Re: Re: GUNINSKI THE SELF-PROMOTER

["David R. Piegdon" <fleshyCPU () gmx net>]

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On Tue July 15 2003 17:06, madsaxon wrote:
> Unless you want to consider those stupid "forward this to
> everyone you know" hoaxes as a form of virus.  Since so many
> people blindly follow the instructions, they are in effect
> acting as the operating system, executing the payload of the
> message.
>
> I like to refer to these as "smart virii." They use human vectors
> to propagate, bypassing all anti-virus measures (other than, perhaps,
> Bayesian spam filters).

these kind of "intellectual virii" are also known as "mems" (->memetic(s)).
but keep in mind, that a "mem" is not only this kind of virus but
describes any kind of idea. refer to google for more information :)
for our german readers, there are some good articles on www.heise.de/tp.
(there you have to refer to "memetik")


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