Authentic Personal message at 19:23:12 on Mon Mar 9 1998
From: Alan J Michaels <amike>

I'm just hitting on you.
:)

I think zephyr is a pretty strange form of communication. I mean,
in the past, you write letters, send them, people get them and read
them. rewriting? if you want.
then they come up with email. letters you can send in a fit of rage,
drunkenness, whatever. but still sent and received.
and there's talk, where people get to see what you're typing, including
any mistakes you make, etc. so it's kind of like talking on the phone,
where they expect you to respond almost immediately, if not simultaneously.

but zephyr is different. it gives you time to come up with a response,
witty, dumb, whatever, think about it, and then send it. the other person
is waiting on the other end for the zephyr, just like on the phone,
only there's a buffer in zephyr. I think it's an interesting way to
communicate.

and to hit on someone, I guess.