The joke, I think, is the relevancy to the prior article. Or that someone, possibly a bot, thought this was relevant. The government - IBM connection.
There was a time when newspapers were typeset in lead. Each column had to be filled. So standard fillers were available. Not used much on webpages. Of course on some webpages, filler is the content. IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU> wrote on 04/01/2008 01:26:44 PM: > --------------------<snip>---------------- > Had the article not been posted yesterday, I would have thought the last > paragraph been a joke. Or may be it is anyway. > IBM grew up out of a company founded by former U.S. Census bureau > employee Herman Hollerith, who developed punch-card tabulation machines > to automate counting of the 1890 census. The > Computer-Tabulating-Recording Co was renamed IBM [International Business > Machines] in 1924. > ------------------<unsnip>----------------- > Amusing or not, it's true. ----------------------------------------- The information contained in this communication (including any attachments hereto) is confidential and is intended solely for the personal and confidential use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. The information may also constitute a legally privileged confidential communication. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or unauthorized use of this information, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. Thank you ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
