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From: govett@avsd.UUCP (David Govett)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.digest
Subject: Re: AIList V6 #67 - Future of AI
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Date: 18 Apr 88 16:52:09 GMT
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> 
> - Watch those Pony Express arguments.  Remember, the Pony Express was
> a temporary hack.  It ran for a bit under two years before it was
> replaced by the transcontinental railroad.
> 

Not true.  The PE was obviated by the transcontinental telegraph in
1861, I believe.  The transcontinental RR wasn't completed until
May 1869.