In a town hall meeting yesterday, a new member of the State Department, which uses Internet Explorer as its Web browser, pleaded with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to “please let the staff use” rival Mozilla Firefox. (Jump to 26:34 on the above video.) Pointing out that Firefox had been “approved for the entire intelligence community,” and that it’s a “much safer program,” the rookie’s question was met with a rowdy chorus of cheers and laughter.

While the exchange may seem like just another instance of politicians being oblivious to a changing world, at least no one muttered anything about tubes, the Internets, or Web site numbers.

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