Re: BBC

"Jay Furr" <jayfurr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7322615.stm

And here's a link to the interviewer's blog entry:

"The term was picked up in internet chat rooms in the early 1970s..."

Uh...I hope he researched the rest of his article beter.
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<I don't recall saying 1970s to the guy, but I didn't even want to
<*try* explaining what a MUD was and so I called them "early text-based
<chat rooms".

If this is reflective of BBC research in general, woo-boy...

--Tedward


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