virus: Re : Anatomy of an e-mail Meme

Hakeeb A. Nandalal (nanco@trinidad.net)
Mon, 18 Nov 1996 19:58:01 +0000


I received this from the "bad" list :-
(best viewed with monospaced font)

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Subject: Fw: good luck totem
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 20:11:09 -0000
From: "DigitaLpostmodernist" <michael@nildram.co.uk>
Reply-To: bad@eng.hss.cmu.edu
To: Multiple recipients of <bad@eng.hss.cmu.edu>

: >> GOOD LUCK TOTEM
: >>
: >> \\\|||///
: >> =========
: >> ^ | O O |
: >> / \ \v_'/
: >> # _| |_
: >> (#) ( )
: >> #\//|* *|\\
: >> #\/( * )/
: >> # =====
: >> # (\|/)
: >> # || ||
: >> .#.--'| |---.
: >> #'---' ----'
: >>
: >>
: >> This totem has been sent to you for good luck. It has been sent
: >> around the world nine times so far. You will receive good luck
: >> within four days of relaying this totem.
: >>
: >> Send copies to people you think need good luck. Don't send
: >> money as fate has no price. Do not keep this message.
: >>
: >> The totem must leave your hands in 96 hours. Send ten copies
: >> and see what happens in four days. You will get a surprise.
: >> This is true, even if you are not superstitious.
: >>
: >> Good luck, but please remember: 10 copies of this message
: >> must leave your hands in 96 hours... You must not sign on
: >> this message...
: >>
: >
:
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IMHO this is a much better Idol for computer nerds :-
(using "ASCII Art Converter" by Ben Syverson).

._|#
._|#
._|#
|#
||~` |#
||__________________|#
||~~||~^~~||~~||~^~~|#
|| || || || |#
|| '\ __/ ` ||____|#
'\ , '^~` ._|#
|| '^~^~` ||~`
|| .____, ||
'\ , '^~~|| ._||
|| ||_/ ~||_,
.________/ \ _______||~\ / ~||_________,
.__/ ^~^~^~^~\ / ~||~^~^~\ / \ / ^~^~^~^~^~\ ,
./ ^~` '\ / ` ., '\ / ` '\ ,
./ ` '\ ___||___/ ` '\ ,
./ ` '~|#
|| ., |#
|| ., || |#
|| ./ \ _|| |#
|| '\ / ~||_, |#
|| ./ \ / ~||_, ._|#
|| '\ / ` '~||_____/ ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~~|#
|| '\ , '~||~^~` .___________|#
|| '\ , ./ ` ._|#
||_, '\ / ` ._||~^~` '\ , '\ , |
||~` || ._||~` ._||_, '\ /
'\ , ., '\ , ._||~` ._____|#
'\ _||________||______|#

.____, .__, .__, ., .__, .__, .__,
||~^~\ / ^~\ , ./ ^~\ , ||_/ ~||_/ ~|| ./ ^~\ ,
|| || || ||____|| ||~` ||~` || ||____||
|| || || ||~^~^~` || || || ||~^~^~`
|| || || || ., || || || || .,
|| || || '\ __/ ` || || || '\ __/ `
'` '` '` '^~` '` '` '` '^~`

Peter Norton of Norton Utilities fame.
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Needless to say I would never propagate an e-mail meme unless it had
the word "meme" in the graphic.

BTW if ten people read this message it means I'll have "good luck"
in four days, but if 20 read it I'll have it in two days. By my
calculation, if 960 people read it, I'll have "good luck" in an
hour. Lucky me.

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Hakeeb A. Nandalal
nanco@trinidad.net
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