The historical sense involves a perception, not only of the pastness of the past, but of its presence

In the past, the perception that something has a premium price point has led to the demise of the platform, ... You can look at Sega as an example of that. You can look at 3DO as an example. Microsoft is going to be incredibly sensitive to that.

Only by acceptance of the past, can you alter it.

You can't change the past, only your perception of it; but you can control the future.

Everything you see happened 1 millisecond ago. Like when you see something on live T.V it always has a 4-5 second delay. We are living in the past in a way if you take your reaction time in to consideration.

While they talked they remembered the years of their youth, and each thought of the other as he had been at another time.