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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Well said, Doug!<br><br><div dir=3D"ltr">Pa=
t Horne <div>We support Habitat for Humanity</div><div><br></div></div>=
<div dir=3D"ltr"><br>On Apr 12, 2023, at 8:46 AM, old dirtbeard <dirtbear=
d@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<div dir=3D"lt=
r"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">Happy Birthday tea=
m net and thank you Mark for supporting all these many years! It was a vastl=
y different world Internet-wise (and otherwise) three decades ago.</div><div=
class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"g=
mail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">Many things have changed in the worl=
d, of course, and many of us who were here three decades ago are no longer h=
ere to celebrate the birthday. </div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=
=3D"font-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-si=
ze:small">Sometimes it is easy to look backwards fondly and lament what=
we may have lost over time, but it also is very important to keep looking f=
orward as that is where our opportunities and future lie.</div><div class=3D=
"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_defa=
ult" style=3D"font-size:small">I have been a professor for the last three de=
cades and remember when I had additional phone lines in my house for the mod=
em and fax machines, and that 1,200 baud Hayes modem was the gateway to the I=
nternet.</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small"><br></d=
iv><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">I have students to=
day who have not known a world without a smartphone with pervasive Wi-Fi and=
cel coverage, do not understand why a house would have a phone (e.g., who w=
ould call a house), cannot reliably tell time on analogue clocks, have never=
seen a car with a third peddle, are befuddled at the sight of a kickstarter=
on a motorcycle, have never seen a newspaper or a catalogue or understand w=
hat a carburettor does, etc.</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font=
-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small=
">It is a different world here three decades later, but much of it has impro=
ved dramatically. Our medecine, our electronics. our connectivity, the effic=
iency, emissions and power of our cars and motorcycles, etc.</div><div class=
=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_d=
efault" style=3D"font-size:small">It actually is wonderful that we have the o=
ption of driving a BEV, if we wish, and at the same time I can still drive m=
y '54 MG TF that has a hand-crank starter hole in the grill or ride my '72 B=
SA B50SS kickstart, tickle the carburettor, 600cc single cylinder motor=
cycle. </div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">&nb=
sp; </div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">The wo=
rld has changed dramatically as we have spanned the two centuries toget=
her on this list, but it still is a wonderful life, and I would not change i=
t for anything. We have been blessed to be on this journey together...</div>=
<div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D=
"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">best,</div><div class=3D"gmail_def=
ault" style=3D"font-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=
=3D"font-size:small">doug</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=
=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 10:49=E2=80=AFPM Mark B=
radakis <<a href=3D"mailto:mark@bradakis.com";>mark@bradakis.com</a>> w=
rote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px=
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">32 years ago=
the <a href=3D"http://team.net"; rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">team.n=
et</a> domain was created. Hard to believe it has <br>
been that long!<br>
<br>
mjb.<br>
<br>
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dir=3D"ltr">Best,<div><br><div>Doug</div></div></div></div>
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