XPost: alt.config, alt.slack   
   From: gadfly@NOSPAMmeow.org   
      
   On Wednesday 02 March, 2Rowdy wrote in alt.config:   
      
   > Message   
   > i.d.:,   
   > by author Modemac aka  inspired me,   
   >> For your newsgroups file:   
   >> alt.binaries.multimedia.slack   SubGenius movies and extended audio.   
   >>   
   >> Charter of alt.binaries.multimedia.slack:   
   >>   
   >> This newsgroup exists for the posting of large-sized video and audio   
   >> files related to the Church of the SubGenius.  These SubGenius   
   >> multimedia files consist of either original compilations and   
   >> creations or files obtained from the public domain.  Posted of   
   >> copyrighted materials and/or pirated DVDs and CDs are not allowed   
   >> on this newsgroup.   
   >>   
   >> This newsgroup exists for users to upload larger-sized (CD and/or   
   >> DVD-sized) digitized files of all sorts: pictures, sounds,   
   >> animation, clip art, programs and utilities, and anything else   
   >> related to sound and vision - that will aid the members of Usenet   
   >> in their eternal quest for Slack.  SMALLER-sized files, individual   
   >> pictures, sound clips,   
   >> smaller executable programs, etc. should be posted to   
   >> alt.binaries.slack, the SubGenius multimedia newsgroup that exists   
   >> for the posting of SMALLER-sized binary files.   
   >>   
   >> What is Slack? If you don't know, then I can't explain it to you.   
   >> However, I can offer a clue: Nirvana and ecstasy look like sheer   
   >> torture   
   >> when compared to Slack. Slack comes when you oppose the mind   
   >> control of the Conspiracy and actually dare to think your own   
   >> thoughts, believing in   
   >> yourself and letting no one control your will except you. When you   
   >> have Shack, you can relax in the safety of your own delusions by   
   >> pulling the wool over your eyes!   
   >>   
   >> Although much of the artwork posted to this newsgroup is directly   
   >> related   
   >> to the Church of the SubGenius, you are encouraged to do far more   
   >> than post infinite variations on the grinning face of our mighty   
   >> leader, J.R.   
   >> "Bob" Dobbs. While Dobbs is the short-cut to Slack, he is not the   
   >> ONLY route.   
   >>   
   >> You are encouraged to upload weird, unusual, rare, mind-blowing   
   >> files to   
   >> this newsgroup. Sounds files and picture files that oppose the   
   >> Conspiracy, that make people sit up and take notice, and make people   
   >> start   
   >> asking questions about the world are what this newsgroup is for.   
   >> Things that are shocking, mind-warpingly bizarre, out of the   
   >> ordinary, offensive,   
   >> screamingly funny, and memorable - THESE are the images that will be   
   >> seen   
   >> here. Spreading these files across the Internet will make them   
   >> accessible   
   >> to many people who never would have dreamed that this stuff existed.   
   >> These sounds and images will show the unenlightened how they spend   
   >> their   
   >> lives as SLAVES to the Conspiracy, when all they have to do is wake   
   >> up and   
   >> get SLACK! In this way, we will further infiltrate the Conspiracy   
   >> and continue our chipping away at its feet of clay, until it comes   
   >> CRASHING DOWN!   
   >>   
   >> THE SUBGENIUS *MUST* HAVE ***SLACK!!!***   
   >>   
   >> For more information about Slack and "Bob," read alt.slack.   
   >> Alt.slack is   
   >> also the discussion group for the files posted here to   
   >> alt.binaries.slack.   
   >>   
   >> You can also receive information through the mail, just by writing   
   >> to:   
   >>   
   >> The Church of the SubGenius   
   >> P.O. Box 181417   
   >> Cleveland Heights, OH   
   >> 44118-1417   
   >> USA   
   >>   
   >> Finally, one important note about using and posting images with the   
   >> image   
   >> of "Bob." This image -- referred to as a Dobbshead -- is a   
   >> trademark of The SubGenius Foundation, Inc. Use of the Dobbshead in   
   >> your artwork is encouraged; the Church of the SubGenius is alot   
   >> more lenient than Disney   
   >> when it comes to using its corporate symbol. But you should still   
   >> acknowledge the fact that this is a registered trademark. This is   
   >> actually very easy to do. Reverend Ivan Stang offers advice on   
   >> acknowledging the trademark as follows:   
   >>   
   >> "The one thing I would add -- and this applies to ALL uses of the   
   >> Dobbshead, in ANY medium -- please put a little tiny TM or R   
   >> (registered)   
   >> mark somewhere on it. This is strictly to protect us all in case   
   >> some monied utter Pink decides HE'S gonna make the million bucks off   
   >> T-shirts   
   >> and bumper-stickers, or, worse, a damn TV show or something.   
   >>   
   >> "We've never sued anybody, but we'd like to have that option when it   
   >> comes   
   >> time to punish evildoers."   
   >>   
   >> Reason for newsgroup:   
   >>   
   >> The newsgroup alt.binaries.slack has been in existence since 1995.   
   >> It is widely carried by many news servers, primarily because it is   
   >> one of the lower-volume binaries groups in existence.  In order to   
   >> accomodate the posting of larger movie and sound files (compiled by   
   >> the Church of the SubGenius and public domain sources -- NOT   
   >> copyrighted and/or pirated DVDs), we are requesting the creation of   
   >> alt.binaries.multimedia.slack especially for large media clips, of   
   >> CD or DVD size.   
   >>   
   >> As requested by Reverend Ivan Stang:   
   >>   
   >> Rev. Ivan Stang           Mar 2, 6:16 am     show options   
   >> From: "Rev. Ivan Stang"    
   >> Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 09:16:30 -0500   
   >> Subject: New Multimedia SubG Newsgroup Needed   
   >>   
   >> A SEPARATE THREAD: MULTIMEDIA SLACK   
   >>   
   >> We need a new multimedia newsgroup. We need   
   >> alt.binaries.multimedia.slack   
   >>   
   >> Alt.binaries.slack COULD be used for movies and albums, but that   
   >> would wreck it for the wimps who cannot or won't use what they need   
   >> for multipart binaries -- and, more importantly, if   
   >> alt.binaries.slack goes from being a "picture and occasional song   
   >> or rant" newsgroup to a MOVIES newsgroup, it will likely be dropped   
   >> by the wimpier ISPs.   
   >>   
   >> For instance, as it stands now, a lot of people can get   
   >> alt.binaries.slack even as wimpishly as through AOL. But   
   >> alt.binaries.movies-vcd for instance is NOT available. ISPs can't   
   >> handle that much volume. And Hollywood frowns on those groups.   
   >>   
   >> So I sometimes post our movies in those larger movie newsgroups.   
   >> But I kinda hate to GRACE the unsaved with our binary wonderment   
   >> and would much rather we had our own gigantic NG in which to stash   
   >> gigantic files. Granted, such a newsgroup would be no more   
   >> accessible to the wimps than the existing ones, but it would keep   
   >> the material from the grubbing eyes of Pinks while also not turning   
   >> alt.binaries.slack into a multimedia group.   
   >>   
   >> I tried to initiate such a newsgroup last year, but utterly failed   
   >> due to some peculiarity of my ISP.   
      
      
   > I suggest you decrease the lengt of the Charter. It's a bit long. A   
   > simple do and don't is sufficient.   
   > Have you got some sort of numerical justification?   
   > Have you tried using another multimedia newsgroup and tag posts?   
   > There is a big problem with binary newsgroups, specially the sorts   
   > where the admin suspects CD's and DVD's to be posted. They rarely get   
      
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