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Subject:Re: HUMOR>Computer maintenance From:Marguerite Krupp <mkrupp -at- WORLD -dot- STD -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 26 Feb 1996 12:13:19 -0500
This is a hoax folks, just in case that wasn't clear (or in case you
missed the original posting)! My Internet Service
Provider sent out email about this one last week. Kat's right about the
clarity, though!
Marguerite Krupp
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On Sat, 24 Feb 1996, Kat Nagel/MasterWork wrote:
> ---Clear instructions
> ---Reasonable supporting information
> ---Polite and (mostly) grammatically correct
> As many of you know, each leap 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 and inactive ftp, www and gopher sites, allows for
> a better-working and faster internet.
> This year, the cleaning process will take place from 12:01 a.m. GMT on
> Feb. 29 until 12:01 a.m. GMT on March 1. During that 24-hour period,
> five powerful internet-crawling robots 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 hardrives 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.
> ------------------------------
> @Kat_____ Kat Nagel
> MasterWork Consulting Services Rochester, NY
> LIFE1 (techwriting/docdesign) katnagel -at- eznet -dot- net
> LIFE2 (vocal chamber music) PlaynSong -at- aol -dot- com
