XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 1/15/2014 6:23 PM, 2671 wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > "J. Clarke"  wrote in message   
   > news:MPG.2d40fa317eaa4e5498a3b6@news.newsguy.com...   
   >> In article ,   
   >> droleary@8usenet2013.subsume.com says...   
   >>>   
   >>> 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!   
   >>   
   >> When I'm out of milk I need it tonight, not whenever the grocer gets   
   >> around to delivering it to me.   
   >   
   > Most of those situations would be covered by a system that monitors   
   > the milk supply and automatically orders some more when it sees that   
   > there is a need to do that, in plenty of time so that you never run out.   
   >   
   There used to be commercials for refrigerators that would almost do that   
   (they would tell you to buy more milk the next time you opened its door   
   IIRC) but they stopped running those *thinking* a year or two ago?  I'd   
   love to see the feedback the company got on those, maybe they creeped   
   people out.   
      
      
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