on 3/31/06 9:24 AM, Joy Hecht at jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU wrote:

>
>
> Subject: World Wide Web cleanup
>
> It is necessary to inform all Internet dependent facilities that the
> Internet will be shut down for cleaning for twenty-four hours from midnight
> on March 31 through the early hours of April 2. This cleaning is necessary
> to clear out the "electronic flotsam and jetsam" that has accumulated in the
> network. Dead email and inactive ftp, www, and gopher sites will be purged.
> The cleaning will be done by five very powerful Japanese-built multi-lingual
> Internet-crawling robots (Toshiba ML-2274) situated around the world. During
> this period, users are warned to disconnect all devices from the Internet.
> If electronic files will be needed during that period of time, it is advised
> that back-up systems be used, without attempting to access them through the
> Internet. Although the general public has not been informed of this shutdown
> to avoid a general panic, it has been deemed necessary to inform public
> medical and emergency facilities that may have become Internet dependent.
> This message may be passed on to any facility or person that you believe may
> be affected by this short shutdown.
>
> Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
>
> U.S. Assistant Secretary for Homeland Security Randy Beardsworth

TGIF! Sounds like a colonic to moi? Maybe we should all stock up on duct
tape & bottled water while we wait out this shutdown on 4/1?  Thank god my
westy is off the web.

Grin,

Tom