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Hackers attack International Space Station
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Posted April 1st.
Sounds like a prank to me, (whichever way you look at it !).
If it is true, and they are looking for W3.1 programmers, I wish them luck.
Most have permanently retired to the cemetery or crematorium by now I would have thought.Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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WHS. 11am posting, gotta be a wind up. Windows 3.1Originally posted by Board Game Geek View PostPosted April 1st.
Sounds like a prank to me
Who the hell would embed that in anything supporting human life.
Yeah right...Originally posted by Yahoothe escape capsule that can carry them home has been warmed up and is ready to go, despite concerns that hackers might have reprogrammed that tooEat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway.Comment
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Originally posted by Board Game Geek View PostPosted April 1st.
Sounds like a prank to me, (whichever way you look at it !).
If it is true, and they are looking for W3.1 programmers, I wish them luck.
Most have permanently retired to the cemetery or crematorium by now I would have thought.
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Professor Brian Offin, B Offin, boffin, geddit?
"Windows 3.1 is a very old operating system and the technical support team has been entirely subsumed into the Vista troubleshooting team and trust me, they are needed there."
Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
threadeds website, and here's my blog.
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article by Arif Pollo , Apollo , geddit?Originally posted by threaded View PostProfessor Brian Offin, B Offin, boffin, geddit?
"Windows 3.1 is a very old operating system and the technical support team has been entirely subsumed into the Vista troubleshooting team and trust me, they are needed there."
I liked the flying penguins one myself
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Shome mishtake shurely? Arif Pollo = April Fool, not Apollo.Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Postarticle by Arif Pollo , Apollo , geddit?
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ToucheOriginally posted by NotAllThere View PostShome mishtake shurely? Arif Pollo = April Fool, not Apollo.

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