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To: Josef Svejk who wrote (1904)	1/10/1998 3:22:00 PM
From: TEDennis	Respond to of 4295

Svejk: Re: hacker ... I don't think it was a hacker, at all. I think it was a side effect of FBN-Internet-Family-Rated-Text-Monitor (IFRTM, which is very similar to another well known acronym ... RTFM) scrutinizing all the electronic data being passed through circuits. When FBN-IFRTM encountered all those stupid poems, it flipped out, trying to ascertain whether they were fit for family consumption. The straw that broke the camel's back was one very rough cut version of a poem that included a reference to a Harley. The whole system blew its cool. Electronics nowadays is good stuff, but there's still a ways to go before it can put up with such blatant disregard for taste in classic literature. And, just to prove I can still do it ... even on my day off ... A hacker done did it, they said so sadly A hacker done broke 'em, and he did it badly. They tried and they tried to no avail, To find that jerk and put him in jail. They tracked him down by reverse engineer, The hacker when confronted shed nary a tear. "No jury will convict me", he dared to decree, "I'll read them those poems, and they'll set me free". TED