(yes, this breaks down for very early systems that didn't use 8 bits or have parity checking. I have still ever out-typed a 110 baud modem.)

And maybe it only didn't end with a civil war because it had started with one.

Spain managed without the violence escalating quite to the point of another civil war. But it took 40 years. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_transition_to_democracy

Interplanetary war, even?

His actual name was published about half an hour after this post.

I taught Plato when I was at Texas A&M so this hits hard for me. 😡 It was REQUIRED for history majors then.

Plato remains a great teaching text. For many of my A&M students it meant grappling with big ideas for the first time, including ethics, social class, self-determination, and feminism.

MORE SANDWICH SHOPS

Right now I think _The Death and Life of Great American Cities_ is top of mind for this.

"somewhat".

Speaking of enormous 100mph trains, it's not functional but you can stand in the cab of the 999 at Chicago's museum of science and industry, and they have some other excellent train content. Worth a trip if you haven't been.

I have one that has already stopped working and you're welcome to it.

Do you just want a souvenir or do you need it to work?