Re: reported to [email protected]

Ray Plzak <[email protected]> Tue, 23 Nov 1999 08:39:06 -0500 (EST)
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.weird
Message-ID <[email protected]>
April,

I received 3 copies.

Ray

On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, April Marine wrote:

> 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]
> > >
> > >______________________________________________________
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