20 Feb
2020
20 Feb
'20
5:05 a.m.
[ Moved to COFF ]
On Wed, 19 Feb 2020, Richard Salz wrote:
He's a loon. Search for the techdirt.com
articles.
> On Wed, Feb 19, 2020, 7:07 PM Ed Carp <erc(a)pobox.com> wrote:
> I've noticed that some guy named Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai is all over
> Twitter, claiming that he is the inventor of email. He doesn't
> look like he's nearly old enough. I thought it was Ray
> Tomlinson. Looks like he's trying to create some press for his
> Senate run.
>
> Anyone older that me here that can either confirm or deny?
> Thanks!
Back when I was posting "On this day" events, I had this for Ray
Tomlinson for 23rd April:
Ray Tomlinson, computer pioneer, was born on this day in 1941. He is
credited with inventing this weird thing called "email" on the
ARPAnet, in particular the "@" sign to designate a remote host
(although some jerk -- his name is not important -- is claiming that
he was first).
-- Dave