reported to [email protected]
April Marine <[email protected]> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 15:29:36 -0800 (PST)
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For the heck of it, I reported this spam to the postmaster at Hotmail. Don't know about y'all, but I've received about half a dozen copies of it. April On 22 Nov 1999, 614275 GIANTS wrote: > ------- Start of forwarded message ------- > > Subject: New Type-Design... for Celebration of Greek Alphabet's 2400th Bitrhday! > To: [email protected] > Delivered-To: giantsfan.com%[email protected] > From: "Casey Farrell" <[email protected]> > X-Originating-Ip: [216.185.31.85] > Cc: [email protected] > Received: (cpmta 5227 invoked from network); 22 Nov 1999 15:16:00 -0800 > from f43.law7.hotmail.com (HELO hotmail.com) (216.33.237.43) > by smtp.c008.sfo.cp.net with SMTP; 22 Nov 1999 15:16:00 -0800 > (qmail 78396 invoked by uid 0); 22 Nov 1999 23:15:51 -0000 > from 216.185.31.85 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; > Mon, 22 Nov 1999 15:15:49 PST > Return-Path: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed > Content-Length: 6302 > Mime-Version: 1.0 > X-Received: 22 Nov 1999 23:16:00 GMT > Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 15:15:49 PST > Message-Id: <[email protected]> > > Hi here, Mr. Hoffman, Ms. Marine, Chris Burke and IETF/WEIRD Club > Members-this example shows then a typical way in which the other-half; or > "GREEK" solution could be utilised, as seen at > > http://www.slip.net/~navyblue > > (in reference to yesterday's post "BAOZI" (Chinese))But to plainly > state "what-it-is", that I'm designing; let's just call it "New-TV?" > Last night on PBS they had a program; New York City Television History > and the upshot was that "if only TV could be seperated from the Madison > Avenue people, just long enough to allow for the natural growth of the > medium, in order that the public might be able to se the > full potentiality as an art form...?" WOODY ALLEN, ROD STIEGER, etc.! > > The same may be said of the "Internet;"( read "WEB-TV," TiVo, etc. ) > There is going to be PLENTY of REVENUES for EVERYONE...so....? Would > it be 'allright' if the people who DON'T understand the FUTURE MEDIA > please just sit in the backseat with their mouths shut? We'll pay you! > I'm not kidding, it's like some many other enterprises in the last > 30-years...it is kind of a 'superstition' with these 'big-wigs' they just > don't think anything will sell unless they have a kid beating on a garbage > can in a ghetto! "We" ...( THE... real... genuine... people) > DO NOT WANT OUR CLOTHES, PERFUME, CARS, ETC., to come from a GARBAGE CAN in > A GHETTO! One question? WHAT DO YOU THINK 'they' WERE TALKING > ABOUT WHEN 'they' MENTIONED..."VOODOO-(read 'Doo-Doo)ECONOMICS?" > That's right, just like in '1984; they laid the truth on you but you > wouldn't listen! YOU ARE GETTING THE INFERIOR 'STUFF!" > > I'd like to see a 'modern' Internet. How about you? But with 'info' > it cannot be..."BY DEFINITION"...all 'Nuts & Bolts' (MECHANICAL!) > > At some point...ENGLISH SPELLING will have to be 'reformed!' Right? > Write? Rite? Wright? Huh? ( as well, many languages still have > NO writing system...or MANY! So they 'ain't ready for 'PrimeTime!') > > Phony Hindu accent on TV ad ..."Are you RRRReady?"("for Internet?") > > "Sheesh!", "Come off of it!", " Next!" ( Let's cut the 'baloney'!) > > But if we wanted to just do "Op-Art" perhaps the easiest fast look > at an example of "fun" ...'solutions', can be seen at > > http://www.slip.net/~o614275 > > Which is the "DIGITALIZATION" of the "GIANTS!" baseball logo. A very > "Y2K READY" design? > > Unbelievable as it may sound, many of the varied works I design are > made to go together as part of a larger "picture"...and one of those > "pictures" can be found at > > http://www.cam.org/home/Wcoprod/mmpro.htm > > first page; 2nd Item, "CALIFORNIA STAR" > > and that is the 'formatting' of information 'by design' for the > eventual 'convergence' of the technocratic jumble of networking which > soon will require some semblance of organization. > > Best method for creating stanards? At the state school-text level! > > So this is a design for "DIGITAL HIGH SCHOOLS" (AB 64 Mazzoni) > > NEW SCIENCE IS HARD ON OLD BRAINS! > > > >From: "Casey Farrell" <[email protected]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >CC: [email protected] > >Subject: [twentysixletters] New Type-Design... for Celebration of Greek > >Alphabet's 2400th Bitrhday! > >Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 11:30:59 PST > > > >Casey Farrell; Designer Monday > >San Francisco, CA Nov. 22, 1999 > > > >Attn: GREEK INET > > 72 Mozden Lane > > Pleasant Hill, CA > > > > Dear Marketing Manager, > > > > I am looking for a way in which to use this GREEK alphabet > > designwork of mine, pictured at the URL; > > > > http://www.slip.net/~navyblue > > > > The graphic on the right side of the screen is a letter-substitution > >design. Very Simple. There are besides the obvious inferred visual > >'likenesses' seen in all alphabets with the 'I/1' and the 'O/0'... letters > >& > >numerals, respectively; but that leaves EIGHT (8) NON-ROMAN > >figures which are the Greek letters "Delta",, etc. Hey! after the 'ONE' and > >the 'ZERO'...there are EIGHT (8)...'Arabic Numerals'! So > >we can use them in place of the Greek Letters...only other business > >being to turn 'L' ("GAMMA") and 'V' ("LAMBDA") 'Upside Down'...that is > >'Right Side Up'for the letter-to-letter transliteration device shown > >here under the title of "STAR." The scheme makes allowance only for the > >Capital Letters & Numerals; much older in form than the 'Cursive.' > > > > There are many reasons why this may be a useful device, but the idea > >for now is "Just for fun!" A quick keyboard notation. (And there are > >other-such in the world, for Music Reference Library purposes; and as > >pointed out, simple transliteration upon a Roman keyboard, say for the > >rendering of Ancient Greek Coin Inscriptions, ..."in English!" But how this > >("STAR") differs is in that is using corresponding likeness of shape of > >letter to numeral, and has alloted each to the other, sorting methodically > >by shapeforms, hoping to create a new way > >in which to both advertise to Greek-Speakers, and help the novice who > >may wish to learn Greek. > > > > And as the Roman Alphabet is a direct descendant of the Greek; this > >makes a graffiti for celebrating the Ancient Civilizations of Europe! > > > > "Everything Changes..." this seems a way in which to make all things > >"NEW", by the simple avoidance of taking away anything old! > > > > Please let me know if there is anyway I may be of service to the > >Greek community, and I would very much like to submit draft proposals > >implimenting such, for your inspection-when the occasion should arise. > > P.S. (This might be said to be the way in which to create browser-ads > in the GREEK language...but can be created from the Roman keyboard!) > > > > Thank you, > > > > Casey Farrell > > > >tel: (415) 664-2489 > > > >@[email protected] > > > >______________________________________________________ > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Was the salesman clueless? Productopia has the answers. > >http://clickhere.egroups.com/click/1702 > > > > > > > >-- Talk to your group with your own voice! > >-- > >http://www.egroups.com/VoiceChatPage?listName=twentysixletters&m=1 > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > ------- End of forwarded message ------- > > > __________________________________________________________ > The Going Away Party! 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