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by dsr_ 3294 days ago
He's the kind of person who wrote a program called EMAIL in 1978 and claims that means he invented email. Meanwhile:

a) email already existed b) inter-computer email already existed c) there were hundreds or thousands of ARPANET email users by 1978

So he might be very smart, but he also appears to be thoroughly dishonest.
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Frenchgeek 3294 days ago
His explanation for that is the definition of "email" by wikipedia is wrong, and only him know the right one.

I'm not sure what seem worse : He using trolling tactics and expecting people to buy it, or him being so caught up in his own redefinition of reality he now believe it...

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wellboy 3294 days ago
If he claims to have invented email after it has been invented, he does not seem very smart.

No other claims can make him win the case if this condition does not stand, can he?

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