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GuanYin · 2003-07-31 15:23:11

I've been chatting with a few people who read/post to science about this and will, they agreed so I thought it might be worth posting here. Do you think it would be a good idea to move the science board out of Technology. Its really out of place with the other boards in there (web hosting/etc, home entertainment, MAC) and…

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#32 19-08-2003 8:39pm
CuLT

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Well, I like the change, especially the subcategorisation (what a mouthful).

Long live Sci/Tech!

...and its associated forums.

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#33 19-08-2003 8:52pm
Victor

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Originally posted by sykeirl
sci just looks like sci-fi and it really isn't intuitive

How about "Tech / Sci"? I know yoda won't like it not being alphabetical, but it would look better.

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#34 19-08-2003 9:01pm
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Sci/Tech looks and feels right to me but I'm not a Sci/Techer myself. Sounds like it should be a massive computer industry ala T2's apocalyptic computer, as opposed to Tech/Sci which sounds kinkily like a Japanese pop culture word for sexy. Then again - a Sci/Techer would become a Tech/Scier. hmmm

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#35 20-08-2003 9:58am
Cloud

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Search Google for Tech/Sci (~9k matches) and Sci/Tech (~200k) matches and you'll see that the one we've picked is more commonly used.

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