuss important issues.   
      
   The reason that the Google fuzzy logic group has had such low traffic is (a)   
   all the Google groups are Beta and are new, (b) not a lot of people know   
   about them, and (c) it will take awhile for fuzzy researchers and workers to   
   join.   
      
   earl   
      
      
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   AUTHOR:   
   "The Fuzzy Systems Handbook" (1994)   
   "Fuzzy Logic for Business and Industry" (1995)   
   "Beyond Humanity: CyberEvolution and Future Minds"   
   (1996, with Greg Paul, Paleontologist/Artist)   
   "The Fuzzy Systems Handbook, 2nd Ed." (1998)   
   "Fuzzy Logic and Genetic Algorithms for Data Mining and Exploration"   
   (due early February 2005)   
      
      
   "Ulf Nordlund"  wrote in message   
   news:8mcCd.12865$d5.111510@newsb.telia.net...   
   > A.L. skrev:   
   > > On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 12:21:07 +0100, "Nico du Bois"    
   > > wrote:   
   > >   
   > >   
   > >>Hi Bruno and serious participants. Perhaps this is indeed a good idea   
   and a   
   > >>possibility to start a moderated newsgroup.   
   > >   
   > >   
   > > Hm.. In average 2 messages per week in December. It looks that this   
   > > group is moderated already :)   
   > >   
   > > A.L.   
   >   
   > Problem is all the non-fuzzy junk you have to go through in order to   
   > find something interesting / useful. Makes you loose interest.   
   >   
   > If it was moderated, I'm sure many (including me) would start using   
   > this group more frequently.   
   >   
   > /ulf   
      
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