Capital of Nasty Electronic Magazine Issue VI, Volume I, Year MCMXCVI AD Monday, July 22nd, 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. LETTERS FROM THE READERS >Date sent: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 06:52:20 -0700 (PDT) >From: Kimberly Roberts >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 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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