Kathy E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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 12:01 a.m.. GMT
on April 1 until 12:01 a.m. GMT on April 2 (the time least likely to
interfere with ongoing work). During that 24-hour period, five
powerful Internet search engines 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 hard drives 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.
Kim Dereksen
Network Information Center
Network Solutions, Inc.
Reston, Virginia
<http://www.internic.net/>
(Remember the date folks :) This was from Randy who own the Humornet ML)
--
Kathy E
"I can only please one person a day, today is NOT your day, and tomorrow
isn't looking too good for you either"
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