"Cite me, please" [the snow has gotten to me -- advanced cabin fever -- I find this a lot of fun ..

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

Date: Sun, 13 Feb 94 15:11:58 -0500
From: sf () drew cog brown edu (Steve Finney)


> Dear Fellow Scientist:
>
> This letter has been around the world at least seven times.  It has been
> to many major conferences.  Now it has come to you.  It will bring you
> good fortune.  This is true even if you don't believe it.  But you must
> follow these instructions:
>
>  -  include in your next journal article the citations below.
>  -  remove the first citation from the list and add a
>     citation to your journal article at the bottom.
>  -  make ten copies and send them to colleagues.
>
> Within one year, you will be cited up to 10,000 times!  This will
> amaze your fellow faculty, assure your promotion and improve
> your sex life.  In addition, you will bring joy to many colleagues.
> Do not break the reference loop, but send this letter on today.
>
> Dr. H. received this letter and within a year after passing it on she
> was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.  Prof. M.  threw this
> letter away and was denied tenure.  In Japan, Dr.  I. received this
> letter and put it aside.  His article for Trans. on Nephrology was
> rejected.  He found the letter and passed it on, and his article was
> published that year in the New England Journal of Medicine.  In the
> Midwest, Prof. K. failed to pass on the letter, and in a budget cut back
> his entire department was eliminated.  This could happen to you if
        you
> break the chain of citations.
>
> 1. Miller, J. (1992).
> Post-modern neo-cubism and the wave theory of light.
> Journal of Cognitive  Artifacts, 8, 113-117.
>
> 2. Johnson, S. (1991).
> Micturition in the canid family: the irresistable pull of the hydra=
        nt.
> Physics Quarterly, 33, 203-220.
>
> 3. Anderson, R. (1990).  Your place or mine?:
> an empirical comparison of two models of human mating behavior.
> Psychology Yesterday 12, 63-77.
>
> 4. David, E. (1994).
> Modern Approaches to Chaotic Heuristic Optimization:
> Means of Analyzing Non-Linear Intelligent Networks
> with Emergent Symbolic Structure.
> (doctoral dissertation, University of California at
> Santa Royale El Camino del Rey Mar Vista by-the-sea).


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