
S1. Ep 5: A Scottish Jewish joke
Things Fell Apart
John Mc Carthy's Winning Argument, John Sack Says, Had Boiled Down Too
John mc carthy was horrified at the thought of speech codes becoming the norm on line, so he published a ferocious repus to the ban calling john sack an underling who had spent those weeks not deliberating, but gurgling. He launched an online petition too, one of the very first in internet history, gathering a hundred signatures from faculty. The ban on brad's joke page was quickly reversed. We're really exploring the leading edge of computing here. Let's keep exploring it. Don't try and cut it off.
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