Re: Virus or meme?

From: Raymond Recchia (rrecchia@mail.clarityconnect.com)
Date: Sat Aug 19 2000 - 09:15:46 BST

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From: Raymond Recchia <rrecchia@mail.clarityconnect.com>
Subject: Re: Virus or meme?
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 04:15:46 -0400
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    At 11:22 AM 08/18/00 +1000, you wrote:
    >On Thu, 17 Aug 2000 11:04:44 +0100 austin@docking.org.uk (Austin
    >Docking) wrote:
    >
    >>
    >>I have just recieved the enclosed 'email virus'
    >>
    >>While it did bring a smile to my face, it is, imho, a classic example
    >>for
    >>memetics!
    >>
    >>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    >>-----
    >>-------------------------------------------
    >>
    >>The Virus.
    >>
    >>"You have just received the Interactive Lunacy Virus.
    >>
    >>Since we don't know a damned thing about programming, this virus works
    >>on
    >>the honor system. Please delete all the files from your hard drive and
    >>manually forward this virus to everyone on your mailing list.
    >>
    >>Thanks for your cooperation and support."
    >>
    >
    >I have so far seen variations of this as
    >
    >the Unix virus - addressed to sysops
    >the Irish virus
    >
    >and one other I haven't recorded
    >
    >A memetic analysis is called for, perhaps?
    >
    >--

    Basically this is a chain letter put over the internet. As I recall there
    was an letter in Science or Nature by Richard Dawkins and my former
    professor Oliver Goodenough discussing chain letters as memetic phenomena.

    Raymond O. Recchia

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