[COMP] important notice

This just came across on Slashdot...

"We've had an important notice, that simply had to be passed
on; for those who've seen it before, revel in your old-sk00l
style: 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 and inactive ftp, www
and
gopher sites, allows for a better-working and faster Internet. This
year, the
cleaning process will take place from 23:59 pm (GMT) on March 31st until
00:01 am (GMT) on April 2nd. 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 wy. 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."

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Yeah, it's April 1. =)


John




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