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[LOCKED] [EMAIL/PUZZLE] From importantinfo@urbanmythology.net 9/15/04

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Dare
Boot

Joined: 16 Oct 2003
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[EMAIL/PUZZLE] From importantinfo@urbanmythology.net 9/15/04

I've been looking for a topic regarding this e-mail I received last night but I haven't found any. If there is, and I've overlooked it, mods, please lock this thread.

Ok this is the e-mail:

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From: <importantinfo@urbanmythology.net>
To: <importantinfo@urbanmythology.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 5:05 PM
Subject: Ultimate information! Not Spam!

Guess the warnings were true. Federal Bill 602P 5-cents per E-mail sent. It
figures! No more free E-mail! We knew this was coming!! Bill 602P will
permit the Federal Government to charge a 5-cent charge on every delivered
E-mail. Please read the following carefully if you intend to stay online
and continue using E-mail. The last few months have revealed an alarming
trend in the Government of the United States attempting to quietly push
through legislation that will affect our use of the Internet.

Under proposed legislation, the US Postal Service will be attempting to
bill E-mail users out of "alternative postage fees."

Bill 602P will permit the Federal Government to charge a 5-cent surcharge
on every e-mail delivered, by billing Internet Service Providers at source.
The consumer would then be billed in turn by the ISP.

Washington DC lawyer Richard Stepp is working without pay to prevent this
legislation from becoming law. The US Postal Service is claiming lost
revenue, due to the proliferation of E-mail, is costing nearly $230,000,000
in revenue per year. You may have noticed their recent ad campaign: "There
is nothing like a letter."

Since the average person received about 10 pieces of E-mail per day in
1998, the cost of the typical individual would be an additional 50 cents a
day -- or over $180 per year -- above and beyond their regular Internet
costs.

Note that this would be money paid directly to the US Postal Service for a
service they do not even provide.

The whole point of the Internet is democracy and noninterference. You are
already paying an exorbitant price for snail mail because of bureaucratic
inefficiency. It currently takes up to 6 days for a letter to be delivered
from coast to coast. If the US Postal Service is allowed to tinker with E-
mail, it will mark the end of the "free" Internet in the United States.

Congressional representative, Tony Schnell (R) has even suggested a "$20-
$40 per month surcharge on all Internet service" above and beyond the
governments proposed E-mail charges. Note that most of the major newspapers
have ignored the story the only exception being the Washingtonian which
called the idea of E-mail surcharge "a useful concept who's time has come"
(March 6th, 1999 Editorial). Do not sit by and watch your freedom erode
away!

Send this E-mail to EVERYONE on your list, and tell all your friends and
relatives to write their congressional representative and say "NO" to Bill
602P.

It will only take a few moments of your time and could very well be
instrumental in killing a bill we do not want.

PLEASE FORWARD!

Your lucky Roman numerals! XIII XXI LXXXII XCIII XCIV CXXVII CLXXX CLXXXI
CLXXXII CLXXXIII CLXXXIV CCVII CCLXXV CCLXXVI CCXCIII CCCIV CDL CDLXXIII
CDLXXVI CDLXXXVIII!

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Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 6:34 pm

Dare
Boot

Joined: 16 Oct 2003
Posts: 18

Ok, now for what I've got so far.

The Roman numerals translated to base 10:

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13 21 82 93 94 127 180 181 182 183 184 207 275 276 293 304 450 473 476 488!

And what they represent:

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I T W A S A P L E A S U R E T O B U R N!

And googling that phrase leads me to:

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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 6:39 pm

sequoya
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Joined: 27 Jul 2004
Posts: 548
Location: Land of haggis, kilts, neds and Irn-Bru

Nice work Dare, but I'm sorry to have to say, the topic you were looking for is here Wink

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Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 6:41 pm

Dare
Boot

Joined: 16 Oct 2003
Posts: 18

There it is! Sheesh... I gotta learn how to search better!

Thanks for pointing it out!

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 6:45 pm

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