8th January 2003
So yesterday kinda failed to exist.
Spam of the Day
http://www.votenowar.org/referendum.html
IMPORTANT: You may remove yourself from this mailing by going to:
This is interesting. Not whatever they're selling; something about a URL called VoteNoWar.org sounds like something I'm not likely to give a damn about. But that other bit about spam not being spam if there's a removal method in the spam. That interests me greatly.
More Later....
Oh, it was probably there. But I wasn't. I guess I've been working too hard: I passed out and didn't wake up until it was too late to bother with a What's New.
I kinda remember muttering to Hunter that she should write it. Apparently, she didn't. So it didn't get done.
Big deal. Fire me.
Anyway: things are getting done now. That, I suppose, is what counts.
In case you got here without hitting the index, hit the index. I got rid of the Terminator3 thing and replaced it with a sort of advert for the forthcoming DeityFree.com. You might recognise it.
Of course, it could be argued that smokers want to quit smoking, and theists don't want to quit pretending; but, speaking as a smoker who has no particular interest in quitting [or any appreciation for the world's attempts to help me quit smoking], I figure that, if nonsmokers can presume that all smokers want to quit smoking, then atheists can presume that all theists want to quit pretending.
At least cigarettes evidently exist; which is more than I can say for deities.
On which note, the same brainless question arose in the chatroom the other night: can [Yhvh] create a mountain so large that he can't lift it.
And yes: this is a brainless question. The character of Yhvh has never been properly described, so we're not even sure whether this creature is meant to be organic. According to the bible, Yhvh is organic, with hands and feet and eyes and so on. But, since christians lack the mental wherewithal to read the damned bible, a number of them have mutated Yhvh in all manner of new evolutionary directions.
I mentioned this one in NotS. You can't beg a question which imposes linear restrictions on a nonlinear entity. Of course, by the same token, you can't expect linear reality to bend to a nonlinear will. But that's another matter.
So my question, for years, has been, instead: Can Yhvh get any more arrogant without revealing himself to the world.
Which is a rhetorical question.
The other night, though, the mountain question reared its ubiquitous head, prompting a number of satirical counterquestions. This was mine:
Can Yhvh create a christian so dumb that he can't save him.
Which, while rhetorical, has the potential to lead to some interesting things.
So I'm officially on the lookout for the world's dumbest christian.
I'm not concerned with actual IQs here. I'm more interested in actions. And quotes. Kinda like alt.atheism's TQotM [which can stand for both Theistic Quote of the Month and Trollish Quote of the Month], but not limited to the newsgroup. If it occurs in the universe, and its source is a christian, then it's usable.
So. Watch for christians in chatrooms. And on television. And in churches. And wherever. Even history. EMail me with your best evidence of christian idiocy.
Call it a contest. I'll come up with a prize for the winner. We're looking for the single dumbest christian quote we can get before 1st February 2003.
Tick tock....
In a related issue: the iguana remains unnamed. Although I've been calling her Iguana a lot. The problem is that all the appropriate names are male. So that contest is still running too.
And, of course, we're still looking for people to do voices for Deadache. Which is pretty well always the case. Once we have all the main characters filled, we're still going to need guest stars and all. So EMail me .wavs and .mp3s of yourself talking; I'll see which part could be filled.
From: stopthewar@usa.com
To: gremlin@gremlin.net
Subject: Stop The WarIts up to you!
http://www.xemo.net/stwremove/index.jsp
This message is in full compliance with U.S. Federal requirements for commercial e-mail under bill s.1618 Title 111, Section 301, Paragraph (a) (2) (c) passed by the 105th U.S. Congress and cannot be considered SPAM since it includes a remove mechanism.
Thanks
I see one of two ways this can work. Either these twits are lying, in which case--in addition to breaking AntiSpam laws--they're also misrepresenting federal laws, which is a first degree misdemeanor, or, if this is actually the case, then the world has just changed drastically.
If you're actually allowed to randomly spam people with nothing more than a removal method, then you could effectively spam anyone with anything. I mean, I' have to read the specific law to see what sorts of limitations apply [if any], but, presuming there's no maximum limit of spams per day, users per spam, or whatever, then a single EMail could theoretically change the world as we know it.
Tired of censorship in Duhmerica? Just EMail everyone in the country with whatever you wanted them to know. Apparently spam now falls under Freedom of Speech and Peaceable Assembly. Groovy.
That sounds a little too good to be true. More likely, these guys not only owe me five hundred bucks, but are also guilty of a misdemeanor. Oh well....
--Gremlin