Subj : Re: Banana Ketchup
To   : Mike Powell
From : Ben Collver
Date : Thu Feb 08 2024 10:33:02

  Re: Re: Banana Ketchup
  By: Mike Powell to BEN COLLVER on Thu Feb 08 2024 08:46:00

MP> That is pretty neat, especially when you consider that email was not really
MP> a public thing back then.  Sort of an early form of audio-conferencing. :)

Yes!

I enjoy reading about past human ingenuity.

<opinion>
I am still a little in awe about UUCP.  It was such a powerful adaptation to
the constraints of the day, both hardware resources and the cost of phone
service.  I like the idea of routing BBS or UUCP packets over sneakernet.
But i guess that is just a fantasy, comparable to the fantasy of building a
meaningful web of trust using PGP.  The technical capacity is there.  The
area that needs work is social and not technical.
</opinion>

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