Fredericton Geek Speak

BELIEVE it or not, the email has just turned 35.IT programmer Ray Tomlinson sent the first message in late 1971.

“The test messages were entirely forgettable and I have, therefore, forgotten them. Most likely the first message was QWERTYUIOP or something similar,” he says.

And now, 35 years on, we’d be completely lost without the joys of emailing - just imagine actually having to work all day!

That said, for all the advantages of knowing your buddies are just a few clicks away, incessant emailing has also been known to backfire. How many of us have clicked ‘reply all’ by accident?

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006540735,00.html 

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