Send the SOS: Venerable Morse Code grows obsolete. (Originated from Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: August 24, 1993| Author: Borenstein, Seth | Copyright information 
    The news made Jean Fitzgerald feel old and reminded Manny Papandreas that death is inevitable. 
    An old friend, Morse code, is fading from existence. It's time to send out an SOS: (dot-dot-dot) (dash-dash-dash) (dot-dot-dot). 
    The language, which ushered in the era of wireless communication decades before the Pony Express, flourished during the naval battles of World War II. It is now the Latin of the electronic era. 
    The U.S. Coast Guard this month shut down a special Mors...

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