Word: aphids
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...lynx remain with the deer old English we once gnu and loved. It used to comfort ocelot to pick up TIME and read straight-forward copy without being exposed to the whims of devilfish writers. And, alas, even TIME is now tapiring off in a manner that has us aphid linguiphiles so worked up we could spitz! Weasel all be happier if you stick with straight news copy. Too much of that other stuff chinchilla...
...that computers are gigantic monsters ready to turn on their creators. I, for one, am perfectly willing to believe that the computer will remain a docile slave. But whose slave is it going to be? As far as I can see, the only people who will not lead an aphid-like existence in the future will be a very small group of scientific experts whose exclusive knowledge and interpretation of the mysteries of the Unfathomable Machine will give them powers far greater than those held by any similar elite in history. I once asked a brilliant mathematician what sort...