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"Roberts came from the MIT Lincoln Laboratory, where he had been working on graphics and computer communication systems."
"Some of his colleagues found the strict atmosphere there stifling. In fact, two of them left in a huff because of the lab's 'no pets' policy."
"'They wanted to bring a cat into the lab. Lincoln would not allow them to bring a cat in. And they decided that was unfair, they would go somewhere where cats were tolerated,' he recalled,...
...noting wryly that theats were not for companionship but for greusome experimentation. 'It was really a fight over having that connection with the brain electrodes and all of that. Lincoln just did not want anything to do with it.'"
"But Roberts had no such problem."
"He thrived at Lincoln Lab, working on moon-shot algorithms, image compression, and data network design. He knew Lick and was inspired by his vision of a universal network that could net all sorts of systems together. Indeed, Roberts was an efficient...

...networker."

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"He thrived at Lincoln Lab, working on moon-shot algorithms, image compression, and data network design. He knew Lick and was inspired by his vision of a universal network that could net all sorts of systems together. Indeed, Roberts was an efficient...

"He was obsessed with efficiency and was really into speed reading, studying and improving his technique to the point where he could read thirty thousand words a minute."