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Capital of Nasty Electronic Magazine
Issue VI, Volume I, Year MCMXCVI AD
Monday, July 22nd, 1996
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1. LETTERS: A word from a reader that wants out.
2. DISCLAIMER: We mean no harm. And a leg.
3. BROWZING THE WEB: By Jacqui (Re|3eL)
4. CON: Issue VI.
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1. LETTERS FROM THE READERS
>Date sent: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 06:52:20 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Kimberly Roberts <ksr@u.washington.edu>
>To: leandro@ifront.com
>Subject: Re: Capital of Nasty, Issue V, Volume I, Year MCMXCVI
>
>leandro..
>could you please remove me from this list. i do not have time
>to read this nor the disk space to store it. thanks
>kim
Dear Kim,
thank you for showing interest in our magazine.
You brought to our attention a really interesting thing about CoN:
we do not have a subscribing list! So we have quickly provided
that for everyone's convinience. If you want to be removed from
our mailing list, send a message to leandro@ifront.com with the
following text in the body message (NOT in the subject):
unsubscribe capital
On the other hand, if you want to be part of it again, or you
are suggesting someone to be part of it (pretty please -- we are
desperate!! =) then send a message to leandro@ifront.com with
the following text in the body message (NOT in the subject):
subscribe capital
Capital of Nasty does occupy a LOT of hard disk space now, since
it grew from 4k to an average of 5k per issue. We have
made a rough estimate that by the end of this year, all of our
issues put togheter should occupy roughly less then 200k. That
would occupy, but not fill, one of those really old 360k floppy
disks that no one uses anymore. On an average of 1 issue per
week, that would be about 4 issues a month, which in a year is
nearly 48 issues. As for time, again, it takes an average normal
healthy person, with standard equipment (a brain, eyes, etc.)
10 minutes to read one issue, which could be wisely spent
doing other useful things, like watching the telly. We are also
aware that not everyone has an average sense of humor, so what
might take us 10 mins to read and understand, might take others
a few days, causing some serious dramatic side effects.
Kim, again, thank you for your patronage.
Editor in chief,
Leandro
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2. DISCLAIMER (or in another words, covering our asses)
The views presented in Capital of Nasty are not those of the
Internet Frontier nor the staff of Gamesmania. Anything that
is written in this text is the point of view of the editors
and the people contributing to each issue.
Any of the material presented in each issue is the property
of Capital of Nasty and/or those that have contributed to
the issue. Credits are given where credits are due.
The material presented on Capital of Nasty is meant for fun,
not to offend. If anyone finds the material offensive for
whatever reason, you are more then welcomed to complain or
make a comment to us or to the writer of the accused
article. However we believe in the freedom of expression.
Remember, don't get mad. This is all meant in good fun.
We more then gladly welcome articles from our readers.
Capital of Nasty needs you, the reader, to survive.
Send in whatever is on your mind. It doesn't have to be
funny, or weird. If you'd like to remain anonymous, you
are more then welcomed to do so, but make sure you tell
us. All articles should be sent to leandro@ifront.com.
Capital of Nasty is a non profit organization, if it can
even be called an "organization"! It was born with the
sole purpose to divulge all sorts of information, in a
different, perhaps more bizarre approach.
For a copy of this file with other relative informations
about Capital of Nasty, please mail leandro@ifront.com
with the following text in the body message only (NOT in
the subject line)
info capital
If you need to get in touch with any of the staff of Capital
of Nasty, please feel free to e-Mail any of the following
editors:
blonde@io.org
leandro@ifront.com
psprokk@scinet.net
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3. BROWZING THE WEB: By : Jacqui (Re|3eL)
Browzing the web or checking out a friends homepage can be a
stressfull and tedius task, sometimes interesting, hillarious,
boring, stupid or plain ZZZzzzzz material or "Oh no not that
again !!" - see i guess i been there huh ;PP
Ever thought of the most annoying/boring things that can be
found on a homepage ??
To give you a suggestion heres a few i've read about or come across :
1. The person names the page with a subject which has nothing to do
with the page content...I mean i thought i was here for Warezzz
and all i get is Cyber clothes..or something else......
2. Putting 'sex', 'porn', etc to lure in visitors searching for sex
sites via a search engine..i mean imagine lookin for the babe/hunk
that gives you the ultimate rush and all you get is a pic of
someones old muddy boots...
I guess the first time it's quite amusing but the 2nd...3rd...4th
........i guess not
3. They call a homepage after themselves...say MrXYZ...then say...
Hi !! my name is MrXyZ !!...gee i thought i'd missed it by chance
anyway ;)
4. They put links on their homepage that no longer exist, which may
have been more interesting than what you were initially looking
at, OR they have links to their friends pages which could end up
being 10 times worse than you had just experienced !!
5. An irritating background .bmp .gif or any others that either takes
ages to download, or it downloads and the text is missing.....
Gggrrrrr CUT !!..... Reload take 4 ?
6. Having the same Zzz'ing links most commercial sites have..like
'Click here for the latest Netscape Version'...if a person is
able and can actually view your page *shame* they should have
a vague idea where to get the latest version on the more
commercial sites...oh and btw..not everyone uses Netscape *sigh*
7. Having a guest book and your resume on a boring enough page..do
you really think anyone is gonna hire you ?...and as far as
the guestbook.. by the time anyone could get through to it..
they've most probably found something else to look at or do
8. Having a Top 5% Icon..Oh wow *Yawn* they're everywhere...so ???
9. Having a high visitor counter on a ZZZzzz'ing page..supposedly
to count the hits..more likely to count the misses mind you ;P
10. Having a recently 'Last Updated June 28th 1996'...hhmm when most of
the links dont work..so what was updated huh ????
Thanx to those who gave some input to this..was appreciated !! ;)
By : Jacqui (Re|3eL)
WebMaster InDiGoWeB
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4. CON: Issue VI
Well, I've turned 20 on July 19th, that makes the incredible
amount of 2 decades of my life, and I don't remember much of them.
When did I turn 19? When was 18? It's a big shock for me =)
Our other editor (which I will soon introduce) is putting up the
official Capital of Nasty page. The URL will be released as soon as
it's ready. It's crude at the moment, but we are trying. Loving
someone is a wonderful (yet stressful, confusing thing), rabbits are
indeed hideous creatures.
Leandro