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themanintheseersuckersuit
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by themanintheseersuckersuit » Sat May 03, 2008 1:51 pm
Thirty years old
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.
Gee thanks Gary, but they could have called it Thuerk
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... rss_nationSuitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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littlebeast13
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by littlebeast13 » Sun May 04, 2008 7:04 am
I might still have that somewhere in my Go mail.....
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Bob Juch
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by Bob Juch » Sun May 04, 2008 10:28 am
The volume of spam is up four times from this time a year ago.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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