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Re: Fwd: INTERNET VIRUS ALERT
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rick Romkey)
Fri Mar 31 20:03:32 1995
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 19:48:01 +0500
Errors-To: procmaster@www19.w3.org
Reply-To: pokey@maddie.atlantic.com
From: Rick Romkey <pokey@maddie.atlantic.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <www-talk@www10.w3.org>
Um...isn't April 1st tomorrow? Could this just be someone getting
a little silly?
-Rick
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> On Fri, 31 Mar 1995, Raymond Eisenstark wrote:
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> > Talk about hysteria! A few points:
> >
> > 2. Isn't this the same "virus" that was talked about late last year? This
> > hot news is a little stale.
>
> It seems to me that it was even more recent than that when this hoax last
> made its way around the net.
> >
> > 4. What is "an nth-complexity infinite binary loop"? Sounds like something
> > that my sainted grandmother might be impressed by, but are you going to
> > fall for such mumbo-jumbo? And, just how does it "severly [sic] damage
> > the processor."? Perhaps it melts into a pool of silicon when confronted
> > by the awesome intelligence of this virus.
>
> Thanks, it's been a _long_ week and this was a good laugh.
> >
>
> Ellen Carrico Absurdity. A statement or belief manifestly
> ecarrico@spl.lib.wa.us inconsistent with one's own opinion.
> Ambrose Bierce
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