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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (59567)	1/29/2002 8:33:10 AM
From: John Trader	Respond to of 70976

OT - Invention of the Axe: Jacob, Good post. Now that I think about it, Australopithecus was a tool user, and that was over a million years ago. I was thinking that they did not shape (i.e. chip flakes off) the stones back then, but I think you are right. An article I have says this leap from the shaped stone to the stone with wooden handle took only about 300,000 years. I was fascinated by all this info when I took a course in college on human evolution. Obviously, the RBOC's haven't evolved all the way yet. If Australopithecus was around today I am sure they could get jobs at these RBOC companies. I share your pessimistic view on this. In the case of space travel, I agree but there are very serious technical issues of course regarding human beings living in space. Small trips could be made, and we can orbit a certain number of people, but it just doesn't make economic sense to go beyond that, and I don't think it ever will. In the case of high speed internet connections, it makes perfect sense to deploy this on a wide scale, it would benefit almost everyone, it would help save precious oil reserves, and I don't think the costs are too high. That is the source of my frustration. Perhaps an analogy to the invention of fire is a good one. I think these high speed connections, when they arrive, will change our world quite a bit. I agree, however, that it may take a long time. John