hoaxed! -Reply

[Anna Beauchamp]

I agree.  This gives a new cyberspin to the old saw that if you build a better mouse-trap, the world will beat a path to your door.  I think we've been goosed.  Any more messages on this topic will go into the spam-can here.

Anna Beauchamp
Interlibrary Loan Coordinator
Southern Oregon University Library
Ashland OR  97520       

>>> "Charles F. Bearden" <cbearden at ruf.rice.edu> 07/23 3:22 pm >>>
On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Dennis VanArsdale wrote:
>  <snip>
> "Nestor Lipps"?  And the dog?  Ah, c'mon, people -- no matter what 
> the web site (and yes, I looked) says, this is a hoax.  I'll bet my 
> snipe-hunting rifle on it.   ;-)
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> Dennis G. Van Arsdale, Technical Services Librarian

It's quite possible that a clever parody points to a legitimate 
web site to boost its apparent credibility, just as a crackpot book 
can have a bibliography full of reputable publications.

I think Dennsis is right: I suspect that we have experienced an object 
lesson in the difficulty of evaluating the authority of electronic 
"publications".
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