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November 20th, 2003, 09:23 PM
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Re: OT: Wierdest Spam I ever recieved
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Among the mysterious devices sought by the message's author were an "Acme 5X24 series time transducing capacitor with built-in temporal displacement" and an "AMD Dimensional Warp Generator module containing the GRC79 induction motor."
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the 'Acme' tends to make me believe it's a big scam.
The part about him being a time traveller from the future didn't tip you off, but when you saw "ACME" you knew it was bogus?  
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November 20th, 2003, 09:49 PM
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Re: OT: Wierdest Spam I ever recieved
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November 20th, 2003, 10:41 PM
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Re: OT: Wierdest Spam I ever recieved
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The part about him being a time traveller from the future didn't tip you off, but when you saw "ACME" you knew it was bogus?
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time traveler, delusional. company name from cartoons, joke.
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I am under the impression that the reason the cartoon used the brand name ACME is because it was a command company name. There a still a whole heck of a lot of companies the ACME in their name. Check your phone book, I'll bet there are some in your own town.
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personally, i don't know a thing about wether or not it's a real company, however, someone else on this forum seemed to think that.
[ November 20, 2003, 20:42: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]
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November 23rd, 2003, 05:07 AM
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Re: OT: Wierdest Spam I ever recieved
LOL!  Those message exchanges that people have had with the time traveller guy are really funny. Those people are making up all sorts of nonsense, claiming they have the special components, and so on, and the time traveller guy always responds so seriously. ... some people must have alot of free time.
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November 23rd, 2003, 08:24 AM
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Re: OT: Wierdest Spam I ever recieved
In case you aren't aware, Penny Arcade did a comic about that recently.
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November 23rd, 2003, 05:40 PM
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Re: OT: Wierdest Spam I ever recieved
ACME: literally, the peak, or the pinnacle.
In business lingo: "ACME widgets are the best!" 
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November 23rd, 2003, 08:57 PM
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Re: OT: Wierdest Spam I ever recieved
Don't you just love those old Coyote road runner catoons. The Acme rocket is the best.
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