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Re: POTP gets good press

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Simon Spero)
Thu Feb 8 17:41:56 1996

Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 14:21:27 -0800 (PST)
From: Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
To: "James M. Cobb" <jcobb@ahcbsd1.ovnet.com>
Cc: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>, cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSD.3.91.960208155720.6253A-100000@ahcbsd1.ovnet.com>

On Thu, 8 Feb 1996, James M. Cobb wrote:
>  
>    The team faced obstacles such as broken steam pipes and a leaky ceiling 
>    in its workroom and scepticism by the engineering and mathematics es- 
>    tablishment. 

Hell, UNC had its entire comms room taken out by a steam pipe breaking 
caused by a water main bursting. Haven't there been any advances in 
technology since the 40s?

Simon

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