On 5/12/2010 3:48 PM, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Post_Office
>>
>> I saw that, but I didn't think it had any relevance to the
>> conversation. You mean to tell me the post office controls the phone
>> system?
>
> Yep. In the good old days, the GPO ran the postal system *and* the
> telephone system. Indeed, the GPO manufactured a wide range of
> electrical and electronic components. A bit like Radio Shack, 1920s style.
>
> Why, the Colossus computer was built using only off-the-shelf parts from
> the GPO parts catalogue!
>

Wow, if only the USPS followed that model .... err, no .. I take that back.

-- 
~Mike

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