WE> So what is the First Message? -)  Why wasn't it posted? By now it's too
 WE> late for it to be the first message anyway.
 FM> The first message was the "Letter to Garcia" and it wasn't posted
 FM> immediately because the writer was awaiting the invention of computers.
 FM> When it was finally sent it was cast forth by a Tandy 1000 with a 300
 FM> baud modem and is still in transmission!!
 MB> If this mythical First Message really exists at all, can you produce
 MB> some concrete evidence of its existence, and who is Garcia, anyway?
 MB> ;)
   I am under a blood oath not to disclose any details about it except to
bona fide members of the cult.  All will be revealed on the night of December
31, 2000 A.C.E. (or is it December 31, 2001 A.C.E., at which point it is
anticipated that nobody will be in a position to care!!!
Sincerely, 
                                     Frank
                                                                              
                                                       
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