Love Bytes by Bradypus Bradypus' Comments: There was a letter to the editor in today's (10-May-00) Daily Telegraph: "SIR - The episode of the "love bug" virus proves once again the truth of the old saying that the e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail." After McGrath's contribution to Song Challenge 26, I couldn't resist ... (posted in this thread). For up to date communication the computer is the king And to get your message over e-mail seems to be the thing But one fact is oft neglected, and it makes our systems fail For the e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail For the junk we get by snail mail simply lands upon the mat And it's dormant and it's lifeless as it lies there rather flat But the junk we get by e-mail seems to tell a different tale For the e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail First the message says 'I love you', then you find that you're infected And you wish you'd taken measures for to keep yourself protected As in life, so with computers, and it makes you quake and quail For the e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail It infects your words and pictures, your jpeg and mp3 And makes you wish you'd never seen extension vbe Your address book is subverted, all your friends will weep and wail For the e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail We can hardly do without it, though we know the risks it brings For it's faster and it's slicker, like so many e-type things But whene'er it's out of kilter it can turn the strongest pale For the e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail.
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