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1997 Fools: april fools day around the internet
Subject: april fools day around the internet From: Tom Fawcett <fawcett@nynexst.com> Date: 1997/04/01 Message-Id: <8johbyd369.fsf@nynexst.com> Newsgroups: talk.bizarre - Internet marketers say 'Sorry for the spam!', apologize for their part in turning the internet into a cesspool; offer to send money to people they've pissed off. - comp.os.windows.advocacy: "Windows, MAC, OS/2... what's the big deal? It's just a metal box." - Prominent comp.ai flakes decide their theories about intelligence are inane, announcing "Maybe we should go catch up on the last hundred years of psychology". Says one, "You know, this ASCII diagram of how the mind works that I keep posting is really pretty silly." - Microsoft's Bill Gates admits, "Yeah, OK, maybe some of our products do have bugs." - On gnu.emacs, Richard Stallman publicly expresses doubt, and then, late in the day, changes his mind on something. - talk.bizarre: "Usenet's been around a really long time. It probably won't die anytime soon." -Tom under the table and dreaming
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