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Archives => 2009 => Topic started by: krissel on May 08, 2009, 02:57:59 AM

Title: Where the @ symbol originated
Post by: krissel on May 08, 2009, 02:57:59 AM

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/i...-473-years-old/

And of course, the first email:

http://openmap.bbn.com/~tomlinso/ray/firstemailframe.html

Title: Where the @ symbol originated
Post by: gunug on May 08, 2009, 05:15:10 AM

I know from now on I'm going to always think of it as "the monkey" sign; it indicates where gunug monkey is lurking these days!

Title: Where the @ symbol originated
Post by: Xairbusdriver on May 08, 2009, 08:23:05 AM

QUOTE("Ray Tomlinson")

The...messages were entirely forgettable and I have, therefore, forgotten them.

I've sent a few hundred thousand of those myself! Does that mean I'm in "good company?!"