DIATRIBE3.TXT - Chat - 12/22/98

A Couple of Tirades Because I have Nothing better to Do ;>
By SwampRat
(cl) 1998 Gay Furry Association

I would like to know if Anyone Else has a Internet Server that is down on the
weekend - Conveniently when the Tech 'boys' have all gone home. I can Always
leave E-mail...I would like to e-mail 10,000 offers of a dirty magazine, with a
few hundred used-car dealer pitches and some life-insurance deals...

And speaking of Adult services - Anybody DA feel like going after the all these
www.RipemOffGood.com's? Since when did 'Free' mean someone had to have a Credit
Card? If they want ID My Drivers' License, or State I.D. card is just as good
and very unspendable.. I think someone should take them All to Task.

And another good one - They offer to 'Show me' all the pictures that are FREE
on the newsgroups - Spam Free of course - And THEY are the ones Spamming them!
I think a few 'Round-Robin' mailing lists where people exchange erotic photos
and stories, With a Moderator to kick out Anyone who tries to put an ad in,
Would have most of them gone in a Month.

If instead of doing all this stupid crap they came out as said We are a Bunch
of Greedy Bastards, I wouldn't care. If they said they needed the money to pay
for their equipment, I would understand - I would Still Not give them a card or
pay them anything, but I Would respect them.

And what Really twists my tail is there Are Free sites - They have to pay the
same bills, buy the same equipment.. And all they ask for is the occasional
donation and comment..

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Speaking of web-sites - As I told someone I have gotten More comments when
something is broken at my website than about my stories.. I know they are not
perfect, I am not perfect. But until someone says 'I don't Understand.. Was it
the Sheep that lived with the Prince, or the Goat?' I think everything is OK..
I admit I would Love to go through some of the Old Stuff and 'Update' it, but
then again they are like 'Time Capsules' - Who know what I will be writing
about 10 years from now?

So if you don't understand something, if you can think of a better way to say
what I am saying, or you just want to say 'You are the most perverted person I
have ever known... And I want to shake your hand.' The address is on the web-
site, which is there for YOU. If it is hard to find something, if something
disappears, if you would like to say - Could you do this? I will try it, see if
it works better, and Always reply..

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Advertisements. if Anybody doesn't think Drugs or Stupidity runs rampant in the
workplace, watch some of these advertisements. The scary part is they went
through an Agency who dreamed this up. Then it was looked over by someone who
Approved it. And Then foisted off on the Public. These nits should be glad we
don't have buttons to keep or cancel ads.. A Majority thinks something is stupid
and a $10 million ad campain gets dumped in a day. That would wake some people
up!

In answer to the questions of You-Know-Who.. 

A. It is a Puppy, not a Person.

B. DVD's are small Lazer Disks ( Remember Those? ) and require a DVD Player. 

C. How much memory one needs is like asking how big a box one wants. Are you
putting a toaster in it or an elephant? The true answer is - As much as you can
get.

D. Can I get a computer Without all the crappy software, And get the Licensing
costs taken Off the Price? What if I want Linux, Os/2, Free BSD instead of
Windoze?

I guess Not..

Oh Yeah - Which computer do I want? Seeing as the one that is made now will be
the obsolete one 6 months from now, what does it matter? Maybe that $500 to
$1000 drop in the price?

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One last thing - We toss the words stupid and ignorant around like they had the
same meaning.. They don't.

Start with the the preposition that Knowledge is Experience - What you have
learned over your life..

Ignorance is lack of knowledge. I am ignorant of what it is like to be a
flower. I am ignorant of many of the languages spoken in the world. 

Stupidity is either being unable or unwilling to learn. I think C is Stupid. I
think people who run like sheep after the Newest piece of software are stupid.

Ignorance is burning your hand on the stove.. You hurt and are no longer
ignorant of Why you don't touch a hot stove. Stupidity is barbequing your hand
because it's either You or the Stove - and You are going to Win!

The End - For Now