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   "Doc O'Leary"  wrote in message   
   news:droleary-2D6CF8.12153417012014@news.eternal-september.org...   
   > In article ,   
   > Robert Bannister  wrote:   
   >   
   >> I suppose we would all have to have locks and bars or maybe even   
   >> shutters on our windows to keep flying burglars out.   
   >   
   > It's definitely something you'd have to consider.  The whole notion of   
   > doing a lot of flying around buildings may be a non-starter these days   
   > based on the fears of terrorism alone.  You can even expect self-driving   
   > cars to be used for nefarious purposes.   
      
   But it likely wouldn’t be that hard to have the car detect   
   that someone has loaded it with explosives and told it   
   to deliver it somewhere.   
      
   That's one of the big things a   
   > lot of utopian sci-fi fails to understand.   
   >   
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