From: Robin Powell <rpowell@algorithmics.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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Message ID: <96Jul23.172200edt.20481@janus.algorithmics.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-07-24 10:01:26 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 18:01:26 +0800
From: Robin Powell <rpowell@algorithmics.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 18:01:26 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Internet Through Radio [joke reply]
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>>>>> In article <01BB752B.81D53DE0@ip65.i-manila.com.ph>, Jerome Tan <jti@i-manila.com.ph> writes:
> Does anyone know how to Internet through radio using packet modems? By =
> next year, our telephone company will be implementing metered phones, =
> this will be unfair to modem users since they do that to prevent people =
> from talking to the phone for long hours.
<Joke mode on>
Sorry, but I couldn't resist:
You talk to your phone???
I've always found non-sentient peices of metal and plastic (and
assorted semiconductors) to be awfully boring conversation partners,
but maybe it's just me...
-Robin
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