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Internet Cleaning--April 1st. 2005
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Posted by: lester

To: All Internet Users

From: April Foolskiy,
Interconnected Network Maintenance staff
Main branch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Subject: Internet Cleaning

PLEASE PASS THIS NOTICE TO OTHER USERS WHO MAY NOT SEE IT!

As many of you know, each year the internet must be shut down for 24hours in order to allow us to clean it. The cleaning process, which eliminates dead e-mail 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 April 1 until 12:01 a.m. GMT on April 2. During that
24-hour period, five very powerful Japanese built multi-lingual
internet-crawling robots (Toshiba ML-2274) 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.

5. Avoid placing operating microwave ovens or toaster/toaster
ovens near your computer modem.

6. Avoid wearing nylon (or other dielectric fiber) undergarments
because of the possibility of electrical discharge.

We understand the inconvenience that this may cause some internet users, and we apologize. However, we are certain that any inconvenience will be more than made up for by the increased speed and efficiency of the internet, once it has been cleared of electroniflotsam and jetsam.

We thank you for your cooperation.

Posted by: Leprechaun

ok, im standing naked at my pc right now and turning it off.

see you in 24 hours guys