on 3/31/06 9:24 AM, Joy Hecht at jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU wrote: > > > Subject: World Wide Web cleanup > > It is necessary to inform all Internet dependent facilities that the > Internet will be shut down for cleaning for twenty-four hours from midnight > on March 31 through the early hours of April 2. This cleaning is necessary > to clear out the "electronic flotsam and jetsam" that has accumulated in the > network. Dead email and inactive ftp, www, and gopher sites will be purged. > The cleaning will be done by five very powerful Japanese-built multi-lingual > Internet-crawling robots (Toshiba ML-2274) situated around the world. During > this period, users are warned to disconnect all devices from the Internet. > If electronic files will be needed during that period of time, it is advised > that back-up systems be used, without attempting to access them through the > Internet. Although the general public has not been informed of this shutdown > to avoid a general panic, it has been deemed necessary to inform public > medical and emergency facilities that may have become Internet dependent. > This message may be passed on to any facility or person that you believe may > be affected by this short shutdown. > > Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. > > U.S. Assistant Secretary for Homeland Security Randy Beardsworth TGIF! Sounds like a colonic to moi? Maybe we should all stock up on duct tape & bottled water while we wait out this shutdown on 4/1? Thank god my westy is off the web.
Grin, Tom |
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