From: grm@bighorn.dr.att.com (G.R.Martinez)
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 94 10:04:56 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: FYI (fwd)
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On Apr 21,  0:57, Robert A. Hayden wrote:
> Subject: FYI (fwd)
> This was forwaded from Gaynet, I have removed the posters's name to
> prevent outting someone what doesn't want to be.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: 20 Apr 1994 21:40:21 GMT
> From: XXX XXXX <XX@XX.XX>
>
> Trust Congress? Not With This Unbelievable Lair of Slop
> PC Computing, April 1994, page 88.
> By John C. Dvorak
>
>  When Vice President Gore began talking about the Information Highway,
>  we all knew the bureaucrats would get involved more than we might
>  like. In fact, it may already be too late to stop a horrible Senate
>  bill from becoming law.
>
>  The moniker -- Information Highway -- itself seems to be responsible
>  for SB #040194. Introduced by Senator Patrick Leahy, it's designed to
>  prohibit anyone from using a public computer network (Information
>  Highway) while the computer user is intoxicated. I know how silly this
>  sounds, but Congress apparently thinks that being drunk on a highway
>  is bad no matter what kind of highway it is. The bill is expected to
>  pass this month.
>
>  blah, blah...

April Fools.

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