A study
of chain letters shows how to infer the family tree of anything that evolves over time, from biological genomes to languages to plagiarized schoolwork
I was asked to participate
in Chain Letter 5 from Rose Olson, Alison Williams, Nathan Miner, and Dianna Vosburg.
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as chain letters, junk e-mail, «spam,» or other repetitive messages), or gathering or transferring In - Game Items for sale.
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A
Usenet chain letter circulated in the following days, asking Internet users to be on the lookout for the vehicle.
Although the Book of the Dead sounds as if it were packed with grisly secrets, it is more like a
papyrus chain letter filled with rituals, magic spells, and incantations to help the dead make their way into the afterlife.
Chain letters hit the right chord of shock, or trigger the right degree of anxiety, which prompts the reader to share the stories or information they contain.
Adding to uncertainty, in the 1990s an anonymous e-mail
chain letter warned that antiperspirants caused breast cancer.
«We sent out a
second chain letter to go after the first one, since that was the only way we could think of to stop the first one from spreading,» says Nishihara.
He has such a way of bringing huge drama into tiny circles of friends, and although his plots are old — I
think Chain Letter was published in the»70s or early»80s — they don't feel tired or dated.
Chain letter scams falsely promise financial or other benefits for a small cost if you forward letters via the post or sometimes by email.
The blockbuster effect will eventually plateau otherwise you're living in a strange land
where chain letters and ponzi schemes work.
Like Adler Guerrier's sculpture sourced from found materials building upon themselves with the premonish enchantment of an
unbroken chain letter, the artists in Don't Get High On Your Own Supply push daisies through substance and porosity, content and permeability.
Selected group exhibitions includeUSA Today: New American Art from the Saatchi Gallery Royal Academy of Arts, London (2006);
Chain Letter High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles (2006); LAXed: Paintings from the Other Side Peres Projects, Berlin (2006); and Desired Constellations Daniel Reich Gallery, New York (2005).
2011 Faculty Exhibition, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, New
Jersey Chain Letter, Samson Projects, Boston, Massachusetts
Whatsapp is reportedly testing a new feature designed to curb the proliferation of
spam chain letters throughout the service.
These pop up every now and then, like a modern day version of late - «90s
email chain letters, even though they don't supersede the site's terms of service (Facebook status updates have surprisingly little legal authority!)
Ever get those annoying
electronic chain letters that tell you to send the e-mail to ten people and you will be rewarded with good health and riches.
Munger says options resemble «
a chain letter.»
Calling the 6.6 % real return a «
chain letter» and a «Ponzi scheme,» he went on to note, «The legitimate question that market analysts, government forecasters and pension consultants should answer is how that 6.6 % real return can possibly be duplicated in the future given today's initial conditions which historically have never been more favorable for corporate profits.
distribute or post spam,
chain letters, pyramid schemes, or similar communications through the Services;
The movement was spreading like
a chain letter.
It's like the TV equivalent of
a chain letter with a threat to not break the chain.
I guess it's a bit like
the chain letters of my childhood (did you do that, there was even a chocolate one, a bit like a chocolate pyramid scheme) in that it is popular in your «circle» for a while, then moves on once everyone has had a go.
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I got
a chain letter the other day urging me to, «Tag 12 great moms you know who put their kids first!»
(A meme is a cross between
a chain letter and a themed blog post.)
While
the chain letters started by Cicero had more substance than your average Reddit post, the constancy of human nature beneath the trappings of technology makes for an insightful read.
To this end,
chain letters are actually really well suited to social media because so little effort on the part of the reader is required to pass them on.