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fUSION

Anomaly. FAQ

tracing the

memetic roots of the name "fusion anomaly." - it was based on a record label called Anomaly. that me and a friend, a. ward, started in the early nineties. we put out a few emo-based

punk records for our friends. realizing that business and music didn't mix within my personal realm, i abandoned it, mainly due to lack of distribution channels. little did i know that the

internet would soon change everything. the other important thing

i learned was that my role was solely based on capital. i learned that spending money wins you a lot of temporary friends and

attention, but it is neither fulfilling unto itself, nor is it very progressive in the sense of accomplishment. you can do a lot with money, but you can do a lot more when you substitute it with

time and craft.

i got the word anomaly from the film

2001: a space

odyssey, which had a tremendous impact on my life. the

monolith discovered on tycho clavius

moon was TMA-1, or "tycho magnetic anomaly-1".

after abandoning punk and the scenes attached to it, i revived the word and added "fusion" to make it more

new edge, not to mention incorporating my new taste in electronic music.

current modalities were initiated when i got into

psychedelic trance. i wanted to know what the hell "

Green Nuns Of The Revolution" meant. when i found out, i wanted to do this for everything goa-related. currently, the

focus is no longer on goa, but anything

atomjack related...

* @Om* 8/31/02

The F A Q/S C

frequently asked questions/stated comments

Q : what is it?

@Om: i don't know

Q : where did you get the idea for it?

@Om: i made it up as i went along

Q : what is the purpose?

@Om: to find personal fulfillment in the

process

Q : it's huge. how long did it take you to do it?

@Om: as it states on the front page, i started it late 1997. a primitive form of it existed in various manifestations since 1995. it is never "complete". i work on it a little bit every day. it just seems vast because you're trying to take it all in at once. it really isn't.

C : i was (shocked/surprised) that you did not include (x/y) under your (x/y) section.

@Om: you shouldn't be.

C : i want you to include (x/y) in your (x/y)

node.

@Om: feel free to make your own web site.

Q : who runs the site?

@Om: @Om*

Q : how many people run the site?

@Om: 1 (2 including my admin)

C : your design sucks, it looks like it's from the mid nineties

@Om: that's because it was started in the mid nineties. i don't claim to be a designer, and i would never want to be. besides, it

filters out people who only look for design, or want to see some flash, or something or other... if you don't like the way it looks then please don't look at the site.

C : those animated .gifs are giving me a headache.

@Om: i recommend advil.

C : you should check out (url) as you will find it very interesting.

@Om: if i have time, i might check it out.

C : if you would advertise our product (x) under (y) node it would be great. a link exchange would be mutually beneficial.

@Om: there will be no

intentional advertising on the site. it is one big advertisement for stuff i like anyway, and i decide what i like to show and what i don't. asking for accomodations only decreases your chance of mention. my emphasis is on

pull technologies, not the traditional push/marketing approach. this process filters out
unnecessary hype and those who actively participate and seek out what they are looking should be able to find it, instead of something else like spam or marketing research teams pushing it in their face.

Q : i see links to mp3's, but i can't seem to download the song... what am i doing wrong?

@Om: nothing. they aren't available for download because bandwidth and storage are limited at this point. if you would like to pay for a server with more favorable credentials, please email me. :) if you are interested in obtaining the mp3's, get on gnutella and download them. that is where i got them. p2p is here and running. the web

interface is not a good medium for sharing files.

http://gnutella.wego.com/

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various incarnations of fUSION Anomaly. were not possible without the help of these individuals:

*

mt97 - first incarnation on eee.org
* christine - principal of http://dromo.com
* gstrock - deephack

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