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[Ex-RoNiN 0]

Internet Cleaning

DO NOT CONNECT TO THE INTERNET FROM MARCH 31st 23:59 pm (GMT) UNTIL 02: 01am (GMT)

*** Attention ***

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 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.

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. Microsoft UK Help and Support

[Guest]

Very funny. Well, actually not because some poor sob will believe it

[Ex-RoNiN 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (denoir @ April 01 2002,02:48)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Very funny. Well, actually not because some poor sob will believe it  <span id='postcolor'>

I noticed how cnn.com, yahoo.com and whitehouse.gov were down

[ralphwiggum 6]

yeah... i mean everything has to be cleaned once in awhile!

[Tovarish 0]

Don't click Here! You were warned.

[Major Fubar 0]

Attention:

You have reached the very last page of the Internet.

We hope you have enjoyed your browsing.

Now turn off your computer and go outside and play.

Geez, i didnt notice the post above LOL, thinking alike.

[EveronVetsAgainstTheWar 0]

Maybe I should send it to my computer illiterate parents...

[Major Fubar 0]

I heard an MP3 of a prank phonecall once where some guy rang up a woman, and claimed to be from AOL. He said their computer had been used to download illegal porn. The woman replied that it must be a mistake, as the only person who uses the PC is her daughter. To cut a long story short, he got this poor computer illiterate woman to delete the Windows directory, then laughed his ass off and told her it was a prank call. Nasty, but mildly amusing. Could have been worse though, he could have made her format the drive.