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...visions of The Future were carrying that theme even farther. Stanley Kubrick immortalized the year some people feel is the real millennial year in his movie "2001: A Space Odyssey," a film clearly set in The Future. In it, HAL, a dangerous supercomputer, shows that technology could be destructive, warning us to be careful as we progress. (You know, I've always thought those new iMacs looked a little suspicious...
...CAPTAIN: Hal Carey...
...difficulty is noted by Hal Varian, dean of the School of Information Management and Systems at the University of California, Berkeley: there are different definitions of just what the Internet is. "In a very narrow sense," he says, "it might be defined as a standardized protocol for wide-area computer networks." A broader definition, he explains, would be "the entire system of computers, plus the LANS [local area networks], plus the wide area network." That would come close to embracing most of what is generally considered information technology...
...three hours a day on my computer and enjoy my new, medium-format camera. I'm a legislative representative for my union. My wife also leads a very active social life. So take heart, seniors. Old age doesn't have to be a rest home or doom and gloom. HAL MCCLINTOCK Pasadena, Calif...
...Hal Varian, professor of economics at U.C. Berkeley, hardly disagrees. But he warns that to tap the full potential of the Internet, more vigilance is needed in public policy ?- this is no time to go on autopilot. "As the Internet reshapes the business work force, is a brain trust shortage in the offing? Absolutely," warns Varian. "We've got to improve education at every level: elementary, high school, college, and ?- I think most importantly ?- continuing on-the-job education...