On 9/15/2017 10:49 AM, Geoffrey Oltmans via cctalk wrote:
Wow... that really doesn't make him look good at all!
On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 11:47 PM, Eric Smith via cctalk <
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On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 7:43 PM, Charles Dickman via cctalk <
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On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 1:15 PM, Shoppa, Tim via cctalk
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He seems to have been the first to mention ARPANET in a popular
hobbyist-type context like BYTE. (Leading him to get kicked off ARPANET!)
Yes I remember reading something like that too. I would like to know
the story of that.
http://www.stormtiger.org/bob/humor/pournell/story.html
It does not surprise me. Not that I knew the man, but it seems in
general, our heroes are more blemished and our villains more redeemable
than we want to remember or admit.
On a more practical note. If I were a writer, had an audience, and
managed to snag an account on the coolest network around, I'd probably
have flaunted it as well, with the same end.
Jim
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