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   Martin Rid to Don Y   
   Re:WABAC   
   13 Feb 26 14:33:35   
   
   From: martin_riddle@verison.net   
      
   Don Y  Wrote in message:r   
   > Well, apparently, it was originally conceived as "Waybac": From   
    in   
   re: the Wayback Machine (archive.org):    "On another note, we got a nice   
   letter from the last living    
   director of    the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, Gerard Baldwin, because he read   
   about the    "fantastic project". Our Wayback Machine is a tribute to their   
   more     cleverly named "Waybac Machine" which in turn was a reference to   
   the     Univac. Sherman    
   and Peabody live on."I think WABAC would have been more in style with the   
   times (and Wikipediaseems to suggest the same) -- think of RUDI, Uniblab,   
   etc.) but certainly"Wayback" is a colloquialization for folks with more   
   limited imaginations.   
      
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