[ih] Porn on the net

[Scott Bradner]

as I recall, Noel's talk was on Nimrod

Scott

> On Sep 20, 2022, at 9:15 AM, Andrew G. Malis via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> 
> Bob,
> 
> That was a GREAT IETF meeting. Kathy Huber and I did some fun sightseeing
> together around the area (Bandelier, etc.), I learned the New Mexico
> official question ("Red or green?", referring to which chili you wanted
> with your meal), and I distinctly remember Noel Chiappa was giving a late
> afternoon technical talk and the room we were in had windows set behind the
> speaker (Noel). While Noel was speaking, there was a spectacular sunset
> over the mountains outside the window, and Noel missed the whole thing
> because he was facing us. I also discovered that I'm allergic to cottonwood
> when I encountered a fireplace in the hotel burning a cottonwood fire. :-)
> 
> Cheers,
> Andy
> 
> 
> On Mon, Sep 19, 2022 at 4:04 PM Bob Purvy via Internet-history <
> internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> 
>> thanks, everyone. Keep 'em coming.
>> 
>> To be more specific: I was at the Santa Fe IETF
>> <https://www.ietf.org/proceedings/22> in 1991. I'm planning to "repurpose"
>> Chris's experience for one of my characters who was there. The thought is,
>> "the Internet" wasn't yet on *everyone's* mind, but obviously some
>> forward-thinking individuals were onto it.
>> 
>> On Mon, Sep 19, 2022 at 12:47 PM Leo Vegoda <leo at vegoda.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Mon, 19 Sept 2022 at 12:13, Bob Purvy via Internet-history
>>> <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> [...]
>>> 
>>>> So I know Usenet had its alt.sex.* groups forever, and I remember that
>> in
>>>> the *very* early days, "pornography" was the one monetization case that
>>>> everyone could agree might work. Maybe the only one. When did you first
>>>> hear of someone doing this for money?
>>> 
>>> The FT recently published a fairly deep investigation of money and
>>> porn in podcast form: Hot Money.
>>> 
>>> Episode 4 deals with Rusty and Edie's BBS but I think they covered the
>>> whole scene from very early networking to almost today quite clearly.
>>> 
>>> https://www.ft.com/content/762e4648-06d7-4abd-8d1e-ccefb74b3244 and
>>> presumably all the places podcasts are published.
>>> 
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