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IP: is it the full moon, or is this just a good week comedy
From: David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 22:36:04 -0400
From: "Richard J. Solomon" <richard () goodread com> And what the hell does that last sentence mean? -R Title: Senate Hits Computer Games Delete Button Source: Washington Post <http://www.washingtonpost.com/> (A10) Author: Associated Press Issue: Computer Games Last night the Senate approved a measure to remove computer games from all government computers. The measure, which was passed without objection, also bars the government from purchasing new computers with games already installed on them. Sen. Lauch Faircloth ... commenting ... "save millions if not billions in lost productivity." Games sited as particular problems were "Solitaire" and "Global Thermo-Nuclear War," the later of which was responsible for bringing the level of military alert to "Defcon 4" 178,000 times in the last week alone.
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