The following is a note from a reader who took issue with a list of "Not Hot" items I wrote for the December issue of Wired magazine. Although many readers have upbraided me for my dismissal of Creationism, this person is the first to defend Nostradamus. The message has not been edited.

Subject: Comment on the Dump File..
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 21:25:10 -0500
From: "ioan sirbu" <ioansirbu@mindspring.com>
To: tim@simpleton.com

I am permanently restoring items:

15.) Nostradamus. (World first weirdo that has been analyzed and mused upon without his direction everyone would be "normal" or freaks, Plus without Nostradamus we would not have a way for Kate Foster to solve the alien experiements and stop the first wave...)

33.) Anime. ( Taking out Ninja Scroll, Ninja Resurection, Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Lodoss War and any other stuff I deem worth for humanity. That includes Robotech [old and Macross+ series], Thundercats, Ronin Warriors and DragonBallZ...... It's people like you that keep re-runing lame crap like ScoobyDoo. I don't think you have even watched any of the titles mentioned..)

46.) Retro ( We have 2 arms 2 legs and a head.... Come up with something new.. There are so variations that we can come up with before they get recycled.. And be happy you haven't seen the re-birth of Renesiance... Maybe leotards and doublets are the next come back..)

67.) Radio ( College Radio doesn't deserve the fate of the Howard Stern show... the problem is Capitalism.. face it..)

76.) Creationism ( Believe that we are alone and we will not pass on if it makes you happy. I perfer hope and faith to guide me. Lemme know when we find the "Monolith" or wrecked space craft when we colonized this planet. Besides if you like to believe that we came from rats (mammal scavengers) then got more mobile to swing from trees then moved into caves HEY thats YOUR bag...).

25.) Dead Batteries (Good to throw at people who think they are qualified to decide what is good or needs to thrown away for society..)

And Finally You forgot to add one more addition to the Dump File..

101.) Fake News Web Sites that think they are bringing refreshing content to a Internet full of crap already... [ Opps we added that when we added 30.) Irony ]

Yeah... Laters..