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29.1 buy nothing day -news- (yvonne_segraves@ccmail.us.dell.com)
29.2 Campfire Song Book. -URL- (etrigan@eden.com)
29.3 Spectre Collie. -URL- (torgo@nbn.com)
29.4 Web Terminals Go Public. -news- (stavros@eden.com)
29.5 Coolest URL. -URL- (xiphoid@nicom.com)
29.6 Doctor HTML. -URL- (etrigan@eden.com)
29.7 Uncle URL. -URLs- (membryk@vislab.com)
29.8 Dysfunctional. -humor- (tankboy@eden.com)
29.9 The Star Wars Trailer. -review- (jharrell@dfw.net)
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An open invitation to be a part of the
FIFTH ANNUAL BUY NOTHING DAY
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Started here in Vancouver, Canada, in 1992, Buy Nothing Day is a 24-hour
moratorium on consumer spending. Held every September 24, Buy Nothing Day
has gained an international notoreity since its inception. This years'
fifth annual event looks likely to be the most successful yet, but only
if we can get the word out. For that, we'd like to ask for your help.
Buy Nothing Day is a completely grassroots movement. Its only goal is to
remind the consumer that he or she is the one with the power to direct the
actions of the marketplace, and our tools are largely word of mouth and
good intentions. This year is the first for the (somewhat modest) Buy
Nothing Day web site (www.wimsey.com/~sfgray/buynothingday), featuring
information on what the event's about, handbill and bumper sticker art,
and some background material courtesy of media that have covered the
event in previous years.
Chief among those media, Adbusters magazine (whose new web site can be
found at www.wimsey.com/~sfgray/adbusters) has been the principal sponsor
of Buy Nothing Day in the past, but for this year, we want to expand
awareness of the event even further. To that end, anything and everything
you can do to spread the word in your own social and geographical circle
would be welcome.
Give us a link from your own web pages if you have them, or pass this post
on to those you think will care. Let your local media know that Buy
Nothing Day is an idea whose time has come, or simply tell a handful of
friends.
And on September 24, 1996, buy nothing.
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[ Remember all the words to your favorite campfire songs? Well, now ]
[ you can look them up at http://www.web.co.za/scouts/songs/! ]
Campfire Song Book
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Contents
* Traditional campfire - serious
* Scouts own
* Traditional campfire - religious
* Action songs
* Call-and-response
* Everyone knows it
* Short classics
* Long classics
* Teams of verses
* Rounds
* Easy to catch on
* Audience adds verses
* Classic childrens songs
* Silly variations
* Americana
* Scout camp songs
* Almost crude But not
* Crude songs
* Monty python forever
* Joseph
* It ain't gonna rain no more
* Well you can't get to heaven
* Pop songs
* Gross songs
* Spoken
* Skit songs
* Party pieces
* Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika
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Other song sources
* UK Scouting campfire songs
* Scout Song collection
* Digital Tradition Folk Song Database
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Special Campfire Ideas from the Virtual Campsite
* How to put on Memorable Campfires.
* Tips on Planning an effective Campfire
* A list of Campfire Cheers.
* An assortment of Skit Ideas for your next campfire.
* A collection of Magic Campfire Starts and Staging tips.
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Hey, I was using Lycos the other day to find outdated links to Spectre
Collie and found this on your web site:
[ from http://www.eden.com/~etrigan/back_issues/wu_4_3_95 ]
http://www.mindspring.com/~torgo/collie.html
The Adventures of Spectre Collie! - this one's HI-larious. Check out
the one for March 10th.
Thanks for the good word (as far as I can tell) but I don't know which
one was the March 10th one. Do you remember what the strip was?
[ Now it's called "Startling evidence of multiple alien visitors!" ]
Also, in case you're interested, the new address for the strip is:
http://www.nbn.com/people/torgo/collie
Chuck Jordan
torgo@nbn.com
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Web Terminals Go Public
By Gabrielle Mitchell
(10 July 96) -- The Web has moved beyond the den, and the
hip coffee house. CompuServe's SpryNet division joined
forces with Dedicated Net Machines to deliver the Internet
in public locations.
The tamper-resistant DediNet terminals will become available
July 15 in 10 locations in the Baltimore and Washington D.C.
metropolitan areas; a terminal is already being beta-tested
at Planet Hollywood in Washington D.C. Dedicated Net
Machines vice president of marketing Randall Frank said the
company expects to roll out about 100 terminals at a time,
with close to 1000 being available by fall. The terminals
will closely follow CompuServe's own roll-out of its ISDN
access, since the DediNets will use ISDN connections to get
users online. The terminals will also be seeded in Planet
Hollywoods nationwide, coinciding with the roll-out.
