[HN Gopher] The case of the 500-mile email (2002)
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       The case of the 500-mile email (2002)
        
       Author : thunderbong
       Score  : 60 points
       Date   : 2021-11-13 20:50 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | dang wrote:
       | Past related threads (less than I expected given how often it has
       | been reposted):
       | 
       |  _The case of the 500-mile email (2002)_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14676835 - July 2017 (56
       | comments)
       | 
       |  _Every time we lift a pallet from the shipping room, the server
       | times out (2006)_ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13347058
       | - Jan 2017 (82 comments)
       | 
       |  _The case of the 500-mile email_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10305377 - Sept 2015 (1
       | comment)
       | 
       |  _The 500-mile email (2002)_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9338708 - April 2015 (139
       | comments)
       | 
       |  _The case of the 500-mile email_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1293652 - April 2010 (24
       | comments)
       | 
       |  _The case of the 500-mile email_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=385068 - Dec 2008 (28
       | comments)
       | 
       |  _The case of the 500-mile email_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=123489 - Feb 2008 (7
       | comments)
        
         | thot_experiment wrote:
         | A classic and wonderful piece of internet lore. If I ever have
         | kids this is one of the ones I'll be telling around the
         | campfire. The one about the internet going down because the
         | delivery truck blocked LoS is a good one too.
        
           | BMorearty wrote:
           | Could you please link to the truck story? I can't find it.
        
         | trollied wrote:
         | I think I read about this for the first time on a dialup BBS in
         | the 90s :)
        
         | zenexer wrote:
         | I know this gets posted quite often, but I still enjoy reading
         | it every time.
        
       | jancsika wrote:
       | Could you build this into a protocol?
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       | Like an ssh setting that only allows incoming connections that
       | can prove (well, suggest) their proximity by a series of latency
       | tests?
        
       | abalaji wrote:
       | No matter how many times this gets posted, I make sure to read
       | it. Such a good story, especially the ending using oft unused
       | unix tools
        
         | post-it wrote:
         | It's a lot like the SR-71 speed check story for me.
        
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