Re: math.sci

In article <110420061009457944%bruck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Ronald Bruck <bruck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <j9dn325l7r5p95emr2cerboc8f1ut16nob@xxxxxxx>, David C.
Ullrich <ullrich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 11 Apr 2006 04:58:20 -0700, v4vijayakumar@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

shouldn't it be math.sci?

No.

(Can't explain why not until you say why it _should_
be math.sci; I can imagine a few reasons someone might
think that.)

I think the explanation is simple enough. Usenet is divided
hierarchically, with the most generic group first, the refinements
following. sci. is the hierarchy most concerned with science,
technology, mathematics, etc.

In only a tangentially related note: this is of course the opposite
convention as the one we use for addressing letters, at least in the
west: we begin with the most particular information (name of the
person), then go on to specify the building and street, then the city,
then state or municipality, and finally the country. We go from most
particular to most general.

I was once told that in some specific other country, I believe it was
Russia, one usually addresses letters in the other order: specifying
country, and going down to person.


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