Working Daze by John Zakour and Scott Roberts for March 08, 2016

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    Flash Gordon  over 8 years ago

    @ don’t forget the & sign, and especially the $ sign.

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    Nachikethass  over 8 years ago

    And Shiv Ayyadurai?

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    cynickle  over 8 years ago

    and most of all ‘#’ sign

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    sbwertz  over 8 years ago

    All Ayyadurai invented was the word “email”

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    MeGoNow Premium Member over 8 years ago

    The @ was selected because it was on the keyboard but wasn’t used much, except in pricing, as in 12 widgets @ $1. And in English, it was spoken as “at,” which fit the meaning in an email address. But it’s been around since about the 14th century, used as above and as a symbol for various units of weight. Different names in different languages, the rose, the worm, etc.

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    1956monkey  over 8 years ago

    as ampersands through the hourglass, so flow the e-mails of our lives…

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    Pharmakeus Ubik  over 8 years ago

    He also put the bang into email !

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    rekam Premium Member over 8 years ago

    What a nice tribute.

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    Kirk McCoy  over 8 years ago

    You better watch out, that symbol has been copywrited by MOMA.

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    pschearer Premium Member over 8 years ago

    Ah, we’ve lost so many great creators over the years. The creator of the word ‘byte’. The creator of CTRL-ALT-DEL. The creator of C. Sic Transit Gloria Mundi (whoever she is).

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    purpleriver  over 8 years ago

    I think we should write his name R@y Tomlinson

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