>ESD took the entire province of Alberta off >the telecom network for a day or so: Which reminds me of a tale I was told from the early days of "System X" the UKs first digital telephone exchange. The press were called to see this wonder, a card was pulled out of a rack for them to ooh and ahh at, a flurry of flash photography ensued.... and promptly scrambled most of the EPROMs on that card which didn't have decent stickers over the windows! Cheers, Robin. This email originates from AXA Sun Life Services Plc (reg. no. 3424940) which is a service company for the following companies within the AXA UK plc Group: AXA Sun Life Plc (reg. no. 3291349) Sun Life Assurance Society Plc (reg. no. 776273) Sun Life Unit Assurance Limited (reg. no. 975601) Sun Life Pensions Management Limited (reg. no. 1105141) AXA Equity & Law Life Assurance Society Plc (reg. no. 575435) All of the above mentioned companies are registered in England and have their registered office at 107 Cheapside, London EC2V 6DU, England. This message and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this in error, you should not disseminate or copy this email. Please notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your system. Please also note that any opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The AXA UK Plc Group. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure, or error free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, late in arriving or incomplete as a result of the transmission process. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of email transmission. Finally, the recipient should check this email and any attachments for viruses. The AXA UK Plc Group accept no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body