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Date: Thu, 20 Apr 95 23:37 MDT
From: mat AT ardi DOT com (Mat Hostetter)
To: Bill Currie <BILLC AT teleng1 DOT tait DOT co DOT nz>
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: Internet Virus Alert
References: <2732980322A AT teleng1 DOT tait DOT co DOT nz>

>>>>> "Bill" == Bill Currie <BILLC AT teleng1 DOT tait DOT co DOT nz> writes:

>>If the program is not stopped, the computer's processor will be placed in
>>an nth-complexity infinite binary loop - which can severely damage the
>>processor if left running that way too long.

Gee, THAT doesn't sound like a flamingly obvious hoax or anything.
Ah, how quickly people forget that April 1 wasn't long ago... :-)

-Mat

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