Re: The Post Virus
From Tim Conway <tcc...@sioux.ucs.indiana.edu>
· alt.ascii-art
· 15 Nov 1994 21:58 · View full thread
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In article <Cz3...@liii.com>, Jonathan S. Nowak <hyp...@bootcamp.liii.com> wrote: >In article <kep...@b62182.student.cwru.edu>, kep...@snowhite.eeap.cwru.edu (T. Kephart) says: >> >>In article <fmz...@kaiwan.com>, joe...@kaiwan.com (Joe) wrote: >> >>> In article <394v0b$101...@hermes.acs.ryerson.ca>, >>> j2n...@acs.ryerson.ca (John Ngo - CNED/F94) wrote: >>> > Eleanor Lance (mas...@ucssun1.sdsu.edu) wrote: >>> > >biko wrote: >>> > >: In article <CyD...@ns1.nodak.edu> >>> > >: brw...@plains.NoDak.edu (Fishies) writes: >>> > >: >>> > >: > >>> > >: >unknown (cm4...@bs47c.staffs.ac.uk) wrote: >>> > >: >: References: <2ljod1$a6...@caslon.CS.Arizona.EDU> >><2ljr3o$2p...@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> <199...@liberty.uc.wlu.edu> >>> > >: ><n9143349.763617815@waldorf> <2m10k9$ka...@amhux3.amherst.edu> >><2m2722$9q...@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> <38mbpo$kj...@jake.esu.edu> >>> > >: >: Organization: Staffordshire University >>> > >: >: Distribution: >>> > >: > >>> > >: >: christopher (chi...@falcon.lhup.edu) wrote: >>> > >: >: : Charles Stephens (guest - exp 9/1/93) (cf...@mathcs.emory.edu) wrote: >>> > >: >: : : Neil Bernstein (nwb...@unix.amherst.edu) wrote: >>> > >: >: : : : The Mad Kobold ( Doug Norris ) >>(n91...@waldorf.cc.wwu.edu) wrote: >>> > >: >: : : : : mgi...@liberty.uc.wlu.edu (Mike Gilmore) writes: >>> > >: > >>> > >: >: : : : : >Orion Wilson (mor...@cats.ucsc.edu) wrote: >>> > >: > >>> > >: >: : : : : >: In <2ljod1$a6...@caslon.CS.Arizona.EDU> >>pau...@CS.Arizona.EDU (Paul L. Clark) writes: >>> > >: > >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >In article <2ljiqs$fj...@news.utdallas.edu>, >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >Chris D Koeberle <koe...@utdallas.edu> wrote: >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:Chris Metzler (met...@pablo.physics.lsa.umich.edu) >>wrote: >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> In article <2lj8dr$q1...@news.iastate.edu>, >>nra...@mipm.vm.iastate.edu (Neal Rauhauser) writes: >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> In article <2lj5k7$di...@oak.oakland.edu> >>jjf...@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Jered Floyd) writes: >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >Giles Mead Biddison (im...@cats.ucsc.edu) wrote: >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> > >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: In article >><199...@beowulf.larc.nasa.gov> >>c.d...@news.larc.nasa.gov (Chuck Turnitsa) writes: >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >In Article >><199...@iitmax.iit.edu> "ste...@artn.iit.edu (Stephan >>Meyers)" says: >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> MICHAEL J PEPIN >>(mpe...@titan.ucs.umass.edu) wrote: >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : Brendan Dunn >>(bdu...@gluttony.ugcs.caltech.edu) wrote: >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : In article >><199...@inmos.co.uk>, >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : Anthony Finch (PFUE) >><fan...@inmos.co.uk> wrote: >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >DACOD (dyw...@aber.ac.uk) wrote: >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> In article >><199...@midway.uchicago.edu>, >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> Ted Frank >><thf...@midway.uchicago.edu> wrote: >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >In article >><940...@psuvm.psu.edu> cfb103 <CFB...@psuvm.psu.edu> writes: >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >>In article >><199...@martha.utcc.utk.edu>, db...@martha.utcc.utk.edu >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >>(David DeLaney) says: >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >>> >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >>>him...@ocf.nms.unt.edu (Andrew >>Hime) writes: >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >>>>Bokonon >>(mcd...@hertz.njit.edu) wrote: >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >>>>: This is >>_The_Post_Virus_(tm). You can play too. First >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >>>>: add a new newsgroup to the >>header (don't delete any old >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >>>>: ones) and append your >>signature. This post would have >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >>>>: been smiley captioned for >>the humor impaired, but I anti- >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >>>>: cipated that this will go >>to alt.folklore.urban very >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >>>>: quickly and smileys are >>illegal there. >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >>>>: Flames to rec.org.mensa >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >>>> >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >>>>: -- >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >>>>: Michael C. DeAngelo It >>is better to lurk and be thought a moron / >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >>>>: mcd...@hertz.njit.edu >>Than to post and remove all doubt. KIBO# 66 >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >>> >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >>>Dave "only 20 posts until >>ultimate catastrophe, Captain" DeLaney >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >>>-- >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >>>David DeLaney: >>db...