One of the benefits of Dr. Kreuger’s eminence was an unlimited computer budget: that was part of the fee he demanded from the various organizations that needed his wisdom. Though this search might be expensive, he did not have to worry about the bill. As it turned out, this was surprisingly small. He was lucky: the search came to an end after only two hours thirty-seven minutes, at the 21,456th reference.
Clarke's technology forecasts tend to be too optimistic - but Google long ago exceeded even his expectations of 2061 technology.
