* [COFF] [TUHS] Who is the inventor of email? [not found] ` <CAFH29tqbEduZ1-4dMeCtQnF4Wf2RLAbZo++YxvZSgd3UjPGhiA@mail.gmail.com> @ 2020-02-20 5:05 ` dave 2020-02-20 21:50 ` rtomek 0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread From: dave @ 2020-02-20 5:05 UTC (permalink / raw) [-- Warning: decoded text below may be mangled, UTF-8 assumed --] [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1000 bytes --] [ Moved to COFF ] On Wed, 19 Feb 2020, Richard Salz wrote: > He's a loon. Search for the techdirt.com articles. > > > On Wed, Feb 19, 2020, 7:07 PM Ed Carp <erc at pobox.com> wrote: > > I've noticed that some guy named Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai is all over > > Twitter, claiming that he is the inventor of email. He doesn't > > look like he's nearly old enough. I thought it was Ray > > Tomlinson. Looks like he's trying to create some press for his > > Senate run. > > > > Anyone older that me here that can either confirm or deny? > > Thanks! Back when I was posting "On this day" events, I had this for Ray Tomlinson for 23rd April: Ray Tomlinson, computer pioneer, was born on this day in 1941. He is credited with inventing this weird thing called "email" on the ARPAnet, in particular the "@" sign to designate a remote host (although some jerk -- his name is not important -- is claiming that he was first). -- Dave ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
* [COFF] [TUHS] Who is the inventor of email? 2020-02-20 5:05 ` [COFF] [TUHS] Who is the inventor of email? dave @ 2020-02-20 21:50 ` rtomek 0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread From: rtomek @ 2020-02-20 21:50 UTC (permalink / raw) On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 04:05:00PM +1100, Dave Horsfall wrote: > [ Moved to COFF ] > [...] > Back when I was posting "On this day" events, I had this for Ray > Tomlinson for 23rd April: > > Ray Tomlinson, computer pioneer, was born on this day in 1941. He is > credited with inventing this weird thing called "email" on the > ARPAnet, in particular the "@" sign to designate a remote host > (although some jerk -- his name is not important -- is claiming that > he was first). I am afraid of jerks even if only a judge will listen to them. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home ** ** directory. And then the C programmer became enlightened... ** ** ** ** Tomasz Rola mailto:tomasz_rola at bigfoot.com ** ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
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