Word: joking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...return address showed Lin's account as the message's point of origin. But the e-mail, it turns out, wasn't sent by Grace Lin, who is straight. Eric E. Blom '96, an acquaintance of the women, later admitted to sending the fradulent message as a practical joke...
...know it was a very, very poor joke. I had a poor sense of humor at the time. I was a different person then," Blom says in retrospect. "I really had never paid any attention to register messages [warning against fake e-mail]. When I had the ability to send anonymous mail. I never really thought it was a big deal...
...very simple to send fake e-mail toanyone," says Eugene E. Kim '96, president of theHarvard Computer Society. "I would say it's fairlycommon. Most people don't do it maliciously--ittends to be more of a practical joke than anythingelse. It's very easy to do if you know...
...joke," she explained. "Because when you hear that bass drum ... it creates a melatonin increase surge, causing it to be released in the body, induces the opiate system -- the endorphin and enkephalin system -- and gives you a sense of well-being." From the audience, Skolnick says, "there was not a single murmur of dissent...
...youths who quit their jobs and upend their lives to satisfy a moment of sexual curiosity. Within minutes the pair are rocketed into abiding love. Then the hyperkinetic narrative is suspended for about 20 minutes to accommodate a folksy dance number and a comic song in which the only joke is that a fisherman smells like fish. The action alternates between aimless divertissement and melodrama for an overblown three hours. At the end, the central character -- a petty crook named Billy Bigelow (Hayden) who kills himself rather than face capture by the police -- returns to earth as a prospective angel...