Xref: utzoo news.misc:1860 misc.legal:6100 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!vsi1!altnet!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com! From: Paktor@cup.portal.com (David L Paktor) Newsgroups: news.misc,misc.legal Subject: Re: The Cincinnatus Society of Pinheads Message-ID: <10206@cup.portal.com> Date: 20 Oct 88 00:16:18 GMT References: <15638@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 82 In article <1120.3.1248.1 The Cincinnatus Society of Pinheads> <10/18/88 00:52 weemba@garnet.berkeley.edu (Obnoxious Math Grad Student)> Matthew P Wiener warns us about: THE CINCINNATUS SOCIETY Now, my knowledge of history is *real* vague on this one, but, wasn't Cincinnatus some sort of heavy-handed autocrat with delusions of elitism and superiority, sometime in ancient Rome? In any case, Matthew writes: > THE CINCINNATUS SOCIETY JOURNAL > ... is the official rantzine for the Cincinnatus Society, "a > group of individuals choosing to communicate amicably with one another > about topics of interest to persons who have achieved the level of in- ^^^^^^^^ > telligence of at least the top one-tenth of one percent of the general > United States population." Seems the stats are not completely in on this one yet, but the general con- sensus seems to be that a high I.Q. is not something that someone can *achieve* -- in the sense that they have worked at it -- but can only be said to *attain*, i.e., yes they have gotten there, but, rather than by dint of effort, they have done so by the random throw of the dice of heridity and genetics. In other words, it's a quality one is born with, like one's height or hair color. But I digress... Matthew further quotes this publication: > When we have a somewhat more conventional organization, > we can think about higher things, such as, for example, > the unification of the various High-IQ groups... > > In any event, the Cincinnatus Society will have a key > leadership role in reforming the various Hi-IQ Societies' > Constitutions ... Yikes! Sounds like these folks are interested in more than "communicating amicably": sounds like they are looking to TAKE OVER! And RULE! ~~~~Shudder~~~~! Shades of the Forbin Project! But! The quote continues: > ... and in demonstrating a higher standard of > editing and appearance in their publications. To that > end, I've donated a letter-quality daisy wheel printer ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > to Mr Patrick Hill, Editor of Prometheus, ... Whew! Sounds like they are still a long ways away from building Collossus! But if these people are harmless, it isn't by intention... > All quotations are Copyright (C) 1987 by the Cincinnatus Society, and > are reprinted without any permission. Up their collective arses. > > ..... > > ucbvax!garnet!weemba Matthew P Wiener/Brahms Gang/Berkeley CA 94720 I have no intention of paying long-distance charges to amuse myself with the drivel on their BBS. I was thinking about asking where a member of the laity could get hold of this farcical publication -- I can always use a good laugh -- but the seriousness of their pretentiousness would probably vitiate their funniness... Perhaps I might spend some time concocting a scheme to disconcert this aggregation of twits, but I'd rather debauch myself with some sloe-eyed damsel. Or some sloe gin, for that matter... Oops! I left out "libretto"! David ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ === Mister Systems === | Imray Klaatu Na'Arawak: David L Paktor | Macro provaal barada, l'upden sol impiclit. | Ya vo taray axel Paktor@cup.Portal.com | b'gletio barengi degas... | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~