4. Read the text below and identify if they are True,
False or Not Given.
Today we talk to Ray Tomlinson, the man who invented @ and email.
Q: When and why did you invent email?
It was in 1971 and I’m not sure there was a real reason for inventing
it. It was a fun thing to try out and probably took four to six hours to
do. I can’t remember exactly how long it took. Less than a day, spread
over a week or two.
Q: How do you feel about spam and viruses?
I get annoyed when I get spam. It’s a tough problem but we’re going
to solve it. So far the solutions aren’t working – they either fi lter too
much or not enough. We must fi nd a better way to stop spam. Viruses
are another problem and you usually get them from an email attachment
or a downloaded app or fi le. For example, an ISP could throw away
all emails with attachments, but then email wouldn’t be any use. We’ll
have to fi nd a solution.
Q: Does it bother you that you’re not a household name – that most
people don’t know what you’ve done?
No, it doesn’t bother me. Computer nerds know that I've done it. I get
emails from people who say “What you did is great. Why don’t you do
something about spam? It’s a kind of nice that some people are
interested in what I did – but it’s not the centre of my life.”
1. Ray Tomlinson said he had invented the computer in 1971.
2. He said it was easy to invent email.
3. He told the interviewer that email was a tough problem.
4. He said that they were going to solve the problem of spam.
5. He said that solutions to spam were working.
6. He told the interviewer that he got lots of emails.
7. He said computer nerds didn’t know that he had
invented email.
8. Emails to Ray said what he had done was great.
9. Ray said it was nice that no one was interested in what
he had done.
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