:sig virus: n. A parasitic {meme} embedded in a {sig block}.
There was a {meme plague} or fad for these on USENET in late
1991. Most were equivalents of "I am a .sig virus. Please reproduce
me in your .sig block.". Of course, the .sig virus's memetic hook
is the giggle value of going along with the gag; this, however,
was a self-limiting phenomenon as more and more people picked up
on the idea. There were creative variants on it; some people
stuck `sig virus antibody' texts in their sigs, and there was at
least one instance of a sig virus eater.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
There was a {meme plague} or fad for these on USENET in late
1991. Most were equivalents of "I am a .sig virus. Please reproduce
me in your .sig block.". Of course, the .sig virus's memetic hook
is the giggle value of going along with the gag; this, however,
was a self-limiting phenomenon as more and more people picked up
on the idea. There were creative variants on it; some people
stuck `sig virus antibody' texts in their sigs, and there was at
least one instance of a sig virus eater.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- sig virus n.
A parasitic meme embedded in a sig block
There was... - I'm a mutated .sig virus
Copy me into your .sig or risk instant death... - sig block: /sig blok/ [UNIX; often written `.sig' there] n
Short for `signature', used specifically to refer to... - sig quote: /sig kwoht/ [USENET] n. A maxim, quote, proverb
joke, or slogan embedded in one's {sig block} and... - My .sig can't come out today
It has a virus... - doubled sig: [USENET] n. A {sig block} that has been included
twice in a {USENET} article or
less commonly, in an electronic mail message. An... - doubled sig [Usenet] n.
A sig block that has been
included twice in a Usenet article or
less commonly, in an electronic mail message. An... - No .sig is a
good ... - sig block /sig blok/ n.
[Unix; often written `.sig'
there] Short for `signature'
used specifically to refer to the electronic signature...
