From: Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com> To: redhat-watch-list@redhat.com Subject: Roswell: the second sighting - available now Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 08:48:29 -0400 ROSWELL, N.M (DP) - Rumors swirled around Roswell this morning after more unusual sightings last night; first of access being denied to investigators, and then of a second, new incident. Since initial reports of this Roswell incident started circulating on the internet nearly three weeks ago, interest has focused mainly on the bits of technology and wreckage recovered at the sight. However, recent attempts by outsiders to examine or recover this data had left them frustrated. "I couldn't get in to access it. It's like they're hiding something." said a concerned citizen. "There was this big hubbub, and now they seem to have been locking everybody out for the past couple of days." Contacts at Red Hat, Inc., a central repository of data for this sighting, were mysteriously silent when questioned yesterday. Recent reports, however, show even more odd events. "I went back to the same place I'd seen it before," said one distressed townsperson. "What I'd seen before was gone - there was SOMETHING else out there. It looked more complete; while some of the stuff that I saw last week was completely smashed and unusable, this new evidence is almost recognizable." Other Roswell enthusiasts confirmed. "What's there now is definitely different; it seems to be a completely new reworking of the technology. I'd guess nearly a third of it appears to have changed in one way or another." Experts caution against unsafe deployment of technology gained from these incidents, though. "I wouldn't put anything based on this into production." said one scientist. "I mean, this stuff just fell out of the sky! Any computer you install this on could start being used by THEM to construct sophisticated mind-control devices. Or, more likely, it would just catch fire and melt down. However, if that does happen, we'd want to know about it." The researcher continued, offering that http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/ is the best place to record problems encountered in the use of this new technology. Information is still being gathered on this second Roswell sighting. For full details on this sighting, see: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/beta/roswell/ A network of mirror locations has sprouted to disseminate this information; you can also check the following sites: Alabama, USA: http://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/redhat/linux/beta/roswell/ Massachusetts, USA: http://rpmfind.net/linux/redhat/beta/roswell/ ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/redhat/beta/roswell/ Michigan, USA: ftp://mirror.pa.msu.edu/linux/redhat/linux/beta/roswell/ North Carolina, USA: ftp://jungle.metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/distributions/redhat/beta/roswell/ ftp://ftp.dulug.duke.edu/pub/redhat/linux/beta/roswell/ Pennsylvania, USA: ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/redhat/redhat/linux/beta/roswell/ Washington, DC, USA: ftp://ftp.dc.us.telia.net/pub/linux/redhat/redhat/linux/beta/ Australia: http://planetmirror.com/pub/redhat/linux/beta/roswell/ ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/redhat/linux/beta/roswell/ Canada: ftp://ftp.crc.ca/pub/systems/linux/redhat/ftp.redhat.com/linux/beta/roswell Czech Republic: ftp://ftp.linux.cz/pub/linux/redhat/linux/beta/roswell/ ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/MIRRORS/ftp.redhat.com/redhat/linux/beta/roswell France: ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/redhat/linux/beta/roswell/ ftp://ftp.uvsq.fr/pub/linux/distributions/redhat/linux/beta/roswell/ Germany: ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/redhat-ftp/redhat/linux/beta/roswell/ ftp://ftp.uni-bayreuth.de/pub/redhat/linux/beta/roswell/ Israel: ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/mirror/linux/redhat/ftp/redhat/linux/beta/roswell/ Peru: ftp://ftp.sajinet.com.pe/pub/linux/redhat/linux/beta/ or check http://www.redhat.com/download/mirror.html for a mirror near you. Periodic updates on this sighting will be made available; you can access them at: http://beta.rhns.redhat.com/ For more information on this sighting, send mail to: roswell-list-request@redhat.com with subscribe in the subject line. You can leave the body empty. Or see: https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/roswell-list/