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 >-- >Keith F. Lynch - kfl at keithlynch.net - http://keithlynch.net/ >I always welcome replies to my e-mail, postings, and web pages, but >unsolicited bulk e-mail (spam) is not acceptable. Please do not send me >HTML, "rich text," or attachments, as all such email is discarded unread. >