Not Dead Yet: Auto replies

Not Dead Yet: Auto replies: has a bunch of funny auto-reply messages. I think my favorite is:

"* Thank you for your message, which has been added to a queuing system. Your email is important to me, and you're currently in 352nd place. You can expect to receive a reply in approximately 19 weeks."

Jonathan Schwartz's Weblog : Weblog

Jonathan Schwartz's Weblog : Weblog: "Every customer we've disclosed has had a different set of concerns or challenges. None in my mind are insurmountable. But we don't have all the answers, of course, that's why we'll be working with key partners and integrators (one customer wanted the container to detonate if it was breached - er... perfectly doable, just not something Sun would do)."

Kudos to Sun for some truly imaginative thinking. Of course, I'm thinking the British Secret Service is wanting the explodable version. It always works out so well for James Bond when his car explodes.

Collectible Quarters

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Editor's Note: Feel free to change Alabama with your favorite state.

Hang on to any of the new State of Alabama quarters. If you have them, they may be worth much more than 25 cents.

The U.S. Treasury announced today that it is recalling all of the Alabama quarters that are part of its program featuring quarters from each state.

"We are recalling all the new Alabama quarters that were recently issued," Treasury Undersecretary Jack Shackleford said Monday. "This action is being taken after numerous reports that the new quarters will not work in parking meters, toll booths, vending machines, pay phones, or other coin-operated devices."

The quarters were issued in the order in which the various states joined the U.S. and have been a tremendous success among coin collectors worldwide.

"The problem lies in the unique design of the Alabama quarter, which was created by an Auburn University graduate," Shackleford said. "Apparently, the duct tape holding the two dimes and the nickel
together keeps jamming the coin-operated devices."

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