[nycbug-talk] Arpanet dialogues

[George Rosamond]

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.

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