Letters to the Editor

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July 25, 2002

this new park [Re: "Pfizer to Open Theme Park"] is the gayest thing since rue paul i mean come on i would rather stick something in my ass then spend a penny on this oh i forgot i am paying i already want my money back! i hate corporate america! this park is a phallacy as fake as the constitution i thought capitalism was illegal oh thats right only when the little people try to come up! .............i better get perry mason on the case

yours truly,
a concerned citizen


Response: First, I sincerely hope you realize this is just a joke. Second, for the love of God, please introduce yourself to Mr. Comma and Mr. Period.

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May 20, 2002

Dear Sir(s),

I have just read your paper "A Mathematical Model of the Mating Preferences of H. Sapiens" and I would like your permission to use this model in a publication (currently untitled) that I am working on. You can be assured that your paper will be included as is without any alteration waht so ever and that you will recieve due credit.

Regards,
K D


Response: K D, all material on this site is free for public use, provided that the appopriate sources are given full credit.

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March 11, 2002

Hi, I just got finished reading through your article about Gravity Hill [re: "The Legend of Gravity Hill"] and I was wondering if you could give me directions on how to get there. A group of friends and I went looking for it up on Holicong Road, in New Hope PA or either Bucks County Pa. We unfortunitely did not find it, but then again, none of us had ever been up there, and we didn't exactly know where we were. If you could please send me directions on how to get there, it would greatly be appreciated.

Thanks,
K


Response: Sorry K, but out of respect for the neighbors of Gravity Hill and the church there, we do not provide detailed directions. There have been too many acts of vandalism committed by people who initially ventured there with the sole intention of looking around.

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February 15, 2002

If a mere four students can cripple an entire University's network [re: "Computer Game Crashes NYU Network"], it's not even remotely their fault. The fault lies in the hands of the network design team for using inferior equipment. Uploading and downloading MP3's puts more of a strain on a system than a simple game. The transfer rate of only four gamers combined, playing Counter_Strike would be around 18KB per second...

[blah, blah, blah]

...My friends and I at the University have played on a San Diego server together. 12 people in the dorms were playing on this server at one time for a period of 7 hours (yeah I know we were bored). The network didn't budge one bit in performance. The University is only 10,000-12,000 students.

My point, don't charge these kids for playing games. It was an accident and not 100% their fault.

M S


Response: Mr. S, we appreciate your conviction to the game Counter_Strike, however, a more critical examination of the article discussed would have revealed that it is merely a spoof. It's just a joke poking a little fun at the devotees of the game, as well as the sometimes less than adequate standards available on the NYU Medical Center network. Just for the record, the staff here love CS.

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January 15, 2001

Mr. Strong,

I'm a reporter from the Philadelphia Inquirer and I read with interest your 1996 postings about Gravity Hill in Bucks County [re: "The Legend of Gravity Hill"]. I'd been curious about the site myself, possibly for a semi-humorous article on the topic.

If this is still your email address, please write back. You seem like an excellent person to interview about local perceptions of the place.

M. B.


Response: Sorry M.B., but our past encounters with the media regarding this topic have been fruitless and time consuming. As a result, we no longer respond to specific querries.

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