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|    Rod Speed to Robert Bannister    |
|    Re: cases where SF has predicted scienti    |
|    18 Jan 14 16:26:25    |
   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   Robert Bannister wrote   
   > Doc O'Leary wrote   
   >> 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. That's one of the big things a   
   >> lot of utopian sci-fi fails to understand.   
      
   > Don't forget the interesting film footage they could   
   > gather through the bath- and bedroom windows.   
      
   No better than someone in the next building can do thru their own window.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   
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