+Globetrotter.uk Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 Q: Why are people so tired on April 1st? Quote Link to comment
+Kitty Hawk Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 Don't know, why are people so tired on April 1st? Quote Link to comment
+Globetrotter.uk Posted April 1, 2005 Author Share Posted April 1, 2005 Because they have just had a 31 day march Quote Link to comment
+Globetrotter.uk Posted April 1, 2005 Author Share Posted April 1, 2005 Remember this! In 1997 an email message spread throughout the world announcing that the internet would be shut down for cleaning for twenty-four hours from March 31 until April 2. This cleaning was said to be necessary to clear out the "electronic flotsam and jetsam" that had accumulated in the network. Dead email and inactive ftp, www, and gopher sites would be purged. The cleaning would be done by "five very powerful Japanese-built multi-lingual Internet-crawling robots (Toshiba ML-2274) situated around the world." During this period, users were warned to disconnect all devices from the internet. The message supposedly originated from the "Interconnected Network Maintenance Staff, Main Branch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology." This joke was an updated version of an old joke that used to be told about the phone system. For many years, gullible phone customers had been warned that the phone systems would be cleaned on April Fool's Day. They were cautioned to place plastic bags over the ends of the phone to catch the dust that might be blown out of the phone lines during this period. check out more at http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/ Quote Link to comment
+Turkey Trotter Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 New NASA photograph showing that there really is water on Mars Quote Link to comment
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