ANST - [Fwd: (no subject)] (Needle hoax revisited)

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I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SORRY FOR POSTING A MESSAGE THAT DISPLAYS THAT I CARE IF YOU
CONTRACT SOMETHING DEADLY
and it means that you FUCKS GOT MAYBE THREE EXTRAINIOUS E mails from ME
DEAL WITH IT             I JUST GOT 27      COUNT THEM TWENTY FRIKING SEVEN E
MAILS      MOST OF THEM JOKES
SO YOU CAN ALL JUST TAKE YOUR                       I THINK I'LL JUST SIGN OFF NOW
MICHAEL FIND SOMETHING MORE WORTHY TO BITCH ABOUT
RAGAN

Michael Tucker wrote:

> Siiiiigggghhhhh....
>
> Thank you for sharing your concern with us, but the "infected needle" hoax is
> just that, a hoax. Like almost every other hoax floating around, it is designed
> to prey on your fears, but includes no real verifiable information. Good People,
> the next time you read something like this, ask yourself: If this is true, why
> aren't they making a big deal about it in the news? If this is true, where in
> the story is something I could check up on to verify the story? (For example,
> *real* computer virus alerts come with a reference to the government's Internet
> Advisory Council; *real* government legislation alerts come with a reference to
> the *specific* House subcomittee and bill being considered; etc.) If it sounds
> scary, but you haven't heard anything about it in the news, and there's no way
> you could pick up the phone (or go to the Internet) and verify the story, it is
> almost *certainly* a hoax.
>
> Please, before you blast a copy to the hundreds (thousands?) of people who read
> this list, make an attempt to verify the story.
>
> As Pug put it just a few days ago, the LAST time somebody posted an "urgent!
> read this!" hoax to this list:
>
> > If you would like some good starting points for Virus, Hoax, and other
> > related items, please check out:
> >
> > http://ciac.llnl.gov
> > http://csrc.nist.gov/virus/
> > http://kumite.com/myths/
> > http://www.snopes.com
> > http://www.urbanlegends.com
> >
>
> In service,
> Michael
> (Baron Michael Silverhands)
>
> --
> Michael C. Tucker   | Java Developer
> Software Engineer   | Sun Certified System Engineer
> Solid Systems, Inc. | Certified Lotus Professional

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