[aclug-L] Re: Linux and Creationism...

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Did anybody read the caption beneath the iMac photograph?  That, I think,
was the most bizarre part of the article.  Perhaps the part that leads most
to a parody theory.  It claims that the iMac's "hypnotic casing" leads
customers to believe in evolution.  iMacs may be butt-ugly (or adorably
cute, depending on your personal preference), but I don't think they've ever
hypnotised anybody :)

-- Jonathan


On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 06:10:35AM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> 
> * John Reinke <jmreinke@xxxxxxxxx> [2002 Apr 25 05:56 -0500]:
> > 
> > After seeing a few of you commenting on this, I thought I'd mention 
> > that this article was a slashdot.org story a few days ago [1]. I'd 
> > guess that a majority of the readers came to the conclusion that it 
> > really was a hoax. Yes, there are fundamentalists/extremests who 
> > would probably believe everything in the article, because they, well, 
> > believe everything in articles like this.
> 
> You know, John, as I was searching Netcraft I found that the host
> 207.67.219.101 doesn't resolve to anything.  My ISP's nameservers come
> up empty and Netcraft's generic site name search does as well.  Which
> leads me to think this is a site hosted via a cable or DSL connection
> and certainly not on a DNS resolvable host.  The fact that the pages are
> hosted on Linux with the "brand new" Apache 2.0.35 lends evidence to
> my theory.
> 
> > The site is pretty well done, but you can tell they go a little 
> > overboard on some articles like the "Mall Mission" article. It sounds 
> > a little SNL Church Lady-like with quotes like:
> > 
> >    Darth Maul. Commercialized symbol of evil whose name sounds like 
> > "mall". Coincidence?
> > 
> > I half expected to find the phrase "Well now, isn't THAT special!"
> 
> And that, I think is the whole purpose.  It's a parody and I was
> initially sucked in (red faced grin).  However, I have seen serious
> sites that were about as kneejerk in their professed beliefs.
> 
> > On the other hand, if it is real, I'll have to give up using 
> > computers, since the only OSes I use are evil (UNIX/Linux, & MacOS). 
> > There aren't any other OSes I can use, are there? I'm sure this [2] 
> > effectively proves that Microsoft is evil in the author's eyes, too. 
> > Rats, I'll have a nifty Master's degree in CS in a few weeks, but 
> > won't be able to use it...
> 
> Harrr!
> 
> - Nate >>
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