--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "q_eco" <q_eco@...> wrote:
>
> News Flash: Anti-Scan paper is easily defeated. I will not explain
how
> to do it, but I was wondering if it was as safe as everyone thought.
> The answer is no, it's not that safe. The good news is you have to
buy
> the work first before you can set it up. If Jim or Des wants to know
> more, please send me a message to that extent.
I already know how it can be defeated, but it still poses a thorn
in the side to folks who want to pirate the work. And hey, if it
bothers them, that's just fine with me! ;P
>
>
> About Fandom: Ok, after spending an unhealthy amount of time
reviewing
> what's out there (MTV and the BBC special are the worst) the media
> smelled an easy mark. What the fandom needs is Des. Des if you read
> this, don't give up. Get vocal instead. What the fandom needs is a
> single person that is willing to speak on behalf of the Furs. To do
> that, we need a bunch of furs to back that single person. The issue
of
> fur-dom is that everyone thinks we are all gay, or pedophiles or
other
> negative images. A single person who is always willing to speak for
us
> would do much. Yes we are a large group with out any reference
points
> like the Trekkies or the Star Wars, but we can establish things that
> we ARE and AREN'T. We just need a loud person to do it. Let people
see
> that it's not all about sex and that not every fur is a child hungry
> predator or even that all of us are gay. We need someone to say
things
> like that fireman down the block, he's a fur. The middle school
> teacher who works with mentally unstable kids? She's a Scaley. That
is
> what we need. (In case you are wondering, I'm a fur and I am a
> Security Officer for some of the expensive areas in S. Florida.)
I think it's too late to talk Des into taking a stand at this
point, but I can certainly agree that the fandom has turned somehow
darker and less enjoyable over the years. There are still the
longtime fans who are always good to see and/or hear from, but a lot
of the new shit going on is just plain disturbing.
I don't think there's really a way to branch one chunk of the
fandom off from all the Section Eights out there. The best I can
figure is to keep doing stuff along the same lines as I've been doing
since 1995, and hopefully, attract the folks who are substantially
more sane. ;P Hey, guys, a little craziness is a good thing.
The nutcases would eventually wonder off is search of...whatever it
is they search for, while the more "normal" folks would likely stick
around.
>
>
> Furgonomics: I have read all these posts, and it's time to say
enough.
> To do this fast and correct, you'd need to first set the needed
> parameters. An example is: How would a Shark~fur use a handgun?
Well,
> before we even attempt to answer that question, we should make sure
> that there are even shark~furs in this world.
There are, and they have hands like you or I. Except they have
four digits. And webbing. But otherwise...
> So to make furgonomics more helpful to Jim, I suggest we, the
> community figure out what is available in his world. With that out
of
> the way, we can compartmentalize everything else and move on to the
> next thing of animals VS humans. (Example: Perfume would have to be
> different due to a majority of animals having better sense of
smell.)
> After that get logistical. Things like size variations and digit
> counts. Here's some weak boil downs cause I have to run.
> -Work, Home, School, Public
> -Computers, TV's and Cell phones (Standard size for all, adaptions
for
> others: Example: A mouse using a computer would not need an
adaption,
> but a horse would. Either the keyboard would be bigger <waste of
> resources> or more likely there would be a "mitt" that would fit
over
> the hand that has littler nubs at the tips to better hit the single
keys)
> -Etiquette, personal care, social influence
I'm hoping to introduce folks to the "Skunkworks world" on a more
realistic level. After all, the comics are just joke stories. And
the folios? Well, those are just the results of the studio work.
Think of the folios as a photo story you might see in some girly
mag. It happened (there are pics to prove it), but it was staged.
That's kinda how the prints and folios are. The comics are funny
gags and such meant to make people laugh. Think of them like this:
Let's say you have a favorite comedian. You've seen all his shows
and specials and all that. But you only know the act, the image or
personality he puts forward. For the Skunkworks site, I want to take
the viewers behind the acts to show them the actual people in real-
life situations.
Their world is very different from ours, and that's one of the
things I want to illustrate with newer works. A lot of artists or
writers try to figure out how human situations or items would change
over to an anthro society, when they fail to realize there may simply
be no parallel at all.
--JMH
Received on Fri Oct 10 2008 - 01:03:36 CDT