In praise of non-directive research, Sarah Palin notwithstanding: According to _New Scientist_ magazine (October 16/08 at http://tinyurl.com/64pp3u ) Ray Tomlinson was responsible for developing the first programme for e-mail, and sent the first e-mail message. It's now estimated that 210 billion e-mails are sent every day.
But when he started out back in 1971, he didn't want anyone to know about it. According to a colleague, he cautioned " 'Don't tell anyone! This isn't what we're supposed to be working on'". Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Subscribe to discussion list (TIPS) for the teaching of psychology at http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/tips/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
