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

[jcichewicz at tln.lib.mi.us]

The "for entertainment purposes only" note is a new one.  I've been
using this site for teaching evaluation of websites every month for about
6 months and this message was just added this month.  Makes it a little
less effective as my evaluation sample but still worth it for the laugh :)

Joy

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On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Dobbs, Aaron wrote:

> 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/>
> 
>