>I don't know if this is a legitimate warning, but for whatever it is worth,
>here it is, from a friend of mine.

It is not legit, it's a hoax, and it's over a year old now. See IBM's home
pages for details on hoaxes (heck, just do a web search on the text string
"Join the crew" and see how many hundreds of hits you get - all indicating
it's a hoax). DO NOT PASS IT ON.

Peace,

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