Cool CBC archived reports I enjoyed [audio/video clips]

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A model employee - Computer Invasion: A History of Automation in Canada - CBC Archives

Computers perform tasks faster than any human on the job. Better still, they never report to work with a hangover. In 1964, companies begin to rely on this sophisticated equipment to perform jobs that would otherwise be done by humans. At the Ottawa Citizen newspaper, printing machines operate with empty chairs in front of them. Computer technology sets the newspaper's type all on its own.

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Computer matchmaker - Computer Invasion: A History of Automation in Canada - CBC Archives

"Really short, or around 5'10", say, in heels?" asks a woman setting up CBC reporter Bill McNeil on a blind date. She uses an IBM computer to fix him up based on what he prefers in a woman — not too young and not too short — and based on his own qualities (age 33 and a graduate of St. Francis Xavier University). Most men using the IBM dating system are like McNeil; they prefer a date who is slightly shorter and two years younger.

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A network called 'Internet' - Computer Invasion: A History of Automation in Canada - CBC Archives

Punctuation marks that look like smiley faces express happiness on a new communication tool known as "Internet." The computer network is already being used by 15 million people worldwide to chat or do important research. Communication may be anonymous and isolated, but there's always someone to talk to about sports, recipes or politics. "In this world there's a table with a big sign on it saying football," explains a computer expert in this CBC Television clip.