BRAT!!!
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Rose
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Please remove "Ima" to reply privately!

 When you get done 'cleaning' the Intenet, could you come over and clean my
house?

 Val in Boise

 | It's that time again!
 |
 | As many of you know, each year the Internet must be shut down for 24
hours
 | in order to allow us to clean it. The cleaning process, which eliminates
 | dead email, inactive ftp and www sites, and empty USENET groups, allows
for
 | a better working and faster Internet.
 |
 | This year, the cleaning process will take place from 12:01 a.m. GMT on
April
 | 1 until 12:01 a.m. GMT on April 2 (the time least likely to interfere
with
 | ongoing work). During that 24-hour period, five powerful Internet search
 | engines situated around the world will search the Internet and delete
any
 | data that they find.
 |
 | In order to protect your valuable data from deletion we ask that you do
the
 | following:
 |
 | 1. Disconnect all terminals and local area networks from their Internet
 | connections.
 |
 | 2. Shut down all Internet servers, or disconnect them from the Internet.
 |
 | 3. Disconnect all disks and hard drives from any connections to the
 | Internet.
 |
 | 4. Refrain from connecting any computer to the Internet in any way.
 |
 | We understand the inconvenience that this may cause some Internet users,
and
 | we apologize. However, we are certain that any inconveniences will be
more
 | than made up for by the increased speed and efficiency of the Internet,
once
 | it has been cleared of electronic flotsam and jetsam.
 |
 | We thank you for your cooperation.
 |
 | Kim Dereksen
 | Interconnected Network Maintenance staff,
 | Main branch,
 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 |
 | Sysops and others: Since the last Internet cleaning, the number of
Internet
 | users has grown dramatically. Please assist us in alerting the public of
the
 | upcoming Internet cleaning by posting this message where your users will
be
 | able to read it. Please pass this message on to other sysops and
Internet
 | users as well.
 |
 | Thank you.
 |
 | APRIL FOOL
 |
 | ________________________________
 | DeeTee and Bob Taggart
 | http://www.marykay.com/dtaggart3
 | http://mysite.verizon.net/vze8fwov/
 | ________________________________
 |
 |