OK. I have to do some disclaiming up front, so bear with me.

For no reason, I was thinking about B-don‘s wish (expressed some time ago) to open two images in a viewer at the same time to “compare.” I found a good possibility through a search that included the phrase “side-by-side.” But that cost money, and we had actually discussed using the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer to do the same thing.

1. I searched again and came upon a Hacking Windows XP page. There I learned the default disk defragmenter in Win2K (and XP) was created by a company “controlled” by Scientology. (This caused huge controversy in Germany in 2000.)
2. From there, I clicked through to Operation Clambake, the fight against Scientology on the Net. (Aside: What is Tom Cruise thinking?)
3. The “Blocked by Wayback Machine” image caught my eye and a click took me to Yale Law‘s LawMeme.
4. From LawMeme, I was reminded of ChillingEffects.org, a site that posts cease & desist orders relating to the DMCA. I read the specific Xenu letter.
5. Then I started clicking around and I found this one.
6. And, well, the infringing site now redirects to another site that has a scary, scary option on its navigation: Before and After photos.

And that’s all I have to say about that.

Update: Less than 15 minutes after I wrote this, I got a spam (allegedly) from <penispills@penisgrowth.com>. Too funny.

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