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   In article <1129904267.307243.189610@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,   
   "rick++"  wrote:   
   >Cell phones in IM mode are pretty close to   
   >what was an original Communicator.   
      
   Say what? When did we ever see Kirk or Spock text anyone? And since when   
   can a cellphone signal reach orbit? Or did the enterprise always drop   
   hundreds of microcell transmitters anyplace a landing party might be?   
      
   Modern cellphones are cool things, but they aren't magic. Star Trek   
   communicators are indistinguishable from magic. *   
   --   
   * PV   something like badgers--something like lizards--and something   
          like corkscrews.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)