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Re: 30 Years-No Speed Improvement
In article <msadamsDAwz9u.BBv@netcom.com>, msadams@netcom.com (Michael Adams) writes:
|> Can anyone think of a technical field that has not improved its efficiency
|> in 30 years? The only one I can think of is our highway system. It is
|> hard to believe that in 1965 I could get from point A to point B as fast
|> or faster than today.
Your next sentence gives you the reason for the whole thing: our
highway system is not a technical field anymore, it is more of an emotional
and political battlefield.
|>
|> While the debate rages in Washington over raising the speed limit on
|> emotional issues, the question is what to do about a highway system that
|> has not improved at getting people more quickly to their destination in 30
|> years.
|> Michael Adams
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