Is this true???

[freecybermag]

I read on another forum this following message. Is it a joke or is it for real??

Cheers

Chris

DO NOT CONNECT TO THE INTERNET FROM MARCH 31st 23:59 pm (GMT) UNTIL
12:01am (GMT) APRIL 1st.

*** Attention ***

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 23:59 pm (GMT)
on March 31st until 00:01 am (GMT) on April 2nd. 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.

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.

WWW- Interconnected Network Maintenance Staff
Main Branch, CALTech/MIT

Sysops and others: Since the last Internet cleaning, the number of
Internet users has grown dramatically. Please assist us in alerting
the public of the upcoming Internet cleaning by posting this message
where your users will be able to read it.

 

[lorraine1]

Deeerrrrrr! April Fool! :roll:

 

[Robert]

Clue in 1st line.....

 

[multilingual]

Well....

As it is happening on April 1st, I would have thought not.

But if I were you I would switch off your computer anyway (just in case)

:wink:

JB

 

[lorraine1]

Well....

As it is happening on April 1st, I would have thought not.

But if I were you I would switch off your computer anyway (just in case)

:wink:

JB

Ok. Will do, just in case :roll: :roll: :wink:

 

[freecybermag]

I thought it was a joke but I also thought that April fool's was meant to be on April 1st and not today lol.

BTW Did you know that April Fools was because the french was still celebrating new years day on April 1st although the country had changed over to the gregorian calender and was meant to celebrate it on the 1st January :wink:

 

[SillyJokes]

Yes I knew that.

I also knew that the Japanese Radio show who wanted to interview me on the dot of midnight tonight might just an April Fool too.

Quite apart from it being April 1st, I don't love this business enough to wait up till midnight to do a radio interview for Japan.

 

[multilingual]

Well....

As it is happening on April 1st, I would have thought not.

But if I were you I would switch off your computer anyway (just in case)

:wink:

JB

Ok. Will do, just in case :roll: :roll: :wink:

My saracasm obviously got lost in that posting then?

JB

 

[lorraine1]

Well....

As it is happening on April 1st, I would have thought not.

But if I were you I would switch off your computer anyway (just in case)

:wink:

JB

Ok. Will do, just in case :roll: :roll: :wink:

My saracasm obviously got lost in that posting then?

JB

Eeerrr no, hence the rolling eyes and wink...... :lol:

 

[multilingual]

Ah, so it was your sarcasm that got lost

JB

 

[lorraine1]

It was :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[easyasit]

there i time chris wen i wonder about you mate
you dosy welshman ;-)

Al