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• Now that computer technology has made possible the rapid accessing of large amounts of factual information, people are less likely than ever to think deeply or originally.
  They feel unable to compete with.much less contribute to....
• People think they don't have to learn, Because there is so much information available.
  But knowledge is more than possessing information....
• Information Technology permits small companies to look large and large companies to feel small.
  -- Dr. Benn Konsynski, Emory University...
• Much of the information that people assume is 'factual' actually turns out to be inaccurate.
  Thus, any piece of information referred to as a 'fact' should be mistrusted since it may well be proven false in the future....
• If a system does not have a payback for a given individual in the information chain,cthe information will get corrupted at the level of that individual, and become worse as it travels up the chain.
  -- Taber's First Law of Manufacturing Information Systems -- Pat Tabe...
• byte:: /bi:t/ [techspeak] n. A unit of memory or data equal to the amount used to represent one characte
  on modern architectures this is usually 8 bits, but may be 9 on 36-bit machines....
• byte /bi:t/ n. [techspeak] A unit of memory or data equal to the amount used to represent one characte
  on modern architectures this is usually 8 bits, but may be 9 on 36-bit machines....
• 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....
• Because of television and worldwide computer connections, people can now become familiar with a great many places that they have never visited.
  As a result, tourism will soon become obsolete....