다른 것두 모르는 거 많은데 차차 여쭤보죠..^^
alternative의 약자인 것으로 알고 있습니다. 기존의 Big 8 newsgroup
체계와는 다른 구조란 의미이지요. 가장 대표적으로는 기존의 Big 8 뉴스그룹이
많은 토론 절차를 거쳐 생성되는 것에 반해서 alt.* 그룹은 훨씬 쉽게 만들
수 있지요.
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저도 방금 돌아다니다가 발견한 사실인데... 읽어보세요.
원문은 http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~barr/alt-creation-guide.html
이곳이고 필요한 부분에서 80칼럼에 맞게 바꿔 인용합니다.
What is alt?
Contrary to popular belief, "alt" is not named because it is for
"alternative" topics. Back during the dawn of
the modern Usenet, it was decided that newsgroups should be created
by following a clearly defined set of
"Guidelines", involving formal discussions and a voting procedure.
There was a significant number of people
who felt that there should be a provision for a place where people
could create groups without having to go
through any discussion or votes. Thus alt was born. It is a hierarchy
that is "alternative" to the "mainstream"
(comp,misc,news, rec,soc,sci,talk) hierarchy.
"ALT stands for 'Anarchists, Lunatics, and Terrorists'."
- zie...@uunet.uu.net (Eric Ziegast)