But think back: for thepast 30 years, as computers swept through business settings, geeks fromthe IT department have been telling the rest of us about the paperless office of the future.
California congressman Darrell Issa, who has been opposed to the bill fromthe beginning, praised the Internet action that has swept like a virus across the Web thepast week.
They played in the grip of a peculiarly English affliction: having swept into the tournament with a presumption of greatness a greatness inherited from a misty past that they were commissioned to recover they proved anxious and hesitant, quailing in the face of history, and losing on penalties.
Vokes' late, late show saved Toshack from one of the most embarrassing results in Welsh football's recent history as the Wolves striker swept Bale's corner past defiant Azerbaijan goalkeeper Kamran Agaev from close-range.