At 04:21 PM 9/25/2002 -0500, you wrote:

>Back in my time you couldn't get a Ph.D. in Physics unless you could
>write mail in FORTRAN, or at least punch the cards and drop them off.

I thought back in those days you just wrote a message, wrapped it around a 
big rock, and threw it as hard as you could. Then, whoever the rock hit 
would pick it up and throw it as far as he could in the same general 
direction. Thus, the mail relay system was born.

Regards, Dustin


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