Posted by Andy Dingley on 01/15/06 15:33

On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 12:43:21 +0000, Toby Inkster
<usenet200601@tobyinkster.co.uk> wrote:

> | [The memex] consists of a desk, [...] slanting translucent
> | screens, [...] sets of buttons and levers [...] microfilm
>
>Even when he gets onto "associative indexing", it's a far cry from today's
>implementations of hypertext.

So why are the UK government spooks still using Memexes to avoid
eavesdropping(sic) ? SOE Q division couldn't manage without them.

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