Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 02:26:18 -0400 (EDT)
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From: Joe Clark <jclark@nexus.polaris.net>
Subject: Sociolinguism of Type II Owners and the WWW: CFP
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Subject: Sociolinguism of Type II Owners: Call for Papers
*************CALL FOR PAPERS*******************
The First Annual Conference on the Sociolinguism of Type II Owners and the
WWW will take place at the CyberSpace Motel 6 in Kissimmee.FL. With an
inadequate block of rooms available at hugely inflated "special conference
rates," the CyberSpace Motel Six is located just twelve grueling US92
miles and six hundred stoplights from Walt Disney World. Shuttle service
is available, but there are no seats in the back and you have to watch
out for that oil can.
Dedicated to a teleological paradigm of elegant heuristicity, the
Conference will feature speakers from across the globe. Many have
something to sell and will bring colorful brochures. Others are on
sabbatical, trolling for resume fodder. One has made a killing with the
hugely successful Mo'wagen WWW browser -- now in version 6.0375B26 --
which began as an undergraduate research project at the Florida Institute
of Business Technology and Auto Body Repair in nearby Chuluota.
The Conference will also feature technical displays and demonstrations by
a crowd of grinning, shark-like individuals crammed into curtained booths
in a poorly-ventilated ampitheatre. SCHEDULED TO APPEAR:
EMPI Microsystems, makers of the Woodgrained Workstation series.
Magnesium-Alloy Graphics Inc., manufacturers of split-case
desktop systems.
IVW, netvergnugen pioneer, will display the new chrome-plated,
billet aluminum, drop-forged, counterweighted Big Ass Server.
VolkTel, makers of the race-winning 801835cc microprocessor.
Conference Keynote:
"How come we talk like this?" Waldo Greasemonkey, Chairman, VolkSpeak
Publications Group.
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION:
Address one of the following issues in each submitted paper (no more than
one paper per category from any author):
A. "Effects Upon Offspring of Prenatal Maternal Exposure to That Really Eerie
Picture of John with the Parrot on his Shoulder."
B. "Linguistic Determinism and Social Construction in John Muir: Let the
Car be the Thing, Man."
C. "Medical Symptomology and Indications for Long-Term Conditions of Poor
Heating, Gasoline Fumes, and Loud, Droning Sounds Emanating From
Behind You."
D. "The Flower Children: Where Are They Now? A Rhetorical Ananlysis of
Hippies with Socket Sets"
E. "Alienation and the Stranded Motorist: Case Studies"
F. "Poverty and Ignorance: Jim Stafford's View"
All submissions must be binhexed, uuencoded, PGP encrypted, and converted
to Commodore VIC-20 BASIC prior to submission. Deadline June 21.
For more information see the Conference WWW Page at:
<URL: http://www.luftsprache.com/~cawtcha/later>
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