[ih] Looking for F. Yates and P. Baran paper

[Dave CROCKER]

On 2/26/2012 12:05 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote:
> Larry Sheldon wrote:
>> On 2/26/2012 1:09 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote:
>>> Silly thought, but have you tried picking up a phone and CALLING someone
>>> at RAND? I expect there's a corporate library you could start with.
>>
>> How "lo-tech" is THAT?!!?! I was thinking "Hughes" from an earlier remark.
>
> Want really lo-tech - try calling the research desk at one's local library -
> generally, they can track down anything and obtain it through inter-library
> loan. Really useful when one wants a copy of an obscure paper that's only
> available for an exorbitant reprint fee - our local library can get pretty much
> anything, and deliver it via email, at no cost.


Totally off topic, but still...

The research librarian at Rand helped with the original formulation of timezones 
in RFC 733. I was at Rand during the development of the spec.

We knew most of the zones, but I needed to find out what to call the timezone 
for Alaska.  I had heard that Rand's librarian was almost mystical in her 
skills, and this way my first opportunity to test her.

I called down and told here what I needed.  She called back in only a few 
minutes with the answer.  This was too quick; I could not imagine what book she 
had thought to consult and find so fast.  So I asked how she did it.

"I called the information operator in Anchorage and asked her what they call 
their timezone"...

d/

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   Dave Crocker
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