Reyna:

Have you heard about the new computer they're coming out with? It'll be able to recognize any voice command, so you won't ever need to use the keyboard.

Jimmy:

Yeah, and soon everyone will be using computers that fit into the palm of your hand.

Reyna:

Within 20 years, I bet all our news and information will be coming through computers.

Jimmy:

By then, maybe even newspapers will have disappeared!

Reyna:

Wow! Computers are going to take over our lives one of these days.

Jimmy:

Yeah! Isn't it great!

Reyna:

You know what else I think? In a few years, you won't need to go to a university campus to get a university degree.

Jimmy:

How will you do it?

Reyna:

They'll have found a way for you to take all your courses on the computer over the Internet. When you want to talk to a professor, you'll just tap into his or her web site and find out anything you need to know.

Jimmy:

That would be great. No need to get up in the morning for early classes! And I bet libraries will probably disappear, too.

Reyna:

What'll you do when you need something to read?

Jimmy:

Everything will be on CD-ROM, and you'll be able to access everything you want from your home over the computer. There will be no need to have huge buildings full of books. No need to waste all that paper.

Reyna:

Gee, I don't like the sound of that. There's nothing better than curling up with a book. I can't quite picture "curling up" with a computer!