Re: FW: April 1 Y2K

From: Ian Morrison (terhi.victor@logonet.com)
Date: Sat Apr 01 2000 - 06:26:35 EEST

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    Beware!

    BTW, are you using a hi speed connection now? If so, how does it work?

    73,
    Ian
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Rein A Smit <terhi.victor@logonet.com>
    To: iblexsde.abxqpmupmq@prosie5-1.aster.pl <tpvj.wkebkzo@netvigator.com>
    Date: Friday, March 31, 2000 9:37 PM
    Subject: Re: FW: April 1 Y2K

    >
    >
    >"Barrett, Peter G" wrote:
    >>
    >> > VIRUS WARNING
    >> >
    >> > If you receive an e-mail entitled "crazy times" DELETE IT IMMEDIATELY
    AND
    >> > DO NOT OPEN IT!!! Apparently this one is pretty nasty. It will not only
    >> > erase everything on your hard drive, but it will also delete everything
    on
    >> > disks within 20 metres of your computer. It demagnetises the stripes on
    >> > all your credit cards.
    >> >
    >> > It reprograms your ATM access code, messes up the tracking on your VCR
    and
    >> > uses sub-space field harmonics to scratch any CDs you attempt to play
    or
    >> > use. It will re-calibrate your refrigerator's coolness settings so all
    >> > your ice-cream melts and your milk freezes. It will reprogram your
    phone
    >> > autodial to call only your mother-in-law's number.
    >> >
    >> > This virus will mix antifreeze into your fish tank, drink all your
    beer,
    >> > leave dirty socks on the coffee table when you expecting company and
    it's
    >> > radioactive emissions will cause your toe jam and belly button fluff
    to
    >> > migrate behind your ears.
    >> >
    >> > It's molecular reconstruction capabilities will cause your shampoo to
    >> > become depilatory and your depilatory to become napalm and your cologne
    or
    >> > perfume to smell like dill pickles, all this while it will be dating
    your
    >> > current partner behind your back and billing their hotel rendezvous to
    >> > your Visa card. It will cause you to run with scissors and throw things
    in
    >> > such a way that is only fun until someone loses an eye. It will give
    you
    >> > cancer of the season ticket and Dutch Elm Disease.
    >> >
    >> > It will rewrite your backup files, changing all your active verbs to
    >> > passive tense and incorporating undetectable misspellings that grossly
    >> > change the interpretations of key sentences.
    >> >
    >> > If the "Crazy Times" message is opened in a Windows 95 environment, it
    >> > will leave the toilet seat up and your hair drier pugged in dangerously
    >> > close to a full bathtub. It will not only remove the tags from all your
    >> > mattresses pillows and towels but also refill your skim milk with whole
    >> > milk and replace all your luncheon meat with Spam.
    >> >
    >> > It is insidious and subtle.
    >> >
    >> > It is dangerous and quite bloody terrifying.
    >> >
    >> > It is also a rather interesting shade of mauve.
    >> >
    >> > Regards
    >> >
    >> > Bottle, M. (VK6PEC) =8-b
    >> >
    >> >
    >> >
    >



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