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   Doc O'Leary to Thomas Koenig   
   Re: Really long-lasting tech   
   18 Dec 16 16:38:25   
   
   From: droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com   
      
   For your reference, records indicate that   
   Thomas Koenig  wrote:   
      
   > With our current tech, cable insulation after a few hundread years would have   
   > broken down, solid-state electronics diffused into uselessness, lubricants   
   > resinated, ball bearings seized, ...   
      
   The one that really gets me is when fuels (or other non-exotic energy   
   sources) are still in a usable condition.  That’s usually going to be   
   the *first* thing that goes bad, and likely after just a year or two.   
   I can let it slide for a comedy (e.g., Last Man on Earth) but I just   
   can’t look past it for things that aren’t supposed to be comedies   
   (e.g., Battlefield Earth).   
      
   --   
   "Also . . . I can kill you with my brain."   
   River Tam, Trash, Firefly   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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