At 7:23 PM 6/17/96, Lucky Green wrote:
At 9:45 6/17/96, Duncan Frissell wrote:
At 08:43 AM 6/17/96 -0400, Declan B. McCullagh wrote:
I believe we used the term "email exploder" instead of "mailing list," particularly in cross-examination and closing arguments, to convey the idea that such a device is often used for conversation, not just one-way communication.
Was this term invented during the hearings or has anyone heard of it before?
I have heard of it before. I believe "mail exploder" is a rather old term.
I haven't heard the term in many a year, but it fits with the "Internet = explosives instructions" slant in popular opinion. "Those nerds are getting their revenge by developing "mail exploders" and spreading mayhem across the Net." I wonder where they got their technical information? --Tim May Boycott "Big Brother Inside" software! We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, we know that that ain't allowed. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Licensed Ontologist | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."