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- From: jgacker@neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov (James G. Acker)
- Newsgroups: talk.origins
- Subject: Reprise for Kalki
- Message-ID: <9211181911.AA29355@neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 19:11:43 GMT
- Sender: root@news.cs.indiana.edu (Operator)
- Organization: Computer Science, Indiana University
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- From jgacker Mon Aug 31 14:16:39 1992
- From: jgacker (James G. Acker)
- Message-Id: <9208311816.AA07789@neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov>
- Subject: To Joseph Duffy -- I've got your videotape!
- To: talk.origins@news.cs.indiana.edu
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 14:16:38 EDT
- Cc: jgacker (James G. Acker)
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- Mr. Duffy:
-
- I've got a real deal for you! "The Abiogenesis Story - Complete" is
- a set of 1.46 x 10^12 four-hour videotapes which records, in real time, the
- entire history of molecular formation leading to the first self-
- replicating RNA molecules enclosed by a lipid membrane, lying on a
- surface of pure montmorillonite!
-
- View:
-
- - The exciting formation of amines! (Episode 4,000,000 - 8,000,000)
-
- - The peptide bond (in episode 4,712,534,542)!
-
- - The lipid membrane! (Episode 54,965,790 is amazing!)
-
- - Valiant phosphurus atoms breaking free of igneous
- rocks and making their way to the surface of superheated springs,
- where they are incorporated into primitive energy mechanisms!
- (Episodes 799,010, 2,230,401, and 22,003,491,023 are NOT TO BE
- MISSED!)
-
- This amazing offer comes to you from ALIEN NATION Productions,
- who claim "if it happened, we've got it on tape!"
-
- The entire tape series can be yours for only:
-
- $19,999,999,999,999,999.95 !!!
-
- If you act now, you'll also receive a bonus set of tapes:
-
- "The first million years AFTER the K-T boundary event"
-
- ...which Popular Acetate described as "riveting... you won't
- fast-forward through even a MINUTE of it!"
-
- (Special offer on VCR repairs is attached.)
-
- ALIEN NATION Productions: "If you've got the time, we've got the
- tapes!"
-
- Send check, C.O.D., or MC, VISA, AmEx number for the full amount to:
-
- Jim Acker
- jgacker@neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov
-
- (Your first tape will arrive in 6-8 weeks, and one approximately
- every two weeks thereafter).
-