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Old 12-20-2008, 09:14 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Anniversaries

Today brings us a couple of notable anniversaries. The one everyone probably already knows is that today is the tenth anniversary of the second impeachment of an American president. The House officially impeached Bill Clinton on December 19th, 1998.

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On the positive side, a much more obscure anniversary today had a much greater impact on the world. In fact, you might not be reading this today if MITS had not launched the Altair 8800 personal-computer kit on this day in December 1974. Popular Mechanics wrote a cover story on the launch, and that changed the lives of four key people:



You decide which was more important.
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Old 12-20-2008, 09:51 AM   #2 (permalink)
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If you mean, which was more important, impeachment or Altair, obviously it's the Altair launch! Computers have changed more lives than Bill Clinton ever did or ever will. But then, as a somewhat computer geek who's into politics, I don't think I'm biased in any way...

Thanks for putting this up. I hadn't seen it before and I'm going to go search out the other parts to view.

(edited for spelling -- not enough coffee yet..)
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Old 12-20-2008, 02:24 PM   #3 (permalink)
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If you mean, which was more important, impeachment or Altair, obviously it's the Altair launch! Computers have changed more lives than Bill Clinton ever did or ever will. But then, as a somewhat computer geek who's into politics, I don't think I'm biased in any way...

Thanks for putting this up. I hadn't seen it before and I'm going to go search out the other parts to view.

(edited for spelling -- not enough coffee yet..)
I agree. Clinton made millions in spite of being disbarred and will be a Trivial Pursuit question in the future. The PC has really impacted society in general.
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The above are notable; however, a more significant event took place 13 years ago. On this date, I RETIRED for good.
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The above are notable; however, a more significant event took place 13 years ago. On this date, I RETIRED for good.
And we're to presume that by you retiring, you've helped society by having three people do your previous job?

Thank you sir!
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