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Re: Why and how people work for free on "challenges"

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Simon Spero)
Tue Mar 26 00:45:11 1996

Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 21:23:50 -0800 (PST)
From: Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
To: Alan Horowitz <alanh@mailhost.infi.net>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SV4.3.91.960325213654.8787A-100000@larry.infi.net>

On Mon, 25 Mar 1996, Alan Horowitz wrote:

> Why does the news media think I care if someone has succeeded in 
> ballooning across the Atlantic Ocean?  

Because it's a cool thing to do?

And why isn't he using his own airline  :-) (Love those Masseusses in "Upper 
Class")

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