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To: Investor-ex! who wrote (5280)4/5/1999 5:45:00 PM
From: Investor-ex!  Respond to of 9818
 
Here's a short story I found that the thread might find interesting. Published in 1909 by E. M. Forster, it speaks to some future utopia where the inhabitants find themselves at the mercy of a collapsing infrastructure they no longer understand or control.

THE MACHINE STOPS

idbsu.edu



To: Investor-ex! who wrote (5280)4/5/1999 9:04:00 PM
From: David Eddy  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 9818
 
Investor-ex -

At least they quit calling it a virus.

Millennium Cancer y2ktimebomb.com

I wrote the above 16 months ago. Regretably the terminology hasn't caught on. A bug is something small & easily delt with. A cancer often comes from long term abusive habits.

- David


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