On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Ed Wilson wrote:
> It wouldn't have such a impact if it didn't sound like something that a
> government agency would do! :)
>
> Ed
not to belabor the obvious, but that's what makes it such an
effective hoax. :-) the same thing happened in canada earlier
this year, and it suckered a lot of people since it referred
to a mythical house bill, mythical sponsor and so on.
rule of thumb: if it sounds too stupidly outrageous to be
true, it's probably not, unless microsoft said it.
rday
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