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Re: (ASCEND) FCC Says Let modems go to 56K.

I think you're supposed to smile when you read it....

At 06:41 AM 9/20/98 , Ricardo Freire wrote:
>C'mon!
>Even if Uncle Gates decide to put this garbage in every CD he sells, how it
>should work?
>If he has the Power to make these words work, then he doesn't NEED these
>words at all.
>
>I've heard tons of ridiculous stuff like that, regarding EVERY famous person
>in the world:
>
>"If you reverse-play a music tape of [Beatle|Elvis|Madonna], you'll hear a
>pray to the Devil",
>"The Beast is hidden on the cover of Sgt. Peppers... album",
>"The World will end in a ball of fire in Year 2000",
>"The World will end in a ball of ice in Year 2000",
>"The World will end in a ball of crazy computers in Y2K"...
>
>Mine is: "My patience will end if I receive one more B.llsh.t like this"
>
>Regards,
>Ricardo
>
>-----Mensagem original-----
>De: FastWave - Ascend MAX <maxmail@fastwave.net>
>Para: Kevin A Smith <kevin@ascend.com>; Ascend Users Group
><ascend-users@bungi.com>
>Data: Sexta-feira, 18 de Setembro de 1998 19:52
>Assunto: Re: (ASCEND) FCC Says Let modems go to 56K.
>
>
>>Kevin A Smith wrote:
>>
>>> Nah - It's something to do with Bill Gate's grand master plan to rule the
>>> world!
>>>
>>
>>Kevin,
>>
>>You may be on to something...read on!
>>
>>--
>>
>>I found this on the following website:
>>
>>        http://miquels.www.cistron.nl
>>
>>Recently one of my friends, a computer wizard, paid me a visit. As we
>>were
>>talking I mentioned that I had recently installed Windows 98 on my PC, I
>>
>>told him how happy I was with this operating system and showed him the
>>Windows 98 CD. Too my surprise he threw it into my micro-wave oven and
>>turned on the oven. Instantly I got very upset, because the CD had
>>become
>>precious to me, but he said: 'Do not worry, it is unharmed.' After a few
>>
>>minutes he took the CD out, gave it to me and said: 'Take a close look
>>at
>>it.' To my surprise the CD was quite cold to hold and it seemed to be
>>heavier than before. At first I could not see anything, but on the inner
>>
>>edge of the central hole I saw a inscription, an inscription finer than
>>anything I have ever seen before. The inscription shone piercingly
>>bright,
>>and yet remote, as if out of a great depth:
>>
>>4C696E75792052756C65730A0D4241434B20544F20574F524B204469636B0A0D
>>
>>'I cannot understand the fiery letters,' I said. 'No but I can,' he
>>said.
>>'The letters are Hex, of an ancient mode, but the language is that of
>>Microsoft, which I shall not utter here. But in common English this is
>>what
>>it says:
>>
>>One OS to rule them all,
>>One OS to find them,
>>One OS to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
>>
>>--
>>
>>Kim W. Premuda
>>FastWave Internet Services
>>San Diego, CA
>>
>>
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>
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Kevin Smith			(kevin@ascend.com)
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