[2489] in java-interest
Re: A free hard drive (off topic, but cool)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul G. Barnes)
Tue Oct 3 12:22:04 1995
From: "Paul G. Barnes" <pbarnes@imatrex.com>
To: hotjava-interest@java.sun.com, java-interest@java.sun.com
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 1995 08:47:40 -0600
Cc: reza_azram@discovery.com
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I really hate being spammed. It is bad enough that the Java and Hotjava
interest digest re-broadcasts entire copies of issues that don't get
delivered so that issue 162 contains 3 copies of issue 161, but now
were getting spammed!
I went through the issues I have recieved for the past month and
did not find a single posting from Reza Azarm. None in Java interest
or in Hotjava interest. Now, it may be that Mr. Azarm is a passive
participent in these maillists (as am I (usually)). But I find it
hard to fathom that the first thing that moved him to send 2 messages
each to both maillists was this. Shame on Mr. Azarm.
Mr. Azarm, I will not call Canada to give you $0.50 and I ask that
everyone else on this list similarly restrain themselves. The only
way to stop Spam on the 'net is to not eat it when it is served...
> From: Reza Azarm <Reza_Azarm@discovery.com>
> Date: 1 Oct 95 0:27:31 ES
> Subject: A free hard drive (off topic, but cool!)
>
> Well, it wasn't *quite* free... it cost me $1.50.
>
> OK, so maybe this is a little off topic, but I was so damn stunned when I
> tried this that I figured I had to share it with folks in the groups I
> hang out in.
>
> Like most of you, I have a lot of stuff on my hard drive -- so much cool
> stuff from Usenet, in fact, that I really needed to get both a good T1
> connection and a massive hard drive to manage it all.
>
> Yeah, right -- like I had any money to do that!
>
> Anyway, a guy I trust turned me onto a company called InterLink and told
> me to call them at 011-24-831-3131 (it's a Canadian number). The call has a fee
> of $1.50, which irked me at first... until he explained how InterLink works.
>
> A recording gives you instructions on what to to. When asked to enter the
> account number of the person who gave you this number, enter 789418 --
> that's my account number, and it's how I got my new T1 connection and 1GB
> hard drive.
>
> Let met explain. The recording will give you your own account number, then
> it'll record your name and address. Here's where it gets VERY cool!
>
> For every call made to this number, InterLink receives $1.50... 50 cents
> goes to the account number you type in (in the case of your call, to me).
> Of course, now that you've got YOUR OWN account number, you'll want to
> have people call and type in YOUR account number -- get out there and
> publicize this incredible system with YOUR account number, and start
> making money!
>
> It gets better. You get 50 cents for everyone who calls and types in your
> account number, but when they get people to type in THEIR account number
> you get 25 cents of that as well, PLUS 25 cents off everyone THEY get to
> call.
>
> Here's the math: If you get 100 people to call (damned easy to do), then
> you get $50 dollars. If they each get 100 people to call, then you get
> $2,500. If THEY each get 100 people to call then you get $250,000.
>
> Honestly, I have never done a chain letter in my life. I don't
> buy lottery tickets. I WOULD NEVER HAVE TRIED THIS IF A FRIEND HADN'T
> SUGGESTED IT. But it works. I've made enough to get my coveted T1 internet
> connection, my 1GB hard drive and a LOT of other cool stuff in just a few
> weeks.
>
> If you're over 18, try it -- hell, it's only $1.50 and it's absolutely the
> best investment you'll ever make. The number is open 24 hours a day, so do
> it now.
>
> Reza
> razarm@discovery.com
>
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Paul G. Barnes, M.S.
Online Communications Coordinator
http://www.imatrex.com
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4 October 1995 is Buster Keaton's 100th Birthday.
Watch one of his movies.
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