And my other point about this is, anyone that was hiring them didn't they
wonder why they were using Cris.com to host their site? And why was their
whois to someone in Denver?
Someone named Rohit Khare at 7:11 PM -0800 on 3/27/97, came up with this:
* > Ok, there is a big house down by San Diego available. 9 bedrooms, ready for
* > Internet web site development.
*
* Cool. Is it wired for son-et-lumiere as well?
*
* > Me, Tim Byars - Fearless leader.
*
* Fearless, perhaps...
*
* > Dr. Ernie - Chief Scientist and whatever Dr. Ernie does.
*
* Scientist?
What didn't I spell that right?
*
* > Rohit Khare - team leader, project leader
*
* Well, which is it? c'mon, I can't be seen tokin' around with *peers*! Sheesh!
You do what you do best. We all will pull together if for no other reason
than to mock you.
*
* > Dan Kohn, way to important in his current pososition. Stock offered
*
* :-)
*
* > Robert Harley - EuroTrash and server head.
* > Robert is 1/2 of our sales team. Since the EuroTrash has taken over
* > Hollywood his accent and French attitude is crucial.
*
* Actually, we need 1/4s. Robert Harley to be EuroTrash, and
* Robert Thau to be server head. Both have surplus attitude...
*
* > Joe Barrera - Inside placement at Ms. Stock options offered.
*
* Keep them betas' rollin, raawhiiide!
* [Wow, dunno where *that* came from]
*
* > Jim Whitehead - Entertainment head (ties to Music industry)
*
* I have to say, it's a tight race for entertainment bits with Adamn
*
* > Joe Kiniry - Sales and pomp. The other 1/2 of our killer tag team
*
* Pomp, perhaps... :-)
*
* > Adam Rifkin - Publicity/copywriter
*
* Yeah, by the looks of his homework, he sure is a writer who copies!
* [BoC? Where? No!...]
*
* > With one bedroom left I'm leaving it up to the rest of the FoRK Cult to
* > pick the last person for the core group.
*
* Er, Tim, not bein' one to complain or anythin' but I think you forgot
* someone to do the *WORK*. I nominate Rajit :-)
Nah, fuck that, we'll get students from CalTech and SDSU SuperComputer center.
* And there you have it, 9 men and no babes... what a pathetic, skewed
* lifestyle of geekdom and cold pizza. Sign me UP!
*
Yeah, but I can guarantee you that with me as fearless leader will will NOT
take a vow of celibacy.
Tim
-- A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila . Mitch Ratliffe, _Technology Review_ April, 1992<> tbyars@earthlink.net <>