Today the vast majority of retail point of sale equipment is the same as it was years ago.
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In the countries where it is working well, the exchange framework is similar to what it was years ago.
It was 60 years ago, and it was almost impossible for later generations - despite everything that was in the film Saving Private Ryan - to even imagine what bravery it took to land on D-Day and fight the ferocious Normandy campaign.
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"It hasn't been as severe as it was two years ago, it's just been hard to shake off, " he said.
Average life expectancy at birth, at 74, is now 25 years higher than it was 50 years ago, yet the retirement age has remained at the same low level.
It may not be as visible as it was 50 years ago, but it's still visible.
In fact, if you look at the safety technology that's in vehicles today, I mean, it's so much greater than it was five years ago, whether it's side air bags, air curtains, inflatable rear seatbelts.
How is our economy poised four years from now compared to where it was four years ago?
It was 90 years ago that the jazz singer Billie Holiday was born.
That mortgage in Greenwich is certainly not the layup it was two years ago, yet the salary supporting it requires just as much sweat and tears as it did during the boom.
Japan has seen its real estate market fall almost 90% in some cities, and that is part of the reason they have had 20 years with no job growth, and that the nominal GDP is where it was 17 years ago.
While the last few years has seen alcohol consumption tail off, the current figure is still 40% higher than it was 40 years ago.
In some cases, the owners of the equipment might not know it is capable of being connected to the internet or, if it was installed some years ago when cybersecurity was less important, it might not be adequately protected from attack, he told the MPs.
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The first minister said discipline in schools is significantly better than it was three years ago.
Laser eye surgery, for example, is half the cost it was ten years ago.
The yield is better than it was two years ago but still is not terrific.
But Germany's national output is now significantly larger than it was four years ago.
"The Indian Ocean has become much more threatened than it was 10 years ago, " said Burke.
"The border is safer now than it was two years ago, " Mr Green asserted.
Divorce, four times commoner than it was 30 years ago, ends almost half of marriages.
This is just half the cost that it was five years ago and prices continue to decline.
The cost of handling a checking account is roughly the same as it was 20 years ago.
Although the economy is healthier than it was four years ago, growth remains slow and unemployment high.
He refuses to be complacent, even though the area appears as pristine as it was 50 years ago.
Stepping out in Sydney these days is an entirely different proposition to what it was five years ago.
Technology giant Apple is perceived as less "inspiring" than it was three years ago, a brand survey suggests.
It was 200 years ago that Swiss explorer Johann Burckhardt rediscovered the lost Nabataean city of Petra.
Yet there is little doubt that medical care is much better today than it was 40 years ago.
This is thought to be 40% higher now than it was 40 years ago, despite a drop since 2004.
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