Re the Feb 29 Internet shutdown:
 
> Actually I heard this was a real thing.  It seems that there are
> too many broken packets and abandoned bits clogging up the lines,
> mainly due to bugs in the Netscape 2.0 beta releases coinciding
> with the opening of the Claudia Schiffer web site.  It's expected
> that network throughput will increase by 70-80% as a result of
> this cleaning.  In addition, the new B-chips (vital for
> implementing the newly-enacted bit tax) will be installed at all
> backbone access nodes.  A total outage is necessary because of
> EPA regulations concerning the disposal of entropy (listed as a
> Class IV hazardous substance).
 
New filtering software removes most of the hazardous waste in
UNIX entropy, so only MVS/VMS systems will be affected when the
Internet shuts down on the 29th.
 
Craig Shergold