Re: Minitel "saved" by hackers?

["Deranged Mutant" <WlkngOwl@unix.asb.com>]

On 12 Jul 96 at 5:51, Daniel Salber wrote:
[..]
> As Minow pointed out, this is not the only case of "hijacking". The
> telephone was first intended as a way to listen to remote concerts. Then
> users found out they could use it for one-to-one conversations.

This is innacurate. No, methinks it's wrong.  From every history of 
telephones I have read and heard, it was never that way.

The original conception was of using the telephone for broadcasting. 
It's implementation in most countries was for point-to-point 
communication... it wasn't a matter of the users 'found they could 
use it' (at least not in the US).


Rob.
 
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