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From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Real-Life Computing ...
Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 11:36:09 +0100
And verily, did Ereskanti hastily scribble thusly...
|It means that any -NEW- computer purchased now -SHOULD- be free and clear of
|the year 2K virus.

Y2K Virus?
Something tells me you've been reading too many tabloid papers.
Even if there is a virus set to go off on the year 2000, that's not what all
the current media panic is all about....

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|u5a77@*****.cs.keele.ac.uk| Windows95 (noun): 32 bit extensions and a |
| | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit |
|Andrew Halliwell | operating system originally coded for a 4 bit |
|Principal Subjects in:- |microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that|
|Comp Sci & Electronics | can't stand 1 bit of competition. |
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|GCv3.1 GCS/EL>$ d---(dpu) s+/- a- C++ U N++ o+ K- w-- M+/++ PS+++ PE- Y t+ |
|5++ X+/++ R+ tv+ b+ D G e>PhD h/h+ !r! !y-|I can't say F**K either now! :( |

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