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		dpweb on Sept 27, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New UNIX implementation (1983) Can't believe "on-line" and "snail mail" were terms being used in 1983!

lectrick on Sept 27, 2013 | [–]

I wouldn't be surprised if he invented snail-mail

Dude was proverbially "leet as fuck" back in that day.

angersock on Sept 27, 2013 | | [–]

6|\||_| h4x0r5

tmoullet on Sept 27, 2013 | [–]

Found a reference to snail mail in 1968.

http://books.google.com/books?id=-VMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA112-IA5&d...

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