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title: "Bad News, Good News and Net Wash"
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excerpt: "First, the bad news. Dansoft, manufacturer of the Thor XVI, is out of business. This has been verified ha our secret agent who actually knocked on doors in Denmark."
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# Bad News, Good News and Net Wash

First, the bad news. Dansoft, manufacturer of the Thor XVI, is out of business. This has been verified ha our secret agent who actually knocked on doors in Denmark.