[motexva]

I got on Reuters news and found the Moose quote you seem to be referring to . . . I agree this is very interesting, but I do not think that this story or web site pertains to it.

Here is one theory - the sniper knows this phrase from just hearing various people use it, and people use it because of this folk tale. There are several native american phrases and names that have made their way into colloquial english.

But what is the significance of him wanting the cops to repeat it? To me, the most significant thing about it is that the police HAVE NOT caught the sniper like a duck in a noose. Is the person contacting them trying to tell them that they have caught the sniper, or perhaps ONE of the snipers?

Also, it seems at least possible that this is a code phrase. What does it initiate? THEORY - According to my coworker, about 45 minutes ago our company's internet connection slowed down drastically. (I am not a techie, so don't ask me to explain what he's talking about, and he's pretty busy right now.) He believes this slowdown is external to our network.

I am currently typing this on my laptop, using my own personal dialup access . . . and access is SLOOOOOOOW. Slower than it's ever been. Is anyone else experiencing problems? Could this slowdown somehow be related to the codeword? Is the Internet attack of the previous days somehow connected to Islamic terror?

[VaBthang4]

If there is a slowdown I would venture a guess that it is more related to all of the usage at this hour more than anything else.

With that said....I am experiencing no problems.

[My Favorite Headache]

Only time will tell. All is nuts in Russia yet all of the cable networks are acting like it is not even happening.

[blondee123]

Mine isn't slow, but i've had constant intrusion hits since I logged onto FR tonite. Someone mentioned this the other nite in another post, that they get many intrusion attempts when they are on FR.

[angkor]

Check here for Internet traffic stats:

http://www.internettrafficreport.com/main.htm