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IP: is it the full moon, or is this just a good week comedy


From: David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 22:36:04 -0400

From: "Richard J. Solomon" <richard () goodread com>


And what the hell does that last sentence mean?


-R


Title:  Senate Hits Computer Games Delete Button
Source: Washington Post <http://www.washingtonpost.com/> (A10)
Author: Associated Press
Issue:  Computer Games


Last night the Senate approved a measure to remove computer
games from all government computers.  The measure, which was passed
without objection, also bars the government from purchasing new
computers with games already installed on them.  Sen. Lauch Faircloth
...  commenting ... "save millions if
not billions in lost productivity."  Games sited as particular problems
were "Solitaire" and "Global Thermo-Nuclear War," the later of which was
responsible for bringing the level of military alert to "Defcon 4"
178,000 times in the last week alone.


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