Concerning memetic viruses... Sorry for wasting bandwidth, but I kinda couldn't resist. (I must have a memetic immunodeficiency ;) ciao, 'gene P.S. By now it is already too late: _you_ have been effected by a worst possible infoparasite, a metameme! > There is a computer virus that is being sent across the Internet. If you > receive an e-mail message with the subject line "Free Money." DO NOT > readthe message. DELETE it immediately, UNPLUG your computer, then BURN IT > to ASHES in a government-approved toxic waste disposal INCINERATOR.Once a > computer is infected, it will be TOO LATE. Your computer will begin toemit > a vile ODOR. Then it will secrete a foul, milky DISCHARGE. Verily, it > shall SCREECH with the tortured, monitor-shattering SCREAM of 1,000 > hell-scorched souls, drawing unwanted attention to your cubicle > fromco-workers and supervisors alike. After violently ripping itself from > the wall, your computer will punch through your office window as it STREAKS > into the night, HOWLING like a BANSHEE. Once free, it will spend the rest > of its days BRUTALIZING household PETS and MOCKING the POPE. > Some filthy, disgusting miscreant... some no-good, low-down, > good-for-nothing DIRTY SNAKE, in twisted pursuit of his own sadistic > dreams, is sending this virus across the Net via an e-mail entitled "Free > Money." What is soterrifying about this virus is that you do not even to > have to open the e-mail for it toactivate. In fact, you do not even need to > RECEIVE the e-mail. You do noteven need to OWN a COMPUTER. "Free Money" can > infect even minor HOUSEHOLDAPPLIANCES. >! > > > > > > >