Computer Learning

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Internet Shutdown

It's that time again! As many of you know, every
five years the Internet must be shut down for 24
hours in order to allow us to clean it. The
cleaning process, which eliminates dead email and
inactive ftp, www and gopher sites, allows for a
better-working and faster Internet. This year,
the cleaning process will take place from 12:01
a.m. GMT on April 29 until 12:01 a.m. GMT on April
30. During that 24-hour period, five powerful
Internet- crawling robots situated around the
world will search the Internet and delete any
data that they find. In order to protect your
valuable data from deletion we ask that you do
the following:

1. Disconnect all terminals and local area
networks from their Internet connections.

2. Shut down all Internet servers, or disconnect
them from the Internet.

3. Disconnect all disks and hardrives from any
connections to the Internet.

4. Refrain from connecting any computer to the
Internet in any way.

We understand the inconvenience that this may
cause some Internet users, and we apologize.
However, we are certain that any inconveniences
will be more than made up for by the increased
speed and efficiency of the Internet, once it has
been cleared of electronic flotsam and jetsam. We
thank you for your cooperation.

Bill Sinilindin
Interconnected Network Supervisor
United States Institute of Technology