I read about the guy who created that election ballot with all the arrows pointing in all different directions. He did it on the fly and emailed it to 30 friends. By the next day it was all over the globe and news.
This leads to my question. Have there been any studies done on how far removed we are from everyone else via email. In other words, if I email something to everyone in my contact list and they do the same, and they do the same, etc. how far until everyone with email gets that message? Similair to the 6 degrees of seperation theory.
I’ve heard that web sites are 19 degrees apart from all the other sites through links.
On my email list, aside from my family, I have:[ul]
[li]a friend that works for a congressman[/li][li]a columnist at the Washington Post[/li][li]a political analyst who probably has lots of politicians on his list[/li][li](I think) the entire email list for Lockheed Martin[/li][li]another friend that works for Logicon[/li][li]a handful of contacts at the US Patent and Trademark Office[/li][li]another friend that works at the Pentagon[/li][/ul]
I imagine the above people’s email lists are similarly complex. No wonder those pyramid emails work so well; within 6 mailings, the entire world should be sending me $5. :D:D