are cats given enough credit on the net?

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Jake Blues - 29 May 2004 01:10 GMT

Yo.
On the list of available newsgroups, i see alt.cats, and a couple of other
cat newsgroups. But they're all about cats.
Dogs, on the other hand, get a much more diverse range of newsgroups devoted
to them. Several different kinds of dog newsgroups on earthlink alone! and
only the very general title of "cats." What gives?

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Ted Davis - 29 May 2004 01:48 GMT

>Yo.
>On the list of available newsgroups, i see alt.cats, and a couple of other
>cat newsgroups. But they're all about cats.
>Dogs, on the other hand, get a much more diverse range of newsgroups devoted
>to them. Several different kinds of dog newsgroups on earthlink alone! and
>only the very general title of "cats." What gives?

Think about the range of types and function for cats and dogs: dogs
are biologically plastic - they can be bred into all sorts of types
and for a wide variety of functions; cats are not plastic - they
aren't even fully domesticated, so there are only a few types and only
a couple of functions (pet and vermin control). There are so many
types of dogs that there is room for many groups of control freaks
that can't stand each other, but cat lovers are not control freaks and
so get along better.

T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu - e-mail must contain "T.E.D." or my .sig in the body)

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David Stevenson - 04 Jun 2004 22:32 GMT

Cats have NGs for stories, like rec.pets.cats.anecdotes, the most
popular cat NG. Dog owners have been heard to complain there is no
equivalent dog NG.

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Cheryl - 05 Jun 2004 04:04 GMT

In the fine newsgroup "alt.cats", David Stevenson
<cat2@nospam.demon.co.uk> artfully composed this message within
<news:qHjV9jqHgOwAFweS@blakjak.demon.co.uk> on 04 Jun 2004:

> Cats have NGs for stories, like rec.pets.cats.anecdotes, the
> most
> popular cat NG. Dog owners have been heard to complain there is
> no equivalent dog NG.

Mebbe so. But the dog doesn't care. The cat says "worship me". :))

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