Damon Lindelof, one of the show's creators, says getting ABC to announce an end date for "Lost" three years in advance, gave them time to carefully craft the plot line leading to the finale.

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I'll say again, somewhat in advance perhaps of the time I should say it, that Gadamer thinks that there's something immoral about historicism.

我会再讲一遍，现在说可能有点早，伽达默尔认为历史主义有些不道德。

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I would have like a week in advance, so I have plenty of time.

我一般会提前一周完成计划，所以我有大量的时间。

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Now, I'd like to stress information technology because we are living in a time of rapid advance, as you know--I don't have to tell you this.

我想强调一下信息技术,因为我们身处一个飞速发展的时代，这你们都知道，我没必要再说一遍。

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