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Old 06-05-2015, 12:04 PM   #1
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Computers are part of a remarkable set of steps forward that, after a century, have led to the end of hunger, the doubling of our life spans, and the end of a back-breaking lifestyle in which 50% of the people were needed to be farmers and labor 14 hours a day. Some say the advances have now led to a general pause in the amount of global warfare going on, a trend which, if it continues, ends centuries upon centuries of savagery, death, and man's inhumanity to man.

If you are not happy now, that is your choice.
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Old 06-05-2015, 12:29 PM   #2
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See, that should be on a poster.
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Old 06-08-2015, 03:55 AM   #3
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See, that should be on a poster.
I read that as "plaster" [bandaid].
It worked for me.
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Old 06-08-2015, 10:19 AM   #4
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Computers are part of a remarkable set of steps forward that, after a century, have led to the end of hunger, the doubling of our life spans, and the end of a back-breaking lifestyle in which 50% of the people were needed to be farmers and labor 14 hours a day. Some say the advances have now led to a general pause in the amount of global warfare going on, a trend which, if it continues, ends centuries upon centuries of savagery, death, and man's inhumanity to man.

If you are not happy now, that is your choice.
the end of hunger? that hasn't happened, with or without computers.
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Old 06-08-2015, 10:25 AM   #5
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the end of hunger? that hasn't happened, with or without computers.
No, but we're heading in the right direction, and quickly.
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