Forty-one years ago today, the first e-mail was sent out by--what else?--a pair of computer scientists, UCLA Professor Leonard Kleinrock and graduate student Charley Klein. Valleywag notes: "The message was to be the word 'log.' Their connection crashed before they got to 'g.'" Chortle. [Valleywag, via Boing Boing]
Happy 41st Birthday, Electronic Mail
Join the conversation
Comments
Comments load automatically as this section approaches.