Yup, that's what a student in my first class (Tech & Society) told me. I forget if it was by John, Paul, Ringo or George. The comment made me realize that I should include in the syllabus a potted article on the history of computing, from Einiac to Pentiums and wireless. Does anyone know of any? And I will also include my personal 40 years of computing. (Which is both on my website, and at www.digibarn.com -- Bruce Damer's wonderful computer museum near Santa Cruz, Calif. Barry _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 To network is to live; to live is to network _____________________________________________________________________