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• In any field of endeavor, it is impossible to make a significant contribution without first being strongly influenced by past achievements within that field.
• Humanity has made little real progress over the past century or so.
  Technological innovations have taken place, but the overall condition of humanity is no better....
• Internet n. The mother of all networks. First incarnated beginning in 1969 as the ARPANET, a U.
  S. Department of Defense research testbed. Though it has been widely believed that the goal was to develop a network architecture for military command-and-control that could survive disruptions up to and including nuclear war, this is a myth...
• Technology is no more of a problem now than it has always been. -- J. Redford
• Increased Electricity Consumption Blamed on Linux WASHINGTON, D.
  C. -- The US Department of Energy claims Linux is partially responsible for the increased demand for electricity during the past year....
• The following appeared in a newspaper published in the state of Celera.
  "Speed limits on our state's highways should be eliminated in order to increase our state's prosperity....
• According to information recently reported in the Eliottown Gazette, the number of people who travel to Eliottown has increased significantly over the past several years.
  So far this year over 100,000 people have arrived on flights to Eliottown's airport, compared with only 80,000 last year and 40,000 the year before....
• The following appeared in the letter to an editor of a Myrian newspaper.
  "Under Governor Winslow's leadership over the past four years, Myria has enjoyed unprecedented prosperity....
• The following is a letter to the editor of the Glenville Gazette, a local newspaper.
  "Over the past few years, the number of people who have purchased advance tickets for the Glenville Summer Concert series has declined, indicating lack of community support....