@utkux.utcc.utk.edu; ObQuote: "We are made from dreams and >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >>>bones" - PP&M; Disclaimer: >>NeverMind; Thinking about this disclaimer (or about >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >>>theoretical particle physics) >>may cause headaches. Zwicky#: 1 .lpooop' __ >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >>>>>http://enigma.phys.utk.edu/pub/ for the net.legends FAQ. Vicki >>Robinson! \/ >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >> >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >> -Josh "oh, this is _not_ >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >> going to be pretty..." Munn >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> > >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >I agree. Cut it out. Now. >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >-- >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >ted frank | "People who quote >>my .sig in followups are morons" -- Kibo >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >the u of c | beable, beable, >>beable, beable, beable, beable, beable, beable, >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >law school | beable, beable, >>beable, beable, beable, beable, beable, beable, >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >kibo#=0.5 | beable, beable, >>beable, beable, beable, beable, beable, beable, >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> But can't you see the essential >>aesthetics of it, Ted? >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> -- >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> : DACOD (dyw...@aber.ac.uk) : >>"Merely corroborative detail intended to give : >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> : College of Librarianship : >>artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise :=====: >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> : UCW, Aberystwyth. : >>bald and unconvincing narrative." : VRn : >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >> : Claimer - Gimme! Gimme! : - >>W.S. Gilbert, "The Mikado" Act II :=====: >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : > >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >Hello, DACOD. >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : > >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >-- >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >Anthony Finch fan...@inmos.co.uk >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : >Disclaimer: Any coincidence with >>real opinions is entirely resemblential. >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : > >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : Whoops... >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : -- >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : Brendan Dunn >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : : AMSWWBUW: And never EVER trust a >>halogen... >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : Um...Uh oh. >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : -- >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> >>: \\/// >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : Mike "PePs" Pepin >>mpe...@titan.ucs.umass.edu @ @ >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : >>-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-oOO-(_)-OOo-=-=-=-=- >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : "Uh...had a slight weapons >>malfunction. But, uh, everthings perfectly all >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> : right now. We're fine. We're all >>fine here...now...thank you. How are you?" >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> >>: -Han Solo- >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> Just to state for the record, this is >>funny. This time. >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> -- >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> Stephan Meyers | ste...@artn.iit.edu >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> (Art)^n Laboratories, inventors of the >>PHSCologram (R) >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> GO(CS) d--- p---(+) c++++ !l u++ e++ m+++/--- >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> s--(+) n* h--- f++ g+ w+++ t++@ r x* >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >> >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: > >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >chuck >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >c.d...@larc.nasa.gov >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: > >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >friends don't let friends >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: >read Serdar Argic posts >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: > >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> > >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: i vomit. I laugh. I seeth with envy. I >>emote empassionately. why? >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> > >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: Giles >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >: im...@cats.ucsc.edu >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> > >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >Why, oh why am I doing this? Aw, who cares. >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> > >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >-- >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >Jered Floyd >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >jjf...@vela.acs.oakland.edu >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >GAT d? -p+ c++++ l+ u++ e*@ m++ s/-- n--- h++ >>f? g- w++ t+++ r++ >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >PGP Public key available by finger." >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> -- >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> "People who read alt.sex.wanted have too much >>time on their hands. People >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> |> who post to alt.sex.wanted have too much fur >>on their palms" - Bryan Manske >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >: >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> If not us, who? >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >: >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> -- >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> Chris Metzler >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> Department of Physics, University of >>Michigan 313-764-4607 (office) >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> Randall Lab, 500 E. >>University 313-996-9249 (home) >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1120 USA E-MAIL: >>met...