Prevailing Tide

All three TV personalities, Dan Rather, Peter Jennings, and Tom Brokaw have signed off from daily news broadcasting. Each left for different reasons but their collective charisma, consistency, and command of the news delivery will never be forgotten. They dished out the news in there own styles and each had a flare for the delivery of the daily news. Tom Brokaw is notable for his book on the Greatest Generation of his time. The World War II veterans who helped shape the plight of the country after the tumultuous events of the 1st half of this prescient century. He carefully crafted his program and often created a sense of calm, contentment in the way he tempered his enthusiasm and reserved his judgement of the news at hand. Tom Brokaw's departure was planned well in advance. His retirement was long in the works with Brian Williams being groomed for his position for many years. Peter Jennings had humble beginnings in Canada. He proved his worthiness as a supreme newscaster ...

Time does not really exist; only change exists as a constant. The future is a change in the current situation brought on by previous conditions. Time is merely a tool invented by humans to find order and patterns in a complex and chaotic universe. Time is a technological tool for advancement of the human species. For example the calendar is one of the most ancient and most widely used standard for managing our time. More recently we have used the mathematical knowledge and "time knowledge" to predict events in the future. The Y2K phenomenon is merely a lapse in our judgment of the management of time as a tool for the use in computers. Time is so crucial for the advancement of the human race yet it is the least tangible instrument of measurement. Time is merely an illusion we masquerade with as a tool to manage the complexity of a society interacting with a world of matter. The only real substantive "material" is matter. Time is similar to energy in that they are b...

Technology Convergence wireless network flat screen touch screen voice recognition portability remote programs (installed and updated over network) minimal hardware required Combines Functions of pda ebook cell phone Software for web browser music player video conferencing hardware virtualization = real-time universal emulation On Demand Web based software data storage email word processor calendar Issues processing power ? personal data storage and security power supply