00100		CONFERENCE ON COMPUTERS AND THE INDIVIDUAL
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00300		The computer is one of the wonders of technology of
00400	the second half of the twentieth century, but most 
00500	people have very little direct contact with them.  Its 
00600	applications have been mainly to scientific and
00700	engineering calculations, maintaining the records of
00800	businesses, sending out bills, etc.  Everyone has benefitted
00900	from this, because airplanes work better and are 
01000	designed quicker, businesses have better knowledge of their
01100	operations and spend less on clerical work than they otherwise
01200	would, but all these benefits have been very indirect.
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