This was back before E-mail was the default mode of communication, and I vividly remember a phone conversation I had with one of my statistically-savvy collaborators about what the data showed.

在电子邮件是交流的默认方式之前，这是十分落后的，我清晰的记得我与其中一个精通统计的合作者的这么一个电话，谈的是关于数据都显示了什么。

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Sorry, I've never had an e-book before.

对不起，我从来没有看过电子书。

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Before getting to abstractions, let's look at the e-mail I got from my milkman.

在进入抽象的讨论之前，还是让我们首先来看一看我的送奶工发来的电子邮件吧。

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"We hope and pray that Obama government understands the situation and they will demand before we [i.e.,the U.S.

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Smith also eliminated fax machines, a hangover from the days before e-mail, and cut down travel and entertainment by using videoconferencing.

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But before you start shorting the stocks of stodgy old companies slow to the Net, consider that it will be some time--a long time--before e-commerce really pays off across Asia.

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This was in the early 1980s through the early 1990s, before e-mail and widespread cellular phones, so I don't know how long (or widely) he maintained the practice with his professional contacts.

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