From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Apr 8 23:52:40 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47F3337B5BF for ; Sat, 8 Apr 2000 23:52:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.3/8.9.0) id QAA12663 for chat@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 9 Apr 2000 16:22:30 +0930 (CST) Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 16:22:30 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: FreeBSD Chat Subject: Re: New ACM special interest groups (fwd) Message-ID: <20000409162230.D12381@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog X-PGP-Fingerprint: 6B 7B C3 8C 61 CD 54 AF 13 24 52 F8 6D A4 95 EF Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org ----- Forwarded message from Martin Pool ----- > Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 13:18:55 +1000 (EST) > > New ACM special interest groups > ------------------------------- > > On April 1, the ACM announced the creation of a new set of SIGs for > previously unrepresented or underserved interests in computing. The > Association hopes that these groups will help promote the personal > and professional development of members of a variety of constituencies > which previously had little organization within the ACM. > > The new SIGs are: > > > SIGALRM: special interest group for technology critics. > > SIGBUS: special interest group for applications of computing in mass transit > planning and operations. > > SIGCHLD: special interest group for applications of computing in primary and > secondary education. > > SIGCONT: special interest group for applications of computing in cultural > preservation and transmission. > > SIGFPE: special interest group for floating point enthusiasts. > > SIGILL: special interest group for applications of computing in health care. > > SIGINT: special interest group for technology in espionage. > > SIGIO: special interest group on I/O. > > SIGKILL: special interest group for RISKS readers. > > SIGPIPE: special interest group for applications of computing in HVAC and > plumbing systems. > > SIGPROF: special interest group for professors. > > SIGPWR: special interest group for applications of computing in electricity > generation and distribution. > > SIGQUIT: special interest group for computer professionals seeking new > employment. > > SIGSTOP: special interest group for applications of computing in public policy > and law enforcement. > > SIGSYS: special interest group for systems design. > > SIGTERM: special interest group for applications of computing in lexicography. > > SIGTRAP: special interest group for applications of computing in hunting and > fishing. > > SIGURG: an extremely important special interest group. > > SIGUSR1: special interest group for novices. > > SIGUSR2: special interest group for experienced users. > > SIGWINCH: special interest group in mechanical design. > > > This list was perpetrated by Seth Schoen and Brian Gaeke (who may or may > not remember it). > > -- > Seth David Schoen | And do not say, I will study when I > Temp. http://www.loyalty.org/~schoen/ | have leisure; for perhaps you will > down: http://www.loyalty.org/ (CAF) | not have leisure. -- Pirke Avot 2:5 > > ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message