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   From: genew@telus.net   
      
   On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 12:15:34 -0600, Doc O'Leary   
    wrote:   
      
   >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.  That's one of the big things a   
   >lot of utopian sci-fi fails to understand.   
      
        Niven caught it with jump booths mentioning that people had put   
   them inside their homes until a rash of burglaries taught them better.   
      
   Sincerely,   
      
   Gene Wirchenko   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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