Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 09:20:07 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Worldcon, Worldcom, . . .[WSFA] Re: Oliver Sacks
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

[Oliver Sacks, Folk Life and much more deleted . . . sorta like Enron]

>During the day I overheard several conversations about Worldcom.
>It's one of those words that attracts my attention, like hearing
>my own name.  Mainly because it sounds so much like "Worldcon".
>
>Worldcom is basically the infamous UUNET.  Once again it occurred to
>me that I could probably make a lot of money by selling short stock in
>companies that are notorious as sources of spam.

Over on the SMOFs list the folks running Noreascon 4 are . . .bemused?
You got your Worldcom, which in many papers is being writen about as World =
Con.
And don't forget worldcom's relationship with MCI, which is awfully close =
to the Noreascon 4 corporate entity: MCFI.

Gee, maybe Worldcom made a loan to someone in Nigeria . . .

mjw

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