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Article #802Re: The Good Times "Virus" is a HOAX!
From: Loki
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 00:00
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 00:00
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Kathy and Jim Ault (aultj@alum01.its.rpi.edu) wrote: : This is a HOAX. What it really does is waste diskspace, time and : energy of well-meaning people. It is NOT a virus. If you find : people spreading a note about the GoodTimes Virus, show them the FAQ. Actually, I would say that it is a virus, just not in the standard sense. Like you said, it "wastes diskspace, time, and energry of well-meaning people." .... sounds like a virus. And, it keeps spreading around like wildfire. it replicates itself. it is alive on the net. Thus, while it doesn't exist as a program, per se ... the concept of the Good Times virus basically acts like a virus, by wasting up 'net resources and ppls time. -- Jeff Gentry jester@rpi.edu http://www.rpi.edu/~gentrj "6 Little Whores, Glad To Be Alive .... One Sidled Up To Jack And Then There Were 5 .." EHC
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 110b47,9f1a9ff8ed83be4b X-Google-Attributes: gid110b47,public X-Google-Thread: 10a12a,9f1a9ff8ed83be4b X-Google-Attributes: gid10a12a,public X-Google-Thread: 12eead,9f1a9ff8ed83be4b X-Google-Attributes: gid12eead,public From: gentrj@sage3101-15.its.rpi.edu (Loki) Subject: Re: The Good Times "Virus" is a HOAX! Date: 1995/11/20 Message-ID: <48q6r9$nm4@usenet.rpi.edu> X-Deja-AN: 119926842 references: <48q5o1$1pke@alum01.its.rpi.edu> followup-to: capdist.misc,rpi.its,ny.general organization: its newsgroups: capdist.misc,rpi.its,ny.general