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From: romkey@ASYLUM.SF.CA.US (John Romkey)
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Subject: finger weather
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Date: 5 Apr 91 07:55:01 GMT
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   Date: 4 Apr 91 18:21:15 GMT
   From: decwrl!uunet.uu.net!bywater!arnor!halley!metzger  (Perry E. Metzger)

   The RFC for finger specifies fingers behavior when applied to coke
   machines. It is my understanding that CMU used to have a coke machine
   on the internet that followed the stated behavior, although this may
   be an urban legend.

No, it's true. CMU did have a coke machine on the Internet.
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