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1994-08-27 - Re: FCC Regulation (fwd)

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From: Hal <hfinney@shell.portal.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: 468f4724221f89d5f3ca4fdfff81192717da06dabb60287718cbe5e87f9236c3
Message ID: <199408271609.JAA25075@jobe.shell.portal.com>
Reply To: <9408271523.AA06379@ua.MIT.EDU>
UTC Datetime: 1994-08-27 16:09:53 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 27 Aug 94 09:09:53 PDT

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From: Hal <hfinney@shell.portal.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 94 09:09:53 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: FCC Regulation (fwd)
In-Reply-To: <9408271523.AA06379@ua.MIT.EDU>
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Jason W Solinsky <solman@MIT.EDU> writes:
>Its scary, that having read just the first half of it, I could believe
>it to be true. Or maybe it merely proves that my mind is mush.

It fooled me for the first few paragraphs, too.  It's traditional in these
spoofs to have some "tipoff", a strange date or name, at the top, but I
didn't notice anything like that.  I think it's a bit unethical to send
this kind of thing out; someone who just skimmed the first part may come
away with entirely the wrong impression.

(It was an entertaining spoof, no question, I just wish they had taken a
little more care to avoid misleading people.)

Hal

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