Re: virus: Advertising effects

Dan Plante (danp@ampsc.com)
Fri, 21 Mar 1997 21:48:57 -0800


At 04:18 PM 3/20/97 +0000, you wrote:
>In message <3.0.32.19970319144631.00acc100@lucifer.com>, David McFadzean
><david@lucifer.com> writes
>> Hey everybody, you can save up to $500 by
>>purchasing your books through the Virus Bookstore!
>>(http://www.lucifer.com/virus/books/)
>>
>>The featured book of the week is "The Demon-Haunted World : Science As
>>a Candle in the Dark" by Carl Sagan.
> Read it. It is absolutely gigatastic.
>(new word Giga; 1000 times as powerful as Mega when used to emphasise
>an adjective.
>
>Tony Hindle.
>I dont mind admitting I cried when I learned Carl Sagan was dead.

Now /I/ don't mind admitting it either. Thanks. Cathartic.
But now I'm choked again. He, of all people, deserved
to see more of the fruits of his labors. Fuck, here I go again.

Dan