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[ih] Internet milestone - The Refrigerator Strikes Back (Jack Haverty)
- Subject: [ih] Internet milestone - The Refrigerator Strikes Back (Jack Haverty)
- From: LarrySheldon at cox.net (Larry Sheldon)
- Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 22:57:15 -0600
- In-reply-to: <Femk1n00s3VDnm801emlhQ>
- References: <[email protected]> <Femk1n00s3VDnm801emlhQ>
On 1/18/2014 8:10 PM, Jack Haverty wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Noel Chiappa <jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu>wrote:
>> Just like the elevator call hack at MIT... Oh, better not talk about that!
>> :-)
Sounds like something really ought to be documented for the ages.....
I have not seen mention of the Coke machine at JPL (or maybe it was
CalTech) that had a display that could be used to post messages to
people, or the mechanical hand you could use to chase the cats off the
printer somewhere...
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