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   From: seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com   
      
   On 1/15/14 12:54 PM, Doc O'Leary wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >   "sna"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> "J. Clarke"  wrote in message   
   >> news:MPG.2d3b71dbee74782498a35e@news.newsguy.com...   
   >>>   
   >>> When the train can take me from my garage to my office and stop off for   
   >>> groceries on the way home, all on my schedule, without my having to walk   
   >>> several blocks in the snow at each end or make several transfers, get   
   >>> back to me.   
   >>   
   >> Yeah, that one is never going to happen, even with the pod system.   
   >   
   > Only a fool would imagine that's a good idea in the first place.  Part   
   > of the beauty of a "pod" system is that it can not only abstract a   
   > transporter, but a replicator as well.  You need groceries?  You push a   
   > few buttons and it all gets sent *to* you!  Hell, we already have   
   > approximations of this with companies like Amazon.   
      
      
   	Not even vaguely close. I do my shopping in person because there is no   
   way I'm trusting some guy I don't know to check every piece of produce   
   and make sure it's in good shape, and even if I did, do I trust the   
   shipping company or delivery people? No. The remote location ordering   
   approach is great for things like books, or gadgets, but not for fresh food.   
      
   	Besides, the replicator produces ANYTHING I want, ready to eat, in   
   seconds. Pod delivery isn't vaguely close to that.   
      
      
      
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