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From: thayne@xmission.com (Thayne Forbes)
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Subject: Re: CIA World Fact Book...BAH!
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Date: 25 Mar 1994 14:07:36 -0700
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Ronald Gast (rgast@mksol.dseg.ti.com) wrote:
:> I just recently purchased the CIA World Fact Book. It is a JOKE! The
:> whole program and data is LESS than 5MB total! I couldn't believe it.
:> Why bother to put something like that on CD-ROM if all you have is
:> 5MB. To lure unsuspecting buyers perhaps? 
:>     
:> As for the data, any decent encyclopedia has more detail. CIA...BAH!
:>   
:> Don't waste your money on this.

And it is available via anonymous ftp.  Check gopher or archie.
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Thayne Forbes           thayne@xmission.com
Computer Weenie at large