Greetings, I am an internet addict ... <g> My name is Luis Teodoro Gutierrez, male, 63, Christian, Cuban-American, married to Lourdes 43 years, 2 children, 4 grandchildren. Ph.D. systems engineering Georgia Tech 1974, 30 years with IBM, now semi-retired. We live in the Maryland suburbs of Washington DC. To keep my mind busy, my retirement hobby is an independent research project and newsletter on issues of solidarity, sustainability, and religious violence. My purpose in joining AIR-L is simply to learn more about how to improve my online research skills. Regarding my retirement project, everyone seems to agree that the internet is bringing about new possibilities in terms of collaborative work, both commercially and to support projects such as the UN Millennium Development Goals. But most internet users are in the USA and Europe, so we need a better understanding of how to make the internet accessible to people worldwide. Respectfully, Luis -- Luis T. Gutierrez, Ph.D. Editor, "Solidarity, Sustainability, and Non-Violence" http://pelicanweb.org/solisust.html luisgutierrez@peoplepc.com