[Corpora-List] Fwd: [BioNLP] World=?ks_c_5601-1987?Q?=A1=AFs_?=Biggest Computer Conference WORLDCOMP is Cancelled

[Terry Murphy]

Another point of view:
http://www.redandblack.com/news/professor-deals-with-elaborate-cyber-attack/article_03344d54-cd7f-5753-a870-e3bcee5c87ce.html

> From: kevin.cohen at gmail.com
> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:00:32 -0700
> To: corpora at uib.no
> Subject: [Corpora-List] Fwd: [BioNLP] World’s Biggest Computer Conference WORLDCOMP is Cancelled
> 
> There's been traffic about this topic on the CORPORA list in the past, so
> I'm sure that some of you will be amused by this email.
> 
> Kev
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From:  <amgsolo at hushmail.com>
> Date: Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 9:22 AM
> Subject: [BioNLP] World’s Biggest Computer Conference WORLDCOMP is Cancelled
> To: bionlp at lists.ccs.neu.edu
> 
> 
> The world’s biggest computer science conference WORLDCOMP is canceled
> after twelve successful years of service. Defamation campaign is going
> on WORLDCOMP:  https://sites.google.com/site/dumpconf      or
> http://dumpconference.ueuo.com   or
> https://sites.google.com/site/moneycomp1  or
> http://weka.8497.n7.nabble.com/WORLDCOMP-World-s-Biggest-Bogus-Conference-is-Back-Again-td26681.html
>  or  Google using the words worldcomp, fake or worldcomp, bogus.
> 
> We filed lawsuits in 2012 to stop this defamation but no use. Due to
> this, we are finding it highly difficult to get paper submissions,
> sponsors, etc.  We are determined to solve this problem permanently
> through legal channels. We are focusing all our efforts on legal
> matters and that’s why we canceled WORLDCOMP’13. We update WORLDCOMP’s
> website also, once we complete some legal/technical formalities.
> 
> As ordered by the University of Georgia, Prof.Hamid Arabnia
> (http://www.cs.uga.edu/~hra  WORLDCOMP coordinator) is refunding half
> the amount of the registration fee for all the registered authors of
> WORLDCOMP from 2005-2012. If you are a registered author and your
> physical address is changed then send an email to hra (AT) cs.uga.edu
> and CC to morehead (AT) uga.edu with your name, year, paper title,
> list of all co-authors of the paper, the amount of fee you paid, and
> the new mailing address for sending the refund check. The deadline to
> email this information is one week from now. Please forward this email
> to all your friends who have papers in previous WORLDCOMPs.
> Sincerely,
> 
> AMG Solo (Ashu Solo)
> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=BIOFUSION;f9748581.0705
> (WORLDCOMP publicity chair since 2005)
> 
> My interesting activity is:
> http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/12/17/saskatoon-bus-display or
> Google using the words ashu solo, christmas
> 
> 
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> Kevin Bretonnel Cohen, PhD
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> U. Colorado School of Medicine
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