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.cb COMMENTS ON FERNBACH'S PAPER

	With a few exceptions, Fernbach could have made the
same remarks ten years ago, and in several areas, he is already
behind the times.  The most striking of these is his speculation
that perhaps a each scientist should have a terminal in his
office.  Our laboratory reached that point in 1971, and the
many other laboratories are in that position today.  In ten
years most students will have terminals in their dormitory
rooms.

	When Fernbach lists the sciences, he ignores computer
science.

	He is right that the Library of Congress should be at
the fingertips of teachers and students.  The biggest barrier,
however, is the capital cost of reading the information into
a computer file.  The file storage and the communication are
already cheap enough - though barely.