[WEB4LIB] Re: Whale of a Web authenticity instruction story

[Dobbs, Aaron]

Well, at least the web site authors were honest enough to tell everyone
right up front that it's for entertainment only:

"This website is not intended for readers under 18 years of age, and is for
entertainment purposes only.

None of the material in this website may be reproduced in any way, shape or
form in any other written publication or web site without prior written
permission from Lake Michigan Whale Watching."

Straight off the top of the page.
-Aaron
:-)'

"Fantasy is true, of course. It isn't factual but it is true. Children know
that. Adults know it too, and that is precisely why many of them are afraid
of fantasy. They know that its truth challenges, even threatens, all that is
false, all that is phony, uneccesary, and trivial in the life they have let
themselves be forced into living. They are afraid of dragons, because they
are afraid of freedom." Ursula K. LeGuin



-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Sullivan [mailto:rsullivan at sals.edu]
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 10:35 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Whale of a Web authenticity instruction story


> http://www.geocities.com/lakemichiganwhales/  is "temporarily
unavailable."
> Is this the correct address to the fake Whale page?

Judging from the error message, they have exceeded their allotted
bandwidth due to the publicity they have received from this.

Bob Sullivan  <rsullivan at sals.edu>
Schenectady County Public Library (NY)  <http://www.scpl.org/>
Schenectady Digital History Archive
<http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/>