sorry it was not dot.com sex but open source sex
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=9256
the article was posted here on 4/14 by Chris Rasch, to bad we don't have
open source porn :-)
think I need to get a DSL line and ICU, we might start a new social trend :-)
Best Ralph
At 08:26 AM 04/24/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>didn't anyone read the article on dot com sex? I think there will be a
>great fit here
>
>Ralph
>
>
>At 03:12 PM 04/23/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>>Who would've thought there would be such a market for flabby,
>>fluorescent tanned geeks....:>
>>
>>
>>http://www.inlandempireonline.com/news/ap/20010423/CA_Porn_Haven_22806N.shtml
>>
>>
>>It wasn't too long ago when porn executives faced many recruiting
>>challenges. One of the biggest, they say, had been matching promises of
>>stock-option bonanzas and early retirement by Internet firms.
>>
>>But that was more than a year ago, before the NASDAQ tanked and dot-coms
>>collapsed. The fallout has been a boon for adult entertainment, Vivid
>>Entertainment Group President Bill Asher said.
>>
>>"At least I know my paycheck isn't going to bounce," said Jon, 25, who
>>asked that his last name be withheld. Jon told the Times that he jumped
>>to
>>take a Web designer job at Vivid after he was laid off last winter from
>>Los
>>Angeles music start-up ArtistDirect Inc.
>>
>>The company, which makes up to six adult videos a month and recently
>>expanded its online team, says that 35 percent of its technical staff
>>hail
>>from the dot-com world.
>>
>>Jon now spends eight hours a day digitally covering up female nipples
>>for
>>the company's front-page, which entices visitors to pay for the full
>>peep
>>show. "My mom would kill me if she knew," he said.
>>
>
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