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Subject:Re: Hobbe's Internet timeline From:Kathy Vincent <vincentk -at- WFU -dot- EDU> Date:Fri, 12 Aug 1994 23:44:05 GMT
I, too, just assume that root -at- anyplace -dot- whatever is the address
for the system "superuser." That's certainly standard UNIX system
stuff. Maybe the offended person isn't familiar with UNIX?
Kathy Vincent vincentk -at- ac -dot- wfunet -dot- wfu -dot- edu
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Elizabeth Lopez-Aguado (liz -at- pure -dot- com) wrote:
: This is interesting. I never took the email address to mean anything
: but superuser. Certainly not bedmate. I guess we read into things
: whatever we want - don't we?
