Will anyone listen to new controller?
What won what where
This one's getting lots of attention - somebody recorded an edition of the "Today" show back in 1994 that has Katie Couric and Bryant Gumbel trying to understand this newfangled means of communication. (Couric thought @ stood for "around"). By the way, the show apparently was done soon after the Northridge earthquake because they were saying that folks in L.A. had been using the Internet - whatever that is - to make connections.
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