Conspiracy promotes false Slack!

From: Modemac <modemac@modemac.com>
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Date: Tue, Apr 17, 2001 4:26 AM

Nearly twenty years ago, the Book of the SubGenius predicted that the
concept of Slack would be STOLEN by the Conspiracy, and that it would
be forced into the "mainstream" in order to trick gullible people into
believing that the False Slack offered by the CON is, in fact, true Slack.
Not content with the Slack continually stolen away from us, They now want
to rob people of even MORE slack, by ripping off "Bob" himself! Take a
gander at this:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/076790768X/o/qid=987497618/sr=8-4/ref=aps_sr_b_2_1/107-7149047-4126928

This book is called "Slack : Getting Past Busywork, Burnout, and the Myth
of Total Efficiency," and it's written by Tom DeMarco. Who is Tom
DeMarco? Why, he's none other than "is a principal of the Atlantic
Systems Guild, a New York--and London-based consulting practice. His
clients include Hewlett Packard, Apple, IBM, Bell Laboratories, and many
others." His book preaches the use of "slack" to improve the efficiency
of your business. As the cover blurb for this book states:

"What is 'slack'? Slack is the degree of freedom in a company
that allows it to change. It could be something as simple as adding an
assistant to a department, letting high-priced talent spend less time at
the photo copier and more time making key decisions. Slack could also
appear in the way a company treats employees: instead of loading them up
with overwork, a company designed with slack allows its people room to
breathe, increase effectiveness, and reinvent themselves."

Yes, Slack is obviously there to make your employees DO THEIR JOBS BETTER
and become better "workers."

Truly, this is a sign of the End Times.

--
First Online Church of "Bob"
http://www.modemac.com/
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Subject: Re: Conspiracy promotes false Slack!
From: disgraceland23@cs.com (Disgraceland23)

Total fucking agreement.*This* cuts to the core. These guys need at
least a Discordian-style Jake.
Or something much better?

-St. Al
(at home, snickering)

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Subject: Re: Conspiracy promotes false Slack!
From: prostata@bronze.coil.com (Rev. Prostata Cantata)
Newsgroups: alt.slack

In article <9bguns$5n@news-central.tiac.net>,
Modemac <modemac@modemac.com> wrote:
>
>Yes, Slack is obviously there to make your employees DO THEIR JOBS BETTER
>and become better "workers."

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

fuck me gently with a leather-bound "daytimer" that's some seriously
fucked up shit!

>
>Truly, this is a sign of the End Times.

no fucking doubt!

I say we declare him the Anti-bob and put out a contract.

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"Columbus is so lame we WISH we had cow tipping"
-Steve Conley at a Brat Mobile concert.
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From: Boddhisatva Troutwaxer <tungtung@pacbell.net>

The question is, does this open up a way to push the BOTSG at the business set? Maybe we can piggyback some
sales or something?

We don't know who it was that discovered water, but we're pretty sure
that it wasn't a fish.
-- Marshall McLuhan

Most rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who
can't talk for people who can't read.
-- Frank Zappa
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From: Hulkturds@crappagammabrick.ouch (HellPope Huey)

I'm dubious, myself. Every time I've handed a SubG pamphlet or book to a
Pink, the flames erupt and burn their damn asses. Hard to get them to read
anything when they're running around on FIRE. Preacher, mah legs are on
FIRE!

Oh, if only it WAS as easy as leading them to the water of Dobbs, but
when you throw that on a PINK fire, it works out about as well as whapping
a Bengal tiger on the nose with a summer sausage. Naw, no SubG works for
the Normals. My eyebrows just grew back from the LAST time I tried it. It
WAS amusing, but it also took me a week to remember where the house was
after the blast.

HellPope Huey, hellpopehuey@subgenius.com
"Bonzo-Willy Whack-Off Jamboree Juke Joint JerkAway"

"The spirit of a man can put up with his malady;
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From: nu-monet <nothing@succeeds.com>

Has ANYONE thought to push the button on the bottom of the page that says,
"I have read this book and want to review it"?, ranting that the 'concept'
for the book was STOLEN from the CotSG?

--
"There is no nu-monet. There is only Zuul."
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From: geoff.bronner@dartmouth.edu (Geoff Bronner)

Ok, this guy is getting his when the Xists come... anyone who thinks Slack
is being able to spend less time at a photocopier is truly the Anti-"Bob".

-G
--

<http://www.dartmouth.edu/~geoffb/>
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Subject: Re: Conspiracy promotes false Slack!
From: Artemia Salina <y2k@sheayright.com>
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Date: Wed, Apr 18, 2001 1:11 PM
Message-ID: <3ADDCAD1.AD9A217A@sheayright.com>

>
> Has ANYONE thought to push the button on the bottom of the page that says,
> "I have read this book and want to review it"?, ranting that the 'concept'
> for the book was STOLEN from the CotSG?

When you go to review the book, be sure to use the Review Form for those Under
the Age of Thirteen. This is an anonymous review posting form.

They won't put it up, I'm sure, but here's my review:

1: Rating:
1 star

2: Enter a Title for your Review:
Subverting the Concept of "Slack"

3: Enter the text of your review:
As a member of the Church of the Subgenius, whose main tenet is
that one should "Slack off and quit your job for "Bob"", I find
the appropriation of the concept of "Slack" by the author to be
very offensive. While we, of the Church of the Subgenius, slack
off in order to become LESS productive, the author of "Slack"
is attempting to redefine the term to become one which would make
people MORE productive. I find this to be every bit as disturbing
and insulting as a Christian would find using a crucifix as a
piece of drug paraphernalia to be!

4: Where in the world are you?:
Lemuria, SP

5: How old are you?:
9

--
Artemia Salina -- http://www.drpez.com/drali1.htm
Taking the 'rhetorical' out of 'rhetorical question' since 1958

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Subject: Re: Conspiracy promotes false Slack!
From: nu-monet <nothing@succeeds.com>

MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - Good news for Bridget Jones and the millions
who share the fictional diarist's angst and guilt for failing to jog their
way to health and happiness.

A German scientist is prescribing aimless sloth as the antidote to
professional stress and the secret to a long life.

"People who would rather laze in a hammock instead of running a marathon
or who take a midday nap instead of playing squash have a better chance
of living into old age," Professor Peter Axt, co- author of the newly
published study "On the Joy of Laziness", said on Wednesday...

--
"There is no nu-monet. There is only Zuul."

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