Ok, what will they think of next? Cure for Stupid Typing Disorder? :-) - Michael Smith, TeraTech, Inc http://www.teratech.com/ Michael Kniat wrote: > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > Contacts: Skip Winitsky Michael > Kniat > Learning Worlds, Inc. Sperling > Greene Associates > 212-725-0436 > 212-967-8266, ext. 16 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > RESEARCHERS DISCOVER CURE FOR "ATTACHMENT DISORDER" > > New York, NY, April 9, 2001 - Research scientists at the laboratories of > Learning Worlds Inc. today announced the discovery of a promising new remedy > for one of the most common ills of the information age - "post-traumatic > attachment disorder" - an insidious condition brought on by the chronic > failure to remember to send attachments to an email message. The treatment > is called theAttacher*. > > Although precise statistics are not available, experts say the problem of > attachment disorder is vast, and vastly underrated compared to the much > better known malady of the computer virus. The symptoms are all too > frequent, and can be debilitating: Anxiety attacks. Insomnia. Acute > embarrassment. > > "We didn't start off to invent a new therapy. But thanks to the wonders of > modern computer science, there is at last a cure," declared Skip Winitsky, > COO of Learning Worlds Inc., developer of the theAttacher. "If we can save > just one poor soul from the heartbreak of attachment disorder, it will have > all been worth it. We're here for you. We can help", he said. > > theAttacher is a software applet that installs itself in Microsoft Outlook > 2000 and works by scanning email text for key words - called "triggers" - > that indicate the sender intends to include an attachment. If no attachment > is present, it opens a dialogue window, prompting the sender to include the > attachment or ignore the message. theAttacher can be customized and > configured for each individual user. New versions for the Netscape > Messenger and Eudora email programs will be available in May. > > Learning Worlds has developed a questionnaire for diagnosing whether one > suffers from attachment disorder. It is available online at theAttacher web > site: <http://www.theattacher.com/> Also a free trial version of > theAttacher can be downloaded from the site. The complete registered > version features powerful additional tools, and costs just $9.95. > > About LearningWorlds.com > Learning Worlds Inc <http://www.learningworlds.com/>. is a New York-based > information technology company that creates "networked media", synchronizing > live and multimedia applications via the Internet or private networks. It > is a separate, for-profit spin-off of the Gertrude Stein Repertory Theatre > <http://www.gertstein.org>, whose mission is to explore applications of > digital technology to the theatre. A portion of the revenues from > theAttacher will be donated to the theater. > > # # # # # -- Michael Smith, TeraTech Inc VB, CF , SQL, Math programming 12221 Parklawn Dr Ste 200, Rockville MD 20852-1711 USA Voice: +1-301-881-1440 x110, 800-447-9120 Fax:301-881-3586 Web: http://www.teratech.com/sig/ Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 66057682 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