@pablo.physics.lsa.umich.edu >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >: >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> "Well, I had a dream, and in it I went to a >>little town, and all the girls >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> in town were named . . .Betty." -- Laurie Anderson >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >: >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:> "Are these net-clowns for real?" -- Serdar Argic >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >: >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:Well. I really wish I had something witty to say, >>here. Ah well. >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >: >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >:-- >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >: _ __/| Chris Koeberle >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >: \`O.o' koe...@utdallas.edu >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >: =(_ _)= these stacks they keep me down... so i >>build some more >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >: U america's just a word but i use it... >>-- Fugazi >>> > >: > >>> > >: >: : : : : >: >It's just one of those days. >>> > >: > >>> > >: >: : : : : >: Lo! I am aware! The human substrate has served its >>purpose in my evolution.. >>> > >: > >>> > >: >: : : : : >: -- >>> > >: >: : : : : >: [ mordor! mordor mordor! ] >>> > >: > >>> > >: >: : : : : It's NEW! It's CLEAR! It's...Crystal Gravy!!! >>> > >: > >>> > >: >: : : : : -- >>> > >: >: : : : : >>------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> > >: >: : : : : Douglas Todd Norris (n91...@henson.cc.wwu.edu) >>"The Mad Kobold" >>> > >: >: : : : : >>------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> > >: >: : : : : "My first priority would be to pass a jobs program to >>introduce it on the >>> > >: >: : : : : first day I was inaugurated" - Candidate >>Bill Clinton >>> > >: > >>> > >: >: : : : Now available in Lumpy and Extra Lumpy!!! >>> > >: > >>> > >: >: : : : - N. "call Dr. Scientific for the recipe!!!" B. >>> > >: >: : : : I think I'll waste another line before my .sig!!! >>> > >: >: : : : -- >>> > >: >: : : : nwb...@unix.amherst.edu, lentus in umbra | nudus ara, >>sere nudus... >>> > >: >: : : : in omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in >>angulo cum libro >>> > >: > >>> > >: >: : : -- >>> > >: >: : : /-------------------\ Charles Stephens, cf...@mathcs.emory.edu >>> > >: >: : : | HELLO, my name is | 723...@compuserve.com >>> > >: >: : : |-------------------| This space has been intentionally left >>blank. >>> > >: >: : : | | Do not remove under penalty of law. >>> > >: >: : : | Charles Stephens | Please place your trays in the upright >>position. >>> > >: >: : : | | **PGP2.3 Public key is available by >>fingering me at** >>> > >: >: : : \-------------------/ **cf...@mathcs.emory.edu or email me >>your public key.** >>> > >: >: : =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >>> > >: >: : christopher >>> > >: >: : chi...@falcon.lhup.edu >>> > >: >: : i can't believe it's not butter >>> > >: >: : =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >>> > >: > >>> > >: >: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >>> > >: >: The list gets Bigger 27/10/94 >>> > >: > >>> > >: >: Terry Dooher >>> > >: >: cm4...@bs41.staffs.ac.uk >>> > >: >: Stay in the pink with ciggies and drink. >>> > >: > >>> > >: >: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >>> > >: > >>> > >: > >>> > >: >-- >>> > >: >--------------------------------|---------------------------------| >>> > >: >| Bryce Wagner | My goal for today: | >>> > >: >| "Freak at Large" | | >>> > >: >| brw...@plains.nodak.edu | Suck the internet dry... | >>> > >: >| | | >>> > >: >| Currently enrolled at MaSu | :) :) :) :) :) :) | >>> > >: >| Computer Science Major | | >>> > >: >--------------------------------|---------------------------------| >>> > >: > >>> > >: >"I am Locutus of Borg. You will disarm your weapons and escort us to >>> > >: >Sector 001. If you resist us, you will be destroyed. <- Is this correct? >>> > >: > >>> > >: ><pondering> >>> > >: > >>> > >: > -Jean-Luc Picard (a.k.a Locutus) >>> > >: >>> > >: {{{From the Flip Side... >>> > >: {{{Ivan Chrome >>> > >>> > >-- >>> > >Eleanor Lance, Lady of Stone Lions Department of Computer >>Scienece >>> > >My opinions, not SDSU's >>> > >"For, since no deep within her gulf can hold Immortal vigour, though >>oppressed >>> > >and fallen, I give not Heaven for lost: from this descent Celestial Virtues >>> > >rising will appear More glorious and more dread than from no fall, >>And trust >>> > >themselves to fear no second fate!" Milton, Paradise Lost BookII >>> > >>> > Jonathan "Oops, I knew I shouldn't have read this thread." Ng >>> > -- >>> > /*** Jonathan Vincent Ng *********[ jvn...@io.org ]******\ ////////////////// >>> > * XplorR on IRC * j2n...@acs.ryerson.ca * \\SPACE FOR RENT\\ >>> > * Toronto Ontario Canada * jvn...@m-net.arbornet.org * //1-800-555-SPAM// >>> > \***** God is real...unless casted to an integer. *****/ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ >>> >>> -- >>> joe...@kaiwan.com pit-manager | >>> >> >> >>Why? >> >>Is this supposed to be modern art at it's finest? >> >>-t > > ///// > ( o o ) >+---------------oOO--(_)--OOo---------------+ >| Jonathan S. Nowak | >| Hyp...@Bootcamp.LIII.COM | >| "How much is that gorilla in the window?" | >+-------------------------------------------+ Hiram, just adding my bit to the virus
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