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I remember as a kid watching Mr. Spock and Captain Kirk talking to the computers. And I remember other movies where computers were mysterious or monstrous contraptions. And of course I remember HAL and the problems he caused.

After I enlisted in the Air Force, I had my first experience with computers. The computer we used was a main-frame, which used huge reel-to-reel tapes to store and retrieve data. Personal Computers were still in the future. I remember seeing one of the Cray Super Computers that took up a whole bottom floor of a building.

Of course the PC's did arrive, and they deep improving all the time. I can't imagine going through a day without using my computer. I use it for writing, photography, artwork, and surfing the web. There is no denying that our lives are dependent on computers.

Wouldn't it be great if our lives had a keyboard or mouse button that would make it easy?

What if we could use a BACKSPACE key and go back in time a few seconds? We could erase what we said and thereby remove the sneaker from between our teeth.

We could use the TAB key to jump forward a bit and skip over boring details in our life.

We could use a CAPS LOCK when we really wanted to be heard or understood. We could POINT and CLICK instead of being misunderstood.

We could COPY and PASTE only the best parts and CUT the bad parts out.

And perhaps best of all, at the end of the day we could be given the option to SAVE or EXIT WITHOUT SAVING.