Subject: Re: Fwd: A new internet virus!!

From: "Peter JOHNSON" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 96 11:47:21 CST

My favorite thing about the "Good Times" virus is that there is no virus. The
only way the "Good Times" virus replicates is through misinformed people on the
internet. That's the virus. I think this Urban Legend has eaten up more
processor time than an actual virus would. I especially like the little "FCC
Press Release" touch, which lends an air of credibility to an
otherwise incredible hoax.

                         I'll go back to executing my Nth complexity infinite
Binary Loop now.

                                   Peter R. Johnson

                              Repeal the 3rd Amendment!!!!

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From: [email-masked] (David Hoopes)
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 18:18:42 -0600

>This could be important, deal with it accordingly
[snip]
>you under the subject name of "Good Times," DELETE IT!!  If you open the
>file,

I am making an assumption that a lot of the people on Art metal and The
forge mailing
lists are pretty new to the internet.  So I will take a minute to explain a
few things
here.  For those of you that have been around for awhile forgive me.

This e-mail about the "Good Times" virus is one of a long list of bad jokes
that seem
to keep perculating through the net over and over again.  I guess people
think it is
fun to trick someone else into looking foolish.

Some of the other folk tales include.

A boy named Greg Sherwood who is dying of cancer (or illnes of choice), and is 
collecting greet cards (or e-mail, buisness cards, bottle caps, ....) to try
and 
get into the world record book.

A get rich scheme usually labeled something like "MAKE MONEY FAST".  The
folks on the
net really get bent our of shape over this one.

The FCC is putting in a modem tax.

Generally be weary of anything that trys to get you to forward something to
everyone
you know.  Sometimes these can be legit but if you don't know assume that it
is a 
hoax.  You will save yourself a lot of embarresment.

Hope this is helpful.
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David Hoopes
[email-masked]
Lenexa, Kansas (Near Kansas City, Mo)