Reposted by 24601.

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About SlantyNet and other stuff – 24601
It’s true, it’s true. I’m back in town and I’m actually looking at a computer monitor. So I thought I’d confirm/deny rumors that I see flying around on SlantyNet.

A) I have been hard at ‘work’ on SlantyNet v2.0 – industrious just like I am at work, searching for optimal (*cough* p0rn *cough*) solutions.
TRUE. And darn my hand is tired. But I’ll have something for you to look at pretty soon, hopefully today.

B) OG in my Egytian post is the OtherGord.
FALSE. The OG I’m referring to there is the OriginalGod, the bird headed Ra, lord of the Egytian sun — all hail Ra!

C) OD’s law: When 24601 is away, OD will conspire to destroy SlantyNet and/or SlantyNet goes to hell in a handbasket.
FALSE. Heck, I just got this email from VirtualAve:

Dear Virtual Avenue Member:

Very soon, we will be relaunching the Virtual Avenue site to bring you new and improved tools and services. (Nowhere in this email do they talk about the tools and services – I’m figuring they’re just bringing them up to industry standard.) We are very excited about the changes that are being made and look forward to making your hosting experience as seamless as possible. (This is basically like us saying that we are trying to make SlantyNet as interesting as possible – yeah, sure we try, but hey, who really cares some days??)

During our transition period, you will have FTP access, and all of your site features, such as CGI, will continue to function. You may experience a short period of server downtime. (Read weeks, days.) Also, you will not be able to change your password or account options during this time. (Options…That’s something I’m looking for)

Needless to say, OD is not responsible for crashing Slanty most of the time, not unless he has access to the server. I’ll have more to say about this later.

D) In reality, SlantyBard has injured himself in an extreme vegetable washing accident.
TRUE, but it was in conjunction with an extreme milk drinking incident.

E) Gatorade is coming out with a ‘urine flavor’ in preparation for the summer Olympics, guaranteed to test negative for all banned substances. The target market is Olympic athletes and all those weekend warriors that want that authentic ‘top-of-their-sport’ feel. A secondary market is expected for those with kinky tastes (ie golden showers, etc.)
TRUE, but don’t tell OJ. ;-)

24601 out.

7/21/00 at 05:54 PST