> On Sun, 2011-02-27 at 21:46 -0600, John R. Dennison wrote: > >> The machine has got to be accepted, but it is probably better >> to accept it rather as one accepts a drug -- that is, grudgingly >> and suspiciously. Like a drug, the machine is useful, dangerous, >> and habit-forming. The oftener one surrenders to it the tighter >> its grip becomes. >> >> -- George Orwell (1903-1950), novelist > > Over here we are perhaps a little more aware he was one of us and he > wrote in 'our' language. Our language is so successful at enabling > expressive communications that others around the world have mutilated > our language whilst attempting to improve upon it :-) > > Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 - 21 January 1950). > > 1984 arrived a few years late. With the introduction of fibre optics > telecommunications in residential dwellings (coming to our town in > July > 2011), just how long is the TV set going to stay unidirectional ? >>Ok that was weird. Entertaining as always...