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Post number 15167

Zettai — Thu, 28 Feb 2002 16:12:37 -0800

Remember Schwa? You know, the enigmatic graphic design project featuring that smiley-face of the nineties: the almond-eyed alien head? Bill Barker's sinister alien art project used to reside at www.theschwacorporation.com, but I'm not making that URL into a link for a very good reason: it's now a porn site devoted to wife-swapping. What happened?

By: Postroad

Postroad — Thu, 28 Feb 2002 16:15:30 -0800

Please give the link. I want to swap my wife. Can I swap her for Range Rover?

By: jfuller

jfuller — Thu, 28 Feb 2002 16:21:45 -0800

You know what happens when you link to a graphic on another site without asking permission, and the other site owner switches the graphic and suddenly you're linking to a picture of catshit? Well, it seems nobody asked the aliens if they wanted their pictures plastered all over some oddball website, and they don't...

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Thu, 28 Feb 2002 16:26:48 -0800

What do the wives swap? Recipes?

By: jeremias

jeremias — Thu, 28 Feb 2002 16:29:54 -0800

Um, yeah. Anyway, Schwa brings back old memories of when the Net was still ftp and www was but a glimmer in Marc Andreesen's eye. A quick search of google; looks like he hasn't done much since 2000. scanwave.com is still registered to BB, I guess you could write him if you wanted to.

By: riffola

riffola — Thu, 28 Feb 2002 16:34:11 -0800

Oh good I thought for a second we were talking about Eric Costello's Schwa.

By: billder

billder — Thu, 28 Feb 2002 16:45:03 -0800

so is that wife-schwapping?

By: jonmc

jonmc — Thu, 28 Feb 2002 16:53:06 -0800

What happened? The answer is simple, zettai.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Thu, 28 Feb 2002 17:03:02 -0800

From the dirty, dirty site: "WATCH YOUNG STUDS RAVAGE OTHER WIFES" Spellcheck, people. Spellcheck. How am I supposed to take you seriously as a pornographer if you don't learn the basics of your craft? Professionalism is important to the smut trade.

By: sharksandwich

sharksandwich — Thu, 28 Feb 2002 18:03:24 -0800

The basics of my craft: Craft Domain of Origin: The Salt Mines of Calisto Class: Garbage Scow Grosse Tonnage: 383.47 Crew: 6 officers, 17 Midscowmen, 49 Scow Technicians/Expendables Propulsion: Modified Genesis Com-maro 18 pulse. Twin Gulf Short Fins (tweaked to Standard 7.9.1-3+)! Mission: To orbit Uranus searching for Klingons. All holes filled.

By: destro

destro — Thu, 28 Feb 2002 19:12:57 -0800

I remeber the book that the Schwa Corporation put out. A real shiny collection of computer designed silver alien pictures. Sorta neat.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Thu, 28 Feb 2002 20:31:04 -0800

Uh, Zettai, when you let a domain expire all kinds of things can happen, depending on who scoops it up and redirects it. It might even fail to resolve. But the porn site option also seems to be popular.

By: wendell

wendell — Thu, 28 Feb 2002 21:45:36 -0800

Tell me about it. Oneswellfoop.com just ain't as swell as it used to be.

By: bradlands

bradlands — Fri, 01 Mar 2002 13:02:14 -0800

...although it is perhaps more swollen.