[ih] MAP & BBN

[Vint Cerf]

it may be fax.

v


On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Vint Cerf <vint at google.com> wrote:
> i will check with state dept.
>
> v
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> On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Miles Fidelman
> <mfidelman at meetinghouse.net> wrote:
>> actually, I was reminded of this by some of the wikileaks material - which
>> is described as inter-governmental "diplomatic cables" - which look like
>> formal message traffic -- which leads one to wonder what they were
>> transmitted over
>>
>>
>> Vint Cerf wrote:
>>>
>>> that was telegraph and telex...
>>> v
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>>>
>>> On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Leo Vegoda<leo at bind.org>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 1:08 AM, Joly MacFie<joly at punkcast.com>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> [...]
>>>>
>>>>> Weren't electric text communications popularly known as "cables" in the
>>>>> early 20th C?
>>>>
>>>> As I understand it, governments still refer to "cables" for certain
>>>> classes of inter-governmental communications. I doubt they still use
>>>> telex networks, though.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Leo
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
>> In practice, there is.   .... Yogi Berra
>>
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