Internet Cleaning!
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 1st until 12:01 a.m, GMT on April 2nd 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 hardrives 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.
Interconnected Network Maintenance staff, Main branch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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CleanQuote
"Even if you've been fishing for 3 hours and haven't gotten anything except poison ivy and sunburn, you're still better off than the worm."
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Legacy"
Featured Illustration items are well suited for introducing or illuminating a point in a sermon, speech, or devotional. Funny, moving, or perhaps even graphic, the point of them is the point you make with them.
A little girl was watching her parents dress for a party. When she saw her dad donning his tuxedo, she warned, "Daddy, you shouldn't wear that suit."
"And why not, darling?"
"You know that it always gives you a headache the next morning."
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HUNTSVILLE, AL -- (Business Wire) -- April 1, 2006 --
Playboy magazine, an internationally recognized adult
entertainment magazine, has announced this morning that it
has reached a preliminary agreement to purchase GCFL, a
popular family-friendly entertainment web site and mailing
list, for nearly $1.1 million.
GCFL (the Good, Clean Funnies List) operates a web page and
mailing list that distributes good, clean jokes to their
members. It was started in 1996 by John Price and is one of
the most successful and longest lasting clean-only joke
sites on the Internet.
When asked what plans Playboy had for GCFL, Bob Wolf stated,
"Playboy is well know not only for the quality of the visual
material we provide, but also the outstanding reading
material. GCFL's jokes will add to that quality. Also, we
plan a huge marketing campaign using the substantial mailing
list that we will acquire from GCFL."
In an interview, Mr. Price said, "I know that some of the
members will think this is a bad idea. The staff and editors
just about had a fit! But they don't seem to see the bigger
picture here. One of GCFL's primary goals is to reach the
largest possible audience with our good, clean humor and Mr.
Wolf has assured me that Playboy will uphold our goals." Mr.
Price continued, "I hope that GCFL members will give the new
owners the generosity and support they always have in the
past."
Later, when asked if he had completely lost his mind, Mr.
Price stated, "OK, so maybe this is a bunch of bunk, but a
million dollars is a million dollars! Yes, I will probably
feel bad about this, but I hope the new house and yacht I
plan to buy will offset any guilt I have now."
Finally Mr. Price burst out laughing and exclaimed, "I can't
take it! I just can't. It's an April Fool's joke!"