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On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 07:45:26PM -0500, Paul wrote: > Michael D. Bevilacqua wrote: > > >Oh come on Gates... > > > >http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/03/05/spam.charge.ap/index.html > > > > > > > > I don't know if this true, but I just received this from my father. > Actually, I haven't even read it yet. > > Subject: Federal Bill 602P-Mail Charge > > Guess the warnings were true. Federal Bill 602P charges 5-cents per > E-mail sent. It figures! No more free E-mail! Bill 602P will permit > the Federal Government to charge a 5-cent charge on every delivered > E-mail. This story has been around more than the proverbial "bad penny". I started to tear this apart on logical terms alone but this: http://www.urbanlegends.com/ulz/emailtax.html actually covers all the points I wanted to make very nicely. I check ALL such stories with snopes.com or urbanlegends.com before repeating them :-) Eric -- # Eric Lucas # "Oh, I have slipped the surly bond of earth # And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings... # -- John Gillespie Magee Jr. ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug