8       comp.parallel group dynamics
10      Related news groups, archives and references
12
14
16      Problems posting?
18      Supercomputing and Crayisms
20      IBM and Amdahl
22      Grand challenges and HPCC
24      Suggested (required) readings
26      Dead computer architecture society
28      Dedications
2       Introduction and Table of Contents and justification
4       Comp.parallel news group history
6       parlib

Why is this news group so quiet?
================================

This is an interesting question.  It has several answers.  Shortest answer:
Because there are spies reading it.  Real ones.  Industrial and governmental.
No kidding.  Then, there is the Press....
People tend to be very quiet in this group, because there are some rather
sensitive economic stakes (and other kinds as well).  Many people asking
tend to be trolling for information.  Real information exchange tends to
be better done using email.

Confidential: The level of classification designated by Executive Order 12356
for "information, the unauthorized disclosure of which could be expected to
cause damage to the national security."

Secret: The level of classification designated by Executive Order 12356
for "information, the unauthorized disclosure of which could be expected to
cause serious damage to the national security" [such as in the disruption
of international relations, or the impairment of the effectiveness of
a program or policy of vital importance].

Top Secret: The level of classification designated by Executive Order 12356
for "information, the unauthorized disclosure of which could be expected to
cause extremely grave damage to the national security" [such as in
time of war or the breaking of diplomatic relations.]

HOMEWORK: (academic students, undergrad, grads, post-grads)
-----------------------------------------------------------

If you are a student, in particular US/Canadian, or have an instructor,
homework places a quandary on the knowledgeable people in this group.
Students are supposed to do exercises, not have the readers of this group
do exercises for them.  Where the line between a homework query ends and
a serious research query begins is sometimes hard to define.

Point the following out to your instructor (this is one of the reasons
why you should read and be aware of news.announce.newusers (or de.newusers
or similar groups))

The best canned answer from another FAQ is:

It is general moderator policy to attempt to post anything you send us
RELEVANT to parallel computing (and to the maintenance of news group policy).

Why isn't there more traffic?
=============================

The experienced posters are tired.  They understand what's going on.
Part of the problem is you, if you are a new reader.
Your timing is a little unfortunate, you should show that you have done
at least a little homework, etc.  They don't want to get flamed.
I speak with Second Degree experience myself.

It used to be possible to get posts/info from Alan Jay Smith about
cache memories from the net.arch group.  No more.  Those days are past.
Part of the problem is failure to understand and follow netiquette.

If you make a query: generally promise to summarize, AND get back
to the group after say a week: "No response" is an acceptable minimum
summary.  Next comes a mere concatenation of email.  Better is a real survey.
If you are interested in following up ("Me, too!") on a query: email that
to the poster, not the group.  That can be included in the summary.

This is part of the reason why I started experimenting with FAQs, and
why some of what you are reading will be a little disjointed; it's a camel,
a horse designed by committee.

Articles: comp.parallel
Administrative: eug...@cse.ucsc.edu.SNIP
Archive: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=comp.parallel

--