At 10:28 PM 11/30/2001 -0800, you wrote: >hey, > >this does not concern perl, but maybe you should read >it. >it may be true and if so it's a really good deal. > >Note: forwarded message attached.
If it does not concern Perl, then why the hell are you spamming it to this mailing list, as well as dozens of other people visible in your CC: line? I would like to think that people who are smart enough to know Perl are: A) Considerate enough to not paste 18-million of thier freinds email addresses into the CC: line for everyone in the world to see. B) Clueful enough that if they insist on forwarding messages like this en masse, they actually trim the message they want you to read, and eliminate all of the excess "----original message----" quoting crap left by previous forwarders. C) Smart enough to realize *instantly* that "really good deals" like this are complete and utter urban-legend B.S. (see http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/nothing/nothing.htm for specifics) D) Smart enough to not to continue the chain of idiocy and ignorance by forwarding such moronic messages to everyone, ESPECIALLY internet special-interest mailing lists, which are universally intolerant of "spam" of any kind. Sorry to sound so harsh, but I have been getting this same stupid forwarded AOL/Intel message on a weekly basis for at least 2 years now, so to see it being spread on a high-quality mailing list like the beginners-cgi list just ticks me off to no end. It also makes me wonder why it continues to be forwarded after all this time...you would think that most people would have figured out by now that this is bogus, and stopped spreading it. Lets use some common sense, people. Not to mention common courtesy. Educate yourself on basic internet nettiquette, as well as urban-legend detection (http://www.snopes.com), so you don't continue to embarrass yourself in public with dopey things like this. Aloha, mel -- mel matsuoka (vox)1.808.531.5474 Head Geek (fax)1.808.526.4040 Hawaiian Image Productions [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hawaiianimage.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
