 ICQ Rumors 91 - 100
Allow me to draw you a picture. Forwarding a message does the following: it forwards a message. That's all, nothing more. If you want to see cool drawings, then buy a box of crayons, take an art class or visit a gallery. BTW, "www.icqcolorbla.htmx.eta/com" isn't a real URL, see Rumor 99 for more details. (R100)
Let's review a few basic concepts here. If you want the latest version of a program the way to get it is to:
I once passed a note similar to this. I was in kindergarten at the time and everyone who got it giggled until the teacher took the note away. I suppose there are some adults who still think passing notes like this is cute, but please keep in mind that many of us have grown-up and have better things to do with our (often limited) free time than receive 10 minute ultimatums regarding our love lives. But thanks anyway for the rose... and in return, here's a dictionary so every1 won't know u have bad grammar. (R98)
Hi Robert, my name is Tom and I'm the first admin of Diamond-back.com. I would "say you" my password accept for one thing, you're an idiot. I'll also "say you" that attempting to impersonate a Mirabilis administrator with the intention of stealing passwords is illegal and you stand to lose much more than just your UIN. If your ISP finds out what you are doing they will probably terminate your account. If the police find out you could be charged with a Federal crime. And if your mommy and daddy find out you could get a spanking and be sent to bed without any computer privileges. Furthermore, your attempt at "social engineering" passwords is about the lamest thing I've ever seen. I'LL say yøu Røbert, get a cLue, Løser. (R97)
I wonder if "15245487" knows she is a bad virus? I'm sure she started off as a good little virus but probably fell in with the wrong crowd, like those evil rumor writers who make up lies about innocent people and then pretend they are passing along information from ICQ. The ICQ info for this person states: "Hi All.. I know already about the URL message that is going around.. and its not true.. I made a Canadian guy mad and he started the false URL message. Chat you soon." Does that sound like a "bad virus" to you? Please don't help creeps like this "Canadian guy" by forwarding false alerts. (R96)
Why would AOL care how many people "sign" this fake petition? Half their members are using the free 60 hours (or whatever it is now) and will never pay a dime anyway, they'll just sign up for a new account when the month is up. Kidding aside, AOL already charges more than the common US$19.95 a month that other ISPs charge, plus they force unwanted advertising on their members (I can't believe so many people are willing to pay more and get less, but that's another story). Anyway, the only way to "vote" against a billing plan is to drop AOL and sign-up with someone else, if 50% of their members did that then just maybe they would make some adjustments to their pricing policies, but forwarding an ICQ message is a complete waste of time and bandwidth. BTW, while we're on the subject of AOL, someone recently wrote asking if I thought AOL might someday make ICQ "shareware" and request that users voluntarily send in $5. The shareware concept works for some small developers who write useful programs in their spare time (I've mailed off a few "donations" where I thought it was justified). But can you imagine reading something like "We're a poor, starving multi-billion dollar corporation who just merged with another poor, starving multi-billion dollar corporation (Time-Warner). If you enjoy using ICQ, please send us some money so Ted Turner can afford to buy a new dress for his wife Jane." What do you think? Is this a workable concept? *g* (R95)
Yeah, the names will turn perminately red as you get added to everyone's ignore list for sending them a fake URL with a false message. Good thing I'm not ICQ's webmaster or instead of a 404 Error (File Not Found) there would be a 444 Error (Clue Not Found) at that address. (R94)
I think if your spouse catches you forwarding this message the answer to "11+" would be "a divorce." If you send it to "your crush" and he/she has half a brain, the most likely thing to "go out" will be your access to their ICQ list when they put you on ignore for being a bore. Trust me, these "cute" messages lose their appeal after you get them a hundred or so times. (R93)
Want to see the ICQ flower turn light blue? Okay, here's a little something for the easily amused:  Oh wow, wasn't that just too cool? *rolls eyes* That was the best way to see the flower turn blue, the only thing that will happen if you forward this message is your more technically savvy friends will see red for wasting their time with something so foolish.
(R92)
Technically this isn't a rumor, but an authorization request from an unknown person. I've included it because I have a hunch that spammers are going to eventually start sending out automatically generated authorization requests in an attempt to get past the "Accept messages only from users on my contact list" feature on the ICQ Security & Privacy menu. Personally, I wouldn't "quthorized" someone even if they did say "plzz." I'm about as likely to add some stranger to my list as I would be to invite some bum walking down the street into my home. And I'll pass on an ICQ Spam Party, thank you. (R91)
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