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4.24sWell, sure, the Frinkiac 7 looks impressive-- don't touch it--
4.14sbut I predict that within 100 years, computers will be twice as powerful,
2.3s10,000 times larger...
4.54sand so expensive that only the five richest kings of Europe will own them.
2.23sCould it be used for dating?
1.77sWell, theoretically, yes.
4.94sBut the computer matches would be so perfect as to eliminate the thrill of romantic conquest.
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3.94sNine glorious years later, I completed my Ph.D. thesis.
3.03s200,000 precisely ordered punch cards...
3.47scomprising the world's very first tic-tac-toe program.
3.94sOnly the top human players could beat it. Hey, what's this one for?
2.97sOh!
3.9sSo, Apu, why didn't you go back to India when your student visa expired?
4sI did not feel right leaving without paying off my student loans.
1.17sMm-hmm.
1.27sSo I took a job at the Kwik-E-Mart.
3.44sWhen my debts were wiped clean, I was all set to go.