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line was the administrator of public

relations, and he was irate. This was

the first of many upset calls for the

day.

“Professor Howard, the internet

was down again this morning. That is

the eighth time in the last two

weeks.”

“Yes,” I replied. “The server is

starting up now. It was off when I

came into my office, and I started the

boot process.”

“This may not have been a

problem before the internet was so

critical to campus, or before email

was so essential,” the administrator

said. “But now that so many people