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No Use for Donk Twits
Happy birthday, spam.
P.S.: Now go away.
It was 30 years ago this Saturday that users of Arpanet, a U.S. government-designed precursor to the Internet, logged onto their accounts to find what is considered the first piece of unsolicited commercial e-mail ever sent.
It was a pitch for a new computer. "We invite you to come see the 2020 and hear about the DECSYSTEM-20 family at the two product presentations we will be giving in California this month," read the missive, sent by a salesman named Gary Thuerk on May 3, 1978.
washingtonpost.com - nation, world, technology and Washington area news and headlines
Actually I thought Tipper sent the first spam, "Don't bother coming home tonight honey, after creating the internet. I'm dying so your roommate can make "Love Story" about us."
P.S.: Now go away.
It was 30 years ago this Saturday that users of Arpanet, a U.S. government-designed precursor to the Internet, logged onto their accounts to find what is considered the first piece of unsolicited commercial e-mail ever sent.
It was a pitch for a new computer. "We invite you to come see the 2020 and hear about the DECSYSTEM-20 family at the two product presentations we will be giving in California this month," read the missive, sent by a salesman named Gary Thuerk on May 3, 1978.
washingtonpost.com - nation, world, technology and Washington area news and headlines
Actually I thought Tipper sent the first spam, "Don't bother coming home tonight honey, after creating the internet. I'm dying so your roommate can make "Love Story" about us."