On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:19:22 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

I was just thinking the other day about how quickly technology(particularly
in the various communication areas) has evolved over the past 50, 20 and
even 10 years, primarily due to the conversion to digital systems ... and I
am not referring simply to computers. HD TV, HD radio (even AM), DVD, CD,
cell phones, GPS, .... the list goes on and on.

And, as fiberoptic lines expand and replace cable lines, the digital age
will grow even more.

It's all going to come to an evil end. You heard it here first. The
more digital we become, the more compressed the infrastructure which
means that if there is a major event at one or two switch points, the
potential for a cascade which shuts down the whole system increases.

And it also means that the ability to control what one can access
becomes easier.