---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20191126232819.GA2519@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 23:28:19 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Re: History Western Union Telex ads On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 12:04:52PM -0800, HAncock4 wrote: > Western Union offered a dialup teletypewriter service > in competition with Bell's TWX. It was called Telex. > It originated in Canada and spread to the U.S. > > Telex used Baudot. In later years it used a model > 32 Teletype, which was a three-row Baudot (five-bit) > machine. Ultimate trivia: how many separate symbol combinations are used in the version of Murray code employed for Telex, and why? -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <009FE977-E852-41B5-954D-27661253EF83@roscom.com> Date: 26 Nov 2019 17:39:03 -0500 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Sacha Baron Cohen is the latest powerful voice to misunderstand Section 230 The law helps companies like Facebook remove hate speech - so why does Cohen want it to go away? By Casey Newton "I'm one of the last people you'd expect to hear warning about the danger of conspiracies and lies," the actor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen said today in an op-ed in the Washington Post, adapted from last week's viral speech about the dangers of social networks at an Anti-Defamation League conference. In fact, Baron Cohen is exactly the sort of person I'd expect to be warning us about social networks. As a rich celebrity who has no need for the free communication tools they provide, and who can thrive without relying on the promotional benefits that come with active use of the platforms, blasting Big Tech costs Baron Cohen nothing. https://www.theverge.com/interface/2019/11/26/20982078/sacha-baron-cohen-adl-speech-facebook-section-230 ------------------------------ Message-ID: <C625CDEE-C879-4301-AEDA-E4C827042788@roscom.com> Date: 26 Nov 2019 22:43:18 -0500 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Suspect can't be compelled to reveal "64-character" password, court rules Suspect can't be compelled to reveal "64-character" password, court rules Prosecutors say forced disclosure permitted by "foregone conclusion." Justices disagree. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/11/police-cant-force-child-porn-suspect-to-reveal-his-password-court-rules/ ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Thu, 28 Nov 2019