[ale] Email limit of 500 miles

[Brian Stanaland]

The FAQ for the email story is just as entertaining as the story itself. He
even talks about it happening "somewhere between 1994 and 1997" but not
being sure.

https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail-faq.html


On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 8:19 AM Jim Kinney via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> It had to have happened far earlier but only was written up 2001 or so.
> SunOS 5 was mid-90s?
>
> Still funny bit of sleuthing.
>
> On February 18, 2022 7:53:03 AM EST, Pete Hardie <pete.hardie at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> I remember reading that, but thought it was earlier - pre Y2K
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 7:50 AM Jim Kinney via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>>
>>> https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html
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>>> Computers amplify human error
>>> Super computers are really
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