Re: [OFFTOPIC] 1149 (was: lonk (wss: Meta: behavior on list))

2021-08-14 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 14 August 2021 08:44:44 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 07:37:00AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > > tomas writes: > > > But... Usenet was /before/ 'phone, wasn't it? > > > > Yup. Back in the 1860s we did UUCP over manual telegraph. Earlier > > yet we used heliograph.

Re: [OFFTOPIC] 1149 (was: lonk (wss: Meta: behavior on list))

2021-08-14 Thread tomas
On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 07:37:00AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > tomas writes: > > But... Usenet was /before/ 'phone, wasn't it? > > Yup. Back in the 1860s we did UUCP over manual telegraph. Earlier yet > we used heliograph. Signal fires on hilltops were slow, but worked. > And, of course, pigeon