Nope, sounds genuine to me - I'd guess that the control codes for backspace, cursor movement, whatever, got embedded into the email text and were then replayed when the email was viewed.
Probably wouldn't have worked if the email was composed on a different type of terminal from the one it was viewed on.
>Don't forget that around 1978 most people in the USSR had sattelite TV.
I find this very hard to believe. I was in the USSR in the mid-80's and I don't remember seeing satellite dishes on any of the buildings. IIRC TV sets in the USSR had fixed tuning so that they could only receive the state TV channels.
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Sorry, but I've patented the process of hailing overlords.
See you in court!
Nope, sounds genuine to me - I'd guess that the control codes for backspace, cursor movement, whatever, got embedded into the email text and were then replayed when the email was viewed.
Probably wouldn't have worked if the email was composed on a different type of terminal from the one it was viewed on.
No, Peter Jones was a serious actor and occaisional comedian (or possibly vice-versa, depending on your/his point of view), not a newsreader.
>Don't forget that around 1978 most people in the USSR had sattelite TV.
I find this very hard to believe. I was in the USSR in the mid-80's and I don't remember seeing satellite dishes on any of the buildings. IIRC TV sets in the USSR had fixed tuning so that they could only receive the state TV channels.
What about the noise of the CDROM drive?
When mine winds up to full speed I can't hear _any_ of the fans in the PC!
Of course, I could use one the utilities that limit its maximum speed, but these seem to upset the copy-protection systems used on some games.