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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/21/2015 1:26 PM, Alex Fraser
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:5650B76F.2050909@comcast.net" type="cite"><font
face="Comic Sans MS"> I often wonder what would be the reaction
of those long ago humans if you could magically drop a laptop
on the bar with a magic connection to the future internet? </font></blockquote>
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Drop a laptop on a 50's bar amid a bunch of half inebriated dudes
and bar flies? I suspect the result would be curiosity followed by
wonderment plus the usual questions about what can it do? Most
wouldn't have a clue about its potential. <br>
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Famous quotes by people who can't see very far down the road.<br>
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The airplane: "It'll never fly."<br>
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The computer: "Just a passing geek fad."<br>
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Etc.<br>
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