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IP: POLITICALLY CORRECT: DOE IS SLOW TO WARN OF COMPUTER VIRUS.: What's New for Mar 16, 2001

From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 04:57:49 -0500

4. POLITICALLY CORRECT: DOE IS SLOW TO WARN OF COMPUTER VIRUS.
The "Naked Wife" virus was already wreaking havoc, but when DOE
headquarters set out to warn the troops, the politically correct
DOE software balked at the word "naked."  WN has been told that
it took several hours before the warning could be passed on.




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