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--On Sun, Jan 2, 2000 10:31 AM -0500 Peter Murray <[email protected]> wrote: > --On Sat, Jan 1, 2000 8:01 PM -0500 Peter Murray <[email protected]> wrote: >> Given all of the hype, we couldn't help but wonder what would really >> happen if our web server thought it was 1900. So last night (promptly at >> midnight EST) we rolled to the CWRU circa 1900 page: > > Well, unfortunately, the administration asked us to change it back. > Perhaps they have no sense of humor -- it is hard to tell at this point > (we'll find out Tuesday). In any case, the home page is restored, but if > you didn't see it in the 33 hours it was up you can see what the page > would have looked like at: > > <http://www.cwru.edu/y2k-home.html> One more message on this topic. Apparently our little joke fooled Wired Magazine and The Washington Post. Our PR department issued a press release about it: <http://www.cwru.edu/pubaff/univcomm/y2k-joke.htm> which references: <http://www.wired.com/news/y2k/0,1360,33397,00.html> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/2000-01/04/055l-010400-idx.ht ml> Peter -- Peter Murray, Library Systems Manager [email protected] Digital Media Services http://www.cwru.edu/home/pem.html Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio W:216-368-8834
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