And a theme song? ***************************** Julie Cohn, Ph.D. Research Historian Center for Public History University of Houston 315 McElhinney Hall Houston, TX 77204-3007 cohnconnor@comcast.net On Sep 4, 2014, at 11:46 AM, Janet Abbate wrote:
We need a secret cabal handshake. I suggest the SSL protocol.
Janet
On Sep 3, 2014, at 2:45 32PM, Paul N. Edwards wrote:
As the silliness level mounts, let me contribute:
I suggest we drive around in cabal cars and lay an undersea cabal for our secret messages. Or we could just kick cabal around…
P On Sep 3, 2014, at 13:04 , Thomas Haigh <thaigh@computer.org> wrote:
Hmm. A cabal obviously would focus on secret conspiracy, which is always hard to pull off on an open and publically archived email list. But if we threw in some exotic rituals and perhaps a little human sacrifice then we might still make the grade. I guess we could take some of the billions BBN is allegedly making by distorting email history and use it to rent a rather nice subterranean lair and a set of exotic dark costumes to wear while conducting official cabal business.
Tom
-----Original Message----- From: members-bounces@sigcis.org [mailto:members-bounces@sigcis.org] On Behalf Of McMillan, William W Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 11:48 AM To: members Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] The email saga continues
Let it go, Dag? Are you kidding? I might be, at best, an amateur historian, but I do so hope I'm a genuine member of the " Internet cabal of SIGCIS 'historians' "!
I've never been in a cabal before, but I doubt cabal members let things go. We must do something cabal-ish.
... if we know what that would be.
Bill
________________________________________ From: members-bounces@sigcis.org [members-bounces@sigcis.org] on behalf of Dag Spicer [dspicer@computerhistory.org] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 12:30 PM To: members Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] The email saga continues
If you were to start critiquing items appearing in the HuffPo, you would have a lifetime of work ahead of you.
Fortunately for us, their very name reeks of triviality and marginal journalism-even a high school student wouldn't cite them in a paper.
Let it go.
Dag
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On Sep 3, 2014, at 9:16 AM, Evan Koblentz <evan@snarc.net<mailto:evan@snarc.net>> wrote:
HuffPo is now claiming that everyone else -- they even mention SIGCIS -- are the ones with the agenda and conspiracy!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deborah-j-nightingale/the-history-of-email-fiv e-myths-about-email_b_5756340.html
On 09/03/2014 11:50 AM, Brian Randell wrote: Hi:
Techdirt has an article "Why Is Huffington Post Running A Multi-Part Series To Promote The Lies Of A Guy Who Pretended To Invent Email?"
at:
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140901/07280928386/huffpo-publishes-biza rre-misleading-factually-incorrect-multi-part-series-pretending-guy-invented -email-even-though-he-didnt.shtml
Cheers
Brian Randell
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