The terminals will largely be available in restaurants,
bars, lounges and airport terminals. The company designed a
front-end that is as hacker proof as possible, and will
continually update security features as new technologies
come available.
Initially it could cost about $1 for 10 minutes of online
(payable with either a credit card or through a dollar bill
acceptor). If users can access their email through the
Internet, they can read email, chat, browse the Web, or shop
online from the public terminals.
CompuServe isn't the only company going for public
placement. At the end of June, Juno Online Services and
Marriott Hotels, Resorts and Suites announced an agreement
that provides Marriott Honored Guests with the Juno Internet
software. Juno doesn't charge users for online time, but
supports its service through advertising revenue like the
trade with Marriott. Juno has more than 200 POPs nationally
and more than 120,000 customers.
And Wyse is beta-testing its WinTerm systems with the
Renaissance Hotel in Washington D.C., to see if business
customers want to use a dedicated system from their hotel
rooms.
Copyright ) 1996 PC World Communications. All Rights Reserved.
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Idea Futures
This is basically the same idea as the program at the University of Iowa
that monitors elections and business trends: let a bunch of people
invest money in certain "trends". i.e. "Bill Clinton will win the
presidential election" is treated as a commodity. Investors who invest
in that commodity do so because they believe objectively that it is the
most likely outcome of the election -- not because of personal biases or
subjective political beliefs. As a result, these markets are more
accurate than any survey or poll. The Iowa program boasts something like
a 95% successful prediction rate since 1989.
Idea Futures (http://if.arc.ab.ca/~jamesm/IF/IF.shtml) instead lets
users invest in theoretical technologies and other general trends. For
example, will there be another World War before 2050? Will the new
Nintendo game system cost less than $300? Will O.J. be assasinated
before the year 2000?
The documentation and interface this deal seems to be either really
poorly organized or just really poor, but it's at least neat to peruse
the commodity list
(http://if.arc.ab.ca/~jamesm/IF/claims/allclaims.shtml)
and look at the charts to see how they're doing. Cool.
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http://www.rollercoaster.com
[ Everything you wanted to know about every roller-coaster world wide. ]
http://205.199.95.66/~edog/bday.html
http://www.eb.com/cgi-bin/bio.pl
[ What famous person was born on your birthday? You can find out here! ]
http://www.unison.com/wantinfo/today
http://www.historychannel.com/today/
[ ...or if you want more info, find out Historical facts about it. ]
http://www.thenet-usa.com/mag/current/faces.html
[ Famous faces from yearbook places...cheesy, too. ]
http://www.zeta.org.au/~ash/mullet/mullet.htm
[ "I am a UCLA Graduate Film student currently in preproduction on a ]
[ documentary about the history of the Mullet. I'm now looking for ]
[ Southern Californians with Mullets who would be willing to discuss ]
[ their lives and their hair on video tape. Copy and Credit is provided ]
[ but no pay." ...bizzare. ]
http://www.dallas.net/~styletx/
[ "Visit the BIG HAIR page, for salon and home style technique ]
[ suggestions, interviews, worldwide BIG HAIR, cut and paste hair, and, ]
[ some short video clips." ]
http://www.fishnet.net/~twinz/twinz.htm
[ "Almost everything about twins and supertwins (triplets, quadruplets, ]
[ quintuplets and other multiple births) can be found here at...Twinz ]
[ Unlimited." ]
http://www.cupcake.com/
[ "Welcome to www.Cupcake.com, the only magazine on the net for girls ]
[ who are true to the game." The Online Magazine for Bad Girls...did ]
[ they really need their own magazine? Tips on being more bad?... ]
[ Actually this is a good online competitor for the first few issues of ]
[ Sassy or Dirt. Really good use of the web for a 'zine! ]
[ Here's an article titled "10 Surefire Ways to Beat Catholic School ]
[ Girl Guilt": ]
I. Always cut in line at the market, movie house, etc. If necessary,
start simple: cut in line for communion.
II. Every night, kneel at the side of your bed, hands clasped, and pray,
"The archdiocese can suck my left tit like Sister Mary Alice did in
the third grade."
III. Commit blasphemy at least twice a week; work up to twice a day.
IV. When feeling particularly weak and susceptible to self-induced guilt
trips, avoid wearing plaid or polyester.
V. Stay away from red wine until you can drink it without craving the
body of Christ.
VI. To fight off those prayers that involuntarily pop into your head,
change the key words and names of characters to something silly.
Some ideas: Our Lady of Guacamole, Holy Gouda, Jiminy Christ. Change
"Holy" to "Horny". Try it; let me know how it works out for you.
This has been my crutch in times of darkness and despair.
VII. Snarl at every drunk old lady you see (she could be a nun).
VIII. Always say grace before eating out (your gal). My favorite: "God's
neat. Let's eat."
