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- From: mei141@cck.coventry.ac.uk (PH)
- Subject: Re: Subliminal Advertising
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- References: <brad_lange-180193154557@222.188.55.223> <3485@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> <1993Jan23.170721.18151@choate.edu>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:43:15 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan23.170721.18151@choate.edu> dsohl@spock.uucp (Daniel Sohl) writes:
- >In article <3485@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> joemays@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Joseph F. Mays) writes:
- >>In article <brad_lange-180193154557@222.188.55.223> brad_lange@chdqm1.sps.mot.com (Brad Lange) writes:
- >>|n article <C1293K.4BK@dcs.ed.ac.uk>, rmv@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Robin Vickery)
- >>|wrote:
- >>
- >>|> In article <C11ttz.Juu@dcs.ed.ac.uk>, gk@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Gavin Kerr) writes:
- >>|>> In article <C0x5y4.B3o@coral.cs.unm.edu> sgupta@coral.cs.unm.edu (Sarang Gup
- >>|ta) writes:
- >>|>>>In article <1993Jan14.212542.3959@news.arc.nasa.gov> nicholso@pioneer.arc.n
- >>|asa.gov (Melvin H. Nicholson YBH) writes:
- >>
- >>|>>>>Your message
- >>|>>>>on submlinals
- >>|>>>>underscores an
- >>|>>>>important point
- >>|>>>>deserving praise
- >>|>>>>instead of flames
- >>|>>>>others might fling
- >>|>>>>to you so viciously
- >>
- >>|>>>>Mel
- >>
- >>|>>>I wonder how many people
- >>|>>>got your message?
- >>|>>>Everyone I taked to
- >>|>>>thought it was an
- >>|>>>interesting message,
- >>|>>>though they didn't understand it fully.
- >>
- >>|>>Same here,I spoke to
- >>|>>over 30 people who
- >>|>>didnt get it.
- >>|>>I of course
- >>|>>did try to explain it
- >>|>>in words of one syllable.
- >>
- >>|>didn't ask me though
- >>|>i got it (eventually)
- >>|>though I have to admit
- >>|>that it did take a while.
- >>|>only joking :-)
- >>
- >>|My friends and I
- >>|especially liked
- >>|the way the
- >>|original post lined
- >>|out so nicely on the right.
- >>
- >>|Brad
- >>
- >>Spelling errors had a lot
- >>to do with the lining effect.
- >>Of course, he may have intentionally
- >>put the misspelled word in
- >>to achieve that effect. He may
- >>have thought his message was obvious otherwise.
- >>It took me about three seconds to see it.
- >>Some people are too impressed with themselves.
- >>
- >>Joe
- >
- >When he misspelled that word,
- >How could he have known that
- >You would be
- >So eager and
- >Happy to correct him?
- >Of course, this is a gross
- >Understatement, as very few
- >Losers bothered to check the
- >Damn spelling, as you,
- >Interestingly enough, have. <G>
- >--
- If you cannot spell, then
- don't keep telling
- other's, as they
- never take messages like
- this seriously. Instead
- give us a break from these
- everlasting cascades.
- They are so incredibly
- infuriating. I just want
- this to end. OK?
-
-
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