Strunkenwhite non-virus.

Pafra & Scott Catledge scplc at GS.VERIO.NET
Sun May 16 20:51:21 UTC 1999


Can we find one that will return an e-mail item that has either grammatical
or spelling errors or are they all afflicted with faulty parallelism?
----- Original Message -----
From: G S C <gscole at ARK.SHIP.EDU>
To: <ADS-L at UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 1999 7:05 PM
Subject: Strunkenwhite non-virus.


> The following is a humor item, a joke column, by Bob Hirschfeld, about a
> virus that will return any e-mail item that is either not grammatically
> correct or has spelling errors.
>
> Taking Liberties   The Pluperfect Virus  By Bob Hirschfeld  Sunday, May
> 2, 1999; Page B05 (Washington Post):
>
http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-05/02/167l-050299-idx.ht
ml
>
> Even though the item is a joke, the Wall Street Journal (13 May 1999,
> p.B6) noted that Hirschfeld "was deluged by e-mails from companies
> worldwide desperate for information about the virus.  One staffer told
> Mr. Hirschfeld he'd spent hours searching the Web for an
> anti-Strunkenwhite virus software program."
>
> Once again, the column is intended as a humor item.
>
> George S. Cole   gscole at ark.ship.edu
> Shippensburg University



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