When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the Worldwide Web... Now even my cat has its own page.
Interpretation
The quote highlights the rapid growth and recognition of the internet, showcasing its ubiquity in modern society.
William J. Clinton's quote humorously illustrates how the Worldwide Web, once known primarily to specialists in high energy physics, has become a fundamental aspect of everyday life. It emphasizes the extent to which the internet has permeated various facets of existence, even reaching the point where personal pets can have their own online identities, reflecting a broader commentary on technology's impact on society and culture.
In practice
A technology conference where speakers are discussing the influence of the internet on modern life.
You know, there was a recent poll which said that young people in the generation of the students here felt it was far more likely that they would see a UFO than that they would draw Social Security... It's very important you understand this. Once you understand this, you realize this is not an episode from the X Files, and you're not more likely to see a UFO if you do certain specific things.
When we got organized as a country, [and] wrote a fairly radical Constitution, with a radical Bill of Rights, giving radical amounts of freedom to Americans, it was assumed that Americans who had that freedom would use it responsibly...When personal freedom is being abused, you have to move to limit it.
For too long we've been told about 'us' and 'them.' Each and every election we see a new slate of arguments and ads telling us that 'they' are the problem, not 'us.' But there can be no 'them' in America. There's only us.
There is a huge body of business evidence now showing that energy savings give better service at lower cost with higher profit. We have to tear down barriers to successful markets and we have to create incentives to enter them.
Demand that your government pays more attention. It's immoral that people in Africa die like flies of diseases that no one dies of in the United States. And the more disease there is, the more political unrest there will be, leading to more Darfurs, which the U.S. will have to pay to fix.
I was not elected to produce a pile of vetoes.
A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits of it about.
Because the Internet is so new, we still don't really understand what it is. We mistake it for a type of publishing or broadcasting, because that's what we're used to. So people complain that there's a lot of rubbish online, or that it's dominated by Americans, or that you can't necessarily trust what you read on the Web.
I believe this artificial intelligence is going to be our partner. If we misuse it, it will be a risk. If we use it right, it can be our partner.
There is no such thing as information overload, just bad design. If something is cluttered and/or confusing, fix your design.
You can't defend. You can't prevent. The only thing you can do is detect and respond.
The greatest single programming language ever designed
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