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From:
Michael Davis <mdavis19@i...>
Date: Tue Dec 25, 2001 12:31
am
Subject: Re: [AAR_Skeptics] www.kook-watch.net?
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Carl Wilson wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Davis" <mdavis19@i...>
> To: <AAR_Skeptics@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 24, 2001 10:59 AM
> Subject: Re: [AAR_Skeptics] www.kook-watch.net?
>
>
> > Carl Wilson wrote:
> >
> > > Check out ol' Twonky! He's even adopted the new name
> of
> > > "Twacky" that I
> > > gave him!
> > >
> > > I've been thinking about giving up my alt-atheism.org
> > > domain and registering
> > > either 'kook-watch.org' or 'kook-watch-net'. I'm sure
>
> > > you've all noticed
> > > how it irritates many of the kooks when they find out
> that
> > > their kookrants
> > > have been turned into a webpage.
> > >
> > > I thought maybe we could do this as a 'group dig' at
> the
> > > kooks. We could
> > > all design and ftp in webpages and have email
> addresses
> > > like
> > > mdavis@k... and the like!
> > >
> > > Whatcha think? Might be fun and piss off the kooks at
> the
> > > same time.
> >
> > What's it going to cost?
>
> Just the cost of registering the domain. I'll take care
> of that part of it.
> We can use the site that currently hosts the
> alt-atheism.org domain. It's
> already paid for, and I'm losing interest in maintaining
> the alt-atheism.org
> website, so I though we could use it to host this other
> domain.
>
> >You may have noticed that all my
> > pages dedicated to kooks are hosted on free servers. I
> > personally don't feel that the kooks are worth spending
> any
> > money on. There is no real chance of recouping the costs
>
> > involved and it just becomes an on-going expense.
>
> True, but I've already paid for the webhosting (expires
> October IIRC) and
> the only other expense would be the domain registration.
>
> > There is
> > another reason I host the pages on free servers rather
> than
> > on any of my own domains. Sometimes the kooks can really
> go
> > ballistic and fire off enough complaints to the hosting
> > company to get a site shut down. It has happened to me
> in
> > the past.
>
> That is a possibility. But in the meantime it might be a
> lot of fun. We
> could also reduce the chances of getting it pulled by not
> naming them
> directly. Just place their kooky quotes on a page (minus
> their name) with a
> link to google showing the complete message. If nothing
> else, just having
> them see messages posted by someone@k... ought
> to ramp up their
> paranioa. Some of them already think that some of us
> belong to some "shadow
> organization". I've also thought about using
> 'ufo-kook-watch.net' as a
> domain name as well.
>
> > Now I completely insulate my money making sites
> > and personal web site from the kook web sites. That way
> an
> > irate kook can't shut down more than the site dedicated
> to
> > him if he manages to get the hosting company to take his
>
> > complaints seriously. If you decide to go through with
> this,
> > I suggest you find a hosting company with a really
> liberal
> > acceptable use policy. That's probably going to be a
> company
> > that hosts a lot of porn sites and/or other types of
> > controversial sites. They won't be so quick to shut you
> down
> > if they get flooded with complaints from an irate kook.
>
> The hosting is already paid for. All I have to do is
> logon at my hosting
> company and create the new domain after I register it.
> The hosting is
> already paid for through October I think.
>
> If anyone can think of a better sounding domain name, post
> it here. If been
> thinking about the following:
>
> kook-watch.net
> kook-watch.org
> ufo-kook-watch.net
> ufo-kook-watch.org
> crackpot-watch.net
> crackpot-watch.org
> ufo-crackpot-watch.net
> ufo-crackpot-watch.org
> watchingyou.org
usenet-kooks.org
kooks-r-us.org
morons-among-us.org
kooks-on-the-loose.org
kookfarts.org
stupid-people.org
kook-surveillance.org
kook-control.org
kookstompers.org
I really like the ones that are likely to crank up their
paranoia. Anything that sounds like we would be controlling
or censoring or surveiling the kooks should make them go
ballistic.
--
Michael Davis
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