[books for children's hospitals
excellent idea ! Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 15:27:19 -0800 (PST)
From: Dave Kinchlea <security@kinch.ark.com> To: all@ami.lhsc.on.ca, everyone@heartlab.rri.uwo.ca, family@kinch.ark.com, friends@kinch.ark.com Subject: [OFF-TOPIC] RE: (Fwd) Books for Children's Hospitals (fwd)
I have verified myself that this is true, seems worth taking the time. While I fully expect to get some junk mail because of sending off a message, seems a small price to pay to provide a book to a child.
cheers, kinch
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 10:56:49 -0800 From: "James A. Tunnicliffe" <Tunny@inference.com> To: "'cypherpunks@toad.com'" <cypherpunks@toad.com>, "'pjb@ny.ubs.com'" <pjb@ny.ubs.com> Subject: [OFF-TOPIC] RE: (Fwd) Books for Children's Hospitals
Paul writes: i know that this is WAY off topic, and that we never post off-topic mail here, but, this seems worthwhile, so please excuse, (maybe flames for off-topic posts will count )
cheers, -paul
"The Houghton-Mifflin publishing co. is giving books to children's hospitals; how many books they give depends on how many emails they receive from people around the world. for every 25 emails they receive, they give one book--it seems like a great way to help a good cause.
All that you have to do is email share@hmco.com.
I hope that you can spare the seconds...and let your friends know. So far they only have 3,401 messages...last year they reached 23,000.
This seems like an easy and simple thing to do -- please take the time!"
My "urban legend detector" pegged when I saw this, but it turns out to be on the level. See http://www.hmco.com/hmco/trade/hmi/polar/ for more info.
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At 9:59 PM -0500 12/18/96, Wes Brown wrote:
excellent idea ! Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 15:27:19 -0800 (PST)
From: Dave Kinchlea <security@kinch.ark.com> To: all@ami.lhsc.on.ca, everyone@heartlab.rri.uwo.ca, family@kinch.ark.com, friends@kinch.ark.com ..... [long message elided] ...
Which part was the "excellent idea," falling for the spam of a commercial company or copying a long message and only adding the stupid "excellent idea" comment? Personally, when I got the Houghton-Mifflin spam message, I sent them 5 very large files in reply. Glad to hear others have helped also to crash their damned mail servers. Anybody who thinks they were "trying to save the children" needs to take a wake up pill, read some Mencken or Clemens, and get real. It was a standard marketing ploy. The books were no doubt bought from cronies, sent to illiterates in crack houses, and everyone is happy. Those who spam our mailing list with commerical advertisements deserve death. And if that can't (yet) be delivered conveniently, mail bombs. Fuck Houghton-Mifflin and all those who fell for the spam. (Interestingly, it appears that a movement is already building to continually bombard them with mail, each and every Xmas. Next year the "Craig Shergold Effect" will ensure that their site gets taken down again.) -- [This Bible excerpt awaiting review under the U.S. Communications Decency Act of 1996] And then Lot said, "I have some mighty fine young virgin daughters. Why don't you boys just come on in and fuck them right here in my house - I'll just watch!"....Later, up in the mountains, the younger daughter said: "Dad's getting old. I say we should fuck him before he's too old to fuck." So the two daughters got him drunk and screwed him all that night. Sure enough, Dad got them pregnant, and had an incestuous bastard son....Onan really hated the idea of doing his brother's wife and getting her pregnant while his brother got all the credit, so he pulled out before he came....Remember, it's not a good idea to have sex with your sister, your brother, your parents, your pet dog, or the farm animals, unless of course God tells you to. [excerpts from the Old Testament, Modern Vernacular Translation, TCM, 1996]
On Wed, 18 Dec 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:
Which part was the "excellent idea," falling for the spam of a commercial company or copying a long message and only adding the stupid "excellent idea" comment?
In defence of my sister, I do not know how she managed to add cypherpunks to her reply, I certainly didn't send it to the list, but she has used email for a total of 1 week to date -- shit happens and we all learn and make mistakes. As to your point, I disagree completely. While I am quite aware that I will get email spam because of sending a message to Houghton-Mifflin, it is worthwhile IMHO. I do believe that they will live up to their commitments and some kids will get books they otherwise wouldn't. I will/do agree that cypherpunks was an inappropriate place to send the spam to begin with. cheers, kinch
Dave Kinchlea <security@kinch.ark.com> writes:
In defence of my sister, I do not know how she managed to add cypherpunks to her reply, I certainly didn't send it to the list, but she has used email for a total of 1 week to date -- shit happens and we all learn and make mistakes.
You've been porking your own sister? Man, you're SICK.
I will/do agree that cypherpunks was an inappropriate place to send the spam to begin with.
How about some GIFs? --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps
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