[nycbug-talk] Arpanet dialogues

Raúl Cuza raulcuza at gmail.com
Mon Dec 10 19:41:57 EST 2012


On Dec 10, 2012, at 17:13, George Rosamond <george at ceetonetechnology.com> wrote:

> On 12/10/12 14:57, Bill Totman wrote:
>> 
>> On Dec 10, 2012, at 2:51 PM, Andy Kosela <akosela at andykosela.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Raul Cuza <raulcuza at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> context: http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2011/04/so-reagan-signs-into-this-chatroom.html
>>>> 
>>>> On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Bill Totman <billtotman at billtotman.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 12/9/12 9:44 PM, George Rosamond wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Some crazy stuff here:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> http://www.arpanetdialogues.net/
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Online chats from 1976-1979.  The first one I'm reading through now, and
>>>>>> it's funny to hear discussions about the enormous potential impact and who
>>>>>> will fund its growth and usage.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Too bad nothing has been invented since ;)
>>> 
>>> "Some people have assumed that the archive is real. Did this surprise
>>> you? Have you had any negative reactions?
>>> This reaction was completely unexpected, and it was not our intention
>>> to fool people."
>>> 
>>> Well, I think many people indeed got fooled by this and it was part of
>>> their original plan.  There is no statement on their website that all
>>> of this is a work of fiction.
>>> 
>>> --Andy
>> 
>> Me: duped.
>> 
>> Note: each of the persons in the 1st 'dialog' 'excerpt' are deceased.
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks, Andy.
> 
> 
> not me.  It's April 1, that's why I posted.
> 
> $ cal
> 
> Okay... I'm lying.  Totally duped.
> 
> g
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Me: can't figure out how to make my mobile bottom post. :-/

It felt too much like something I would love to read. The fist arpanet dialog probably was along the lines of "Scotty, beam me up."

Raúl

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