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Mailing lists are forever? (or at least, 33 years?)
Fascinating. The text below popped up in the results from a seemingly
unrelated Google Search (though upon close inspection of associated
data, I see how this happened and that it was of course indeed correct).
This piece of 33-year-old email, that I sent from UCLA over ARPANET in the
days before domains, got me thinking. I wonder how many people who received
the email and/or attended the event, are still on one or another of these
mailing lists.
Let's find out. If you attended my first "Twilight Zone Film Festival"
in 1980 at UCLA, or for that matter any of the subsequent ones -- especially
if you remember receiving the associated emails, please let me know.
This won't be a rigorous study (duh!), but might be amusing. And Mike -- I
know you're still out there -- thanks again for running over to the
library!
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Date: 14 Jul 1980 0234-PDT (Monday)
From: Lauren at UCLA-SECURITY (Lauren Weinstein)
Subject: TZFF Epilogue
I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who came to the
Twilight Zone Film Festival. The peak turnout was around 75 people,
which is pretty respectable, all things considered.
I hope everyone enjoyed the brief visit to the days of early 1960's
television, and the "fifth dimension, beyond that which are known
to man". Special thanks goes to Mike O'Brien for running off to a
library to pick up the short subjects on very short notice.
I hope to hold another TZFF at some point in the future, though
exactly when is completely unknown at this time.
By the way, I made a special point to look out for any TCCC
representatives who might have been among the crowd. I am sorry
(or is it glad?) to report that I could find nobody that I could
definitely identify as such an entity. There were plenty of pretty
strange people though.
Once again, thanks!
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--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Founder:
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
- Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org
- Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: http://vortex.com/t-lauren
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com
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