Regards TheHermit on DALnet
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-virus@lucifer.com [mailto:owner-virus@lucifer.com]On Behalf
> Of Nathan Russell
> Sent: Sunday, May 31, 1998 8:39 PM
> To: virus@lucifer.com
> Subject: Re: virus: May 5, 2000
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> red_mist wrote:
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> > In message <3.0.3.32.19980530021234.007dc760@CS347838-A.gvcl1.bc.wave.ho
> > me.com>, Dan Plante <danp@CS347838-A.gvcl1.bc.wave.home.com> writes
> > >
> > >At 11:05 PM 5/28/98 +0100, red_mist wrote:
> > >>
> > >>I have actually done some research into this. In may 5th 2000 all the
> > >>planets in the solor system will be in a line. The gravitational pull
> > >>of all the planets could be big enough to make the earth tip on it's
> > >>side causing the poles to move to the equator.
> > >
> > > Please tell me you're kidding.
> > >
> > >
> > > I don't suppose you could quote me a source, could you?
> > >
> > http://www.teleport.com/~tcollins/conjunct.shtml
> > --
> > Only the weak are blind when the mist descends
> > red_mist
>
> Okay, let's think. This guy, at teleport.com, which is hardly a
> recognized scientific institution, sat down at his computer, spent about 8
> hours learning HTML and another weekend or two coding this 'recognized
> source' and then paid the teleport people to host his page. They took his
> money and put it out there without reviewing it or even insisting that he
> put out his full first name. Just because something's on the net doesn't
> mean it's true - look at the religious pages, including Heaven's Gate, or
> the pages about Star Trek technical information, or people who say they've
> slept with Elvis. It's all out there, so I'm not too suprised that this
> conjuction stuff is too. Just subscribe to alt.conspiracies and see how
> long it takes you to figure out that it's all made up - they once
> said that
> TWA 800 was shot down because the military's 'focused newtron (sic) beam'
> mistook it for a UFO. If you want to believe everything you see
> on the net,
> why not just go out looking for Elvis, JFK and Jimmy Hoffa? Or exercise
> some healthy specticism. In May 2000, we'll all go out in our backyards
> with binoclaurs and see the planets make a nice pattern; that's it.
>
> -Nathan Russell
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