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TSN
I'm... from Earth.
Member # 31

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Just got this in my e-mail. Phillip Katz, the man who created the .zip format of file compression, was found dead earlier this month.

article at ABCNews

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Harry
Stormwind City Guard
Member # 265

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Well, his life certainly got zipped...

Sorry, it was such an obvious joke, couldn't resist.

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Baloo
Curmudgeon-in-Chief
Member # 5

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How very sad.

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"A man always needs to remember one thing about a beautiful woman.
Somewhere, somebody's tired of her."
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