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COPYRIGHT 2001 Society for the Advancement of Education
IN THE NEW INTERNET ECONOMY, either you have a computer or you're left behind. Computers have brought libraries into the home and expanded the universe of available information. They allow individuals to do massive calculations in seconds, and e-mail has put people in direct and immediate contact with friends around the world--virtually for free!
My wife insists that her computer is a male--it's supposed to solve her problems, but half the time it is her problem. In order to get its attention, she has to turn it on; it has lots of data, but is still clueless; and, as soon as she commits to one, she realizes that, had she waited a little longer, she could have had a better model.
I insist that all computers must be female--no one but their creator understands their internal logic, and even your smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for later retrieval. Moreover, as soon as you commit to one, you find...
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