[line] Everybody knows that the introduction of personal computers has created a whole new class of computer users. Several million people now have in their homes the kind of computing power that ten years ago belonged only to large companies and [quoteright]institutions. But
What can these clever gadgets do?
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GEORGE TOWNER, glassy-eyed from staring at too many computer screens, tries in this issue to convince you that these machines are worth something. Our readers, people of Mensa intelligence, know better. You can read about George's latest book here! Ed. Note 2009: And of course things have taken turns even George couldn't have imagined in 1985; for example you're reading this article thanks to your web browser. Before you lies the end product of several processes: Scanning the original printed page into an image file, translation of that image file into text that is editable, putting that text into a form that your browser can read, and finally copying the file to a server whose address is ecphorizer.com. All this using an old Apple Macintosh computer and a couple of software programs.
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GEORGE TOWNER, glassy-eyed from staring at too many computer screens, tries in this issue to convince you that these machines are worth something. Our readers, people of Mensa intelligence, know better.
You can read about George's latest book here! [line width="90%" color="#ffff00"] Ed. Note 2009: And of course things have taken turns even George couldn't have imagined in 1985; for example you're reading this article thanks to your web browser. Before you lies the end product of several processes: Scanning the original printed page into an image file, translation of that image file into text that is editable, putting that text into a form that your browser can read, and finally copying the file to a server whose address is ecphorizer.com. All this using an old Apple Macintosh computer and a couple of software programs.