So I wondered - whatever happened to the agony of defeat guy? Was he seriously injured? Did he go on to jump again? Is he still alive? Now - and this is where the amazing part comes in - it took me less than 10 seconds to find the answers to ALL of those questions, thanks to google and wikipedia. It's a great story - go read it.
But then it struck me how absolutely amazing of a time we live in. When I was a kid, if that question had popped into my head, the answer would have been... "Yeah, hm. I wonder." Short of going to the library and checking the microfiche (do they still have that now?), there would have been no way to find the answer. My kids will never know a time when such a wealth of information is more than a few keystrokes away.
Absolutely amazing.
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[blinks] I spent a few minutes on Sunday evening looking up details of the theme music to 'Ski Sunday', which I watched for the first time in years. Google and wikipedia also ... and on a ski theme.
Yes, I wonder what we did without it all, too.
(and hi, by the way!)
sometimes i wonder how different my life might be now if computers had been a part of my childhood. i imagine my life would have taken many different turns as i became aware of options which i did not even dream about at that time. i was so naive and my world was so closed.
yeah! you're back! that's wonderful in and of itself :-)
(ah the magic of the internet strikes again!)
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