[detourdog]

I have a book regarding the versatility of the Vacuum tube. It opens with a statement proclaiming the versatility of the device and its usefulness will spread to the 4 corners of the world.

I can't tell if that statement is self aware.

I also have a farming technology magazine with an article describing how the marvelous hot new Hollerith Tabulating machine had just completed the 1900 census. It was a typical tech article except it was documenting an event that happened 3 years prior. That was how slow the world was. The 1880 census took 8 years to complete. Hollerith developed a punch card process for the 1890 which was an improvement and Hollerith added an auto tabulator and feeder for the machine that performed the 1900 census.

The big question it raises for me is how slow can the modern world be?