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To: Laserbones who wrote (8038)	4/1/1998 12:07:00 PM
From: sand wedge	Respond to of 11888

For techies and non techies alike, the following is a netizen alert: Subject: An Important Warning > > 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 12:01 a.m. GMT > on April 1 until 11:59 p.m. GMT, April 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. DP managers may take the day off. > > 3. Disconnect all disks and hardrives from any connections to the > Internet, and use protection on your floppy. > > 4. Refrain from connecting any computer to the Internet in any way; > don't even think about it. > > 5. If you inadvertently connect to the Internet during the above > times, run DESANITIZE.EXE immediately. Count all your files to > be sure none are missing. > > 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. > > If you need a copy of DESANITIZE.EXE, go to www.Ifell4it.duh > <http://www.Ifell4it.duh> a little humor just seems appropriate today, doncha think?