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Chain E-Mail
Maybe you've gotten this e-mail before. It reads:
"I just got the coolest thing! This is endorsed by AOL and is great! Just forward this e-mail to ten people and you'll get an entirely new buddy list! I can see alternate screen names, who they're talking to, when they were last on and every thing! Remember, all you have to do is forward this to ten people and the buddylist 2000 is yours!"
Using logic, how can you easily prove this wrong?
"I just got the coolest thing! This is endorsed by AOL and is great! Just forward this e-mail to ten people and you'll get an entirely new buddy list! I can see alternate screen names, who they're talking to, when they were last on and every thing! Remember, all you have to do is forward this to ten people and the buddylist 2000 is yours!"
Using logic, how can you easily prove this wrong?
Hint
This applies to any chain mail telling you about what will happen depending on how many people you send it to.Answer
They must send the e-mail to get the list. Whoever wrote this is bragging about it and claims to be looking at it. They can't change an e-mail they have already sent. How can they be telling you about it if they haven't gotten it yet due to not sending the e-mail?Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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