IX. Masturbate in swaddling cloth.
X. Every morning when you awake, shout to Hosanna in the Highest,
"Praise be the Lord! If it weren't for Catholic School, I wouldn't
fully understand the pleasures of S+M."
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The Top 9 Indications Your Family May be Dysfunctional-
9. New bill to ban assault weapons specifically mentions your
family.
8. Your vacations are planned through AA instead of AAA.
7. Your mother and your preteen sister always fighting over the
last beer.
6. In the middle of family reunion, FBI cuts power to ranch.
5. Bikers next door always complaining about the noise.
4. Holidays usually celebrated by sniffing glue and kicking a
toaster around the house.
3. Family discussions usually begin with, "Put the gun down."
2. Instead of saying grace before dinner, father reads a passage
from Penthouse Forum.
1. Thanksgiving Dinner consists of Wild Turkey instead of roasted
turkey.
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STAR WARS: SPECIAL EDITION Movie Trailer
Twentieth Century Fox
12 minutes
Let me make this clear: I am _not_ a Star Wars nut. Sure, I like it just
fine. I've seen the movies a thousand times, and I bought the THX video
release. Like most kids of my generation, I had _all_ the action figures.
But I don't go to fan conventions, and I don't read the novels, and I
haven't flown a thousand miles in search of a Millenium Falcon still in
the box.
But Friday night, when I saw Darth Vader on the big screen for the first
time in two decades, suddenly I was five years old again, sitting on the
arm of a theater seat in Los Angeles on opening night, 1977. And I was
amazed.
The lights were out, and the screen was black. The Lucasfilm logo was
shown for about five seconds, and my heart stopped. On this eighty-foot
screen towering above me, a thirteen inch television appears, showing the
opening scenes from STAR WARS. It looks very small, and the sound is
awful.
A voice speaks.
"For twenty years, an entire generation has experienced it the only way
they could. On television. But on President's Day weekend, 1997, you'll
see it again. For the very first time."
And then an X-Wing fighter screams right at your face. It's the scene
from the end of STAR WARS where the fleet of X-Wings is approaching the
Death Star. We've all seen it a million times. But this time it's
different. The ships fly at you, by you, around you. One passes so close
that you can clearly see the pilot through the canopy. The colors are so
vibrant that you feel like you can reach out and touch the wings as they
swing open.
Then you're on Tatooine, Luke Skywalker's home planet, back in Mos Eisley
spaceport. But instead of a quiet frontier settlement, it's now a
bustling city of thousands. Buildings tower in the distance where there
weren't any before. A vehicle screeches to a halt, startling a huge
creature that looks something like a cross between a giraffe and a
brontosaurus from JURASSIC PARK. The beast bucks, throwing off its three
Jawa mounts. "Ootini!"
Then you're staring right into Darth Vader's face, and suddenly you
remember why he scared the ever-lovin' willies out of you in the first
place. He's three stories tall, and he's lookin' at YOU.
Then you're riding shotgun with the Millenium Falcon as it rockets
through the asteroid belt. TIE fighters are screaming every-which-way,
and you reflexively duck as a flying mountain passes close enough to
touch. AND THERE'S NOT ONE MATTE LINE IN SIGHT.
Then, oh God, Jabba the Hutt. A _very_ young Han Solo gets in his slimy
face, and it's the Jabba that I'd always imagined. He moves, blinks,
frowns. He's not a special effect; he's a character, with emotions and
expressions. And it's perfect.
The rest of it all blends together. Scenes you've seen a thousand times,
intercut with stuff you'll swear you've never seen before. And the sound;
the music thunders and the dialog is crystal-clear and when the Death
Star explodes I swear to God the entire building shakes.
All the while, there's a voiceover, telling you that STAR WARS will be
released on February 14, 1997, "followed shortly" by THE EMPIRE STRIKES
BACK, followed thereafter by RETURN OF THE JEDI. All with remastered
sound, and new special effects, and restored footage.
The whole experience only lasts about twelve minutes, but it feel like an
hour. Like when you're in a car wreck and it feels like time slows down.
Except this time it's good.
And finally, after a lifetime, the screen fades to black again. You're
heart is pounding, and your hands are shaking, and you swear you
_shouldn't_ be this excited, but you are anyway. There's a three second
pause, when the theater is absolutely silent. Then, all at once, the room
erupts in spontaneous, thunderous applause, and it's more like a hockey
game than a movie preview. And you're cheering as loud and as long as
anybody else.
Releasing this preview with INDEPENDENCE DAY was both the best idea and
the worst idea of the year. I wouldn't trade seeing it for anything, but
afterward the movie paled by comparison. I was halfway through the
feature, watching aliens blow stuff up, and all I could think of was what
it'll be like to see it all again... for the very first time.