From: “Deranged Mutant” <WlkngOwl@unix.asb.com>
To: Daniel Salber <daniel.salber@imag.fr>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-07-12 17:55:53 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 01:55:53 +0800
From: "Deranged Mutant" <WlkngOwl@unix.asb.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 01:55:53 +0800
To: Daniel Salber <daniel.salber@imag.fr>
Subject: Re: Minitel "saved" by hackers?
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On 12 Jul 96 at 5:51, Daniel Salber wrote:
[..]
> As Minow pointed out, this is not the only case of "hijacking". The
> telephone was first intended as a way to listen to remote concerts. Then
> users found out they could use it for one-to-one conversations.
This is innacurate. No, methinks it's wrong. From every history of
telephones I have read and heard, it was never that way.
The original conception was of using the telephone for broadcasting.
It's implementation in most countries was for point-to-point
communication... it wasn't a matter of the users 'found they could
use it' (at least not in the US).
Rob.
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