They gave us the written word where before stories were word of mouth. Even though they wrote in Latin many of the root words are used today in the English language. The gave us measurements like mile, foot and inche. Also Roman numerals are still used, especially in regards to time-pieces. They gave us Christianity. They also introduced some spices and small animals like poultry.
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A filtering service could save the newspaper industry by allowing consumers to filter out the content they are not interested in.
The author says that there is SO much content online it is impossible to read it all. By creating filtering services that allow consumers to choose their content based on interests, the newspaper industry could be saved. The author says there is a demand for publishing based on an individual's preferences.
The author compares this to editing in writing -- a filtering service is just editing content.
C, the setting is the place and time of story. It just describes the scene, place and date/time of the story. :)