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| 3785.2 | | TLE::REAGAN | All of this chaos makes perfect sense | Mon Apr 03 1995 13:48 | 4 |
| Well, I've already seen 3 or 4 other April Fool's notes. Why get so
upset with this one?
-John
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| 3785.4 | Gone. | KAOM25::WALL | | Mon Apr 03 1995 16:20 | 4 |
| .0 deleted at the request of corp. network security.
Rob Wall
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| 3785.5 | The rumours of its demise are greatly exaggerated | DPDMAI::EYSTER | It ain't a car without fins... | Mon Apr 03 1995 16:40 | 5 |
| ...a laugh-a-minute group well-known for their sense of humor.
Anyway...
I heard that when Bill Gates was approached about the new VMS PC
version, his comment was...
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| 3785.6 | Sigh | TLE::REAGAN | All of this chaos makes perfect sense | Mon Apr 03 1995 16:42 | 7 |
| RE: .4
You're kidding right? Why in the hell would you delete that piece of
humor when we're ripping apart the phone standard or talking about
changing the name back to DEC or VMS for April Fool's day.
-John
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| 3785.7 | | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Mon Apr 03 1995 17:00 | 1 |
| If Corporate Security demanded it be deleted, it must be true.
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| 3785.8 | | DPDMAI::EYSTER | It ain't a car without fins... | Mon Apr 03 1995 17:26 | 2 |
| They couldn't print it if it weren't true, could they? Wait, is that true?
Hold on, I think I've found a conundrum here... :^]
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| 3785.9 | "Did you get the license plate of that truck" | ANGLIN::BJAMES | I feel the need, the need for SPEED | Tue Apr 04 1995 16:14 | 8 |
| "We're from Corporate Network Security and we're here to help...."
Yeah Yeah Yeah, Blah, Blah, Blah,...
Guess they didn't want to have BP or Andy Groves from Intel have to go
on the WWW and say, "Hey folks we were only kidding...."
Mav
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| 3785.10 | I've been hit by that truck.... | UHUH::TALCOTT | | Wed Apr 05 1995 08:39 | 21 |
| It might not have been BP doing the "only kidding" stuff - 'Ol Trace has had to
do a little explaining to management once or twice over the years.
In the past, an April Fool's version of VNS' Computer News went over the net.
It: 1. Looked pretty darned authentic
2. Had my name attached to it
3. Had less than upbeat contents (though I forget the details)
Anyway, I started getting a several confused/angry phone calls from people who'd
received it. And if people think I did it, someone could complain to, say,
personnel or security that they found it distinctly unamusing, management gets
involved, etc. and things have the potential to turn into a bit of a mess.
I certainly don't mind a little April Fools humor (played a joke or two myself
this year) and I didn't find .0 particularly "threatening" for lack of a better
term, but I'm not upset at Security for asking it be removed. It's nice to see
VNS is enough of a fixture around here that people enjoy spoofing it on 4/1, but
I'd like to think people could find it just as amusing (and Security would find
it less of an issue) if the contents wasn't presented in a VNS "wrapper".
Trace_who_still_remembers_his_little_invite_to_visit_corporate_headquarters_over
_a_VNS_issue_many_years_ago
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| 3785.11 | | STAR::PARKE | True Engineers Combat Obfuscation | Wed Apr 05 1995 11:59 | 5 |
| I can remember a "security" memo a few years ago that twisted a few shorts
also }9-)}
Bill
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| 3785.12 | | RT128::KENAH | Do we have any peanut butter? | Wed Apr 05 1995 13:44 | 1 |
| Was that the one about bar code readers at lab doors?
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| 3785.13 | | STAR::PARKE | True Engineers Combat Obfuscation | Wed Apr 05 1995 17:14 | 3 |
| Yep, and no packages from the Grocery store.
\the gnome
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