I believe that the word 'Meme' is used to describe a 'thought virus'.
Yours pedantically
Paul Kaufman
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Sent: 06 September 1999 12:55
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Subject: RE: MD: OT: Re: Y2K compliance
> Alexander Dietrich wrote (in reply to J.Coon):
>
> Oh yes it can. It's a so called "thought virus" that eats up your
> and other people's time and computer resources
>
Thanks for pointing this out. I like the concept of a "thought
virus" (sometimes called a "idea"), though, of the type, this is fairly
harmless compared to "Crime deserves punishment", "There is a God", "Respect
your elders" - oops, sorry, waaaay OT.
simon
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