[ETS/PARC List] How Technology Solves Thanksgiving Dilemma

[Victor J. Pennetta]

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                                a.. The technology contained in a single game boy unit in 2000 exceeds all the computing power that was used to put the first man on moon in 1969. 
                                b.. It took Radio 38 years to reach 50 Million listeners; Television took a short 13 years to get 50 million Viewers, but it took the World Wide Web only 4 years to get 50 Million Users 
                                c.. Today, there are approximately 1,319,872,109 people on the Internet 
                                d.. Domain names are being registered at a rate of more than one million names every month 
                                e.. The average 21 year old has spent 5,000 hours playing video games, has exchanged 250,000 e-mails, instant and text messages and has spent 10,000 hours on the mobile phone. 
                                f.. By the year 2012 there will be approximately 17 billion devices connected to the Internet 
                                g.. YouTube has 490 million users' worldwide (unique visitors per month) 
                                h.. More video is uploaded to YouTube in 60 days than the 3 major US networks created in 60 years. 
                                i.. Spam generates 33bn KWt-hours of energy every year, enough to power 2.4 million homes. 
                                j.. There are some 1 billion computers in use.