home bbs files messages ]

Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"

   rec.arts.sf.misc      Science fiction lovers' newsgroup      3,290 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 2,598 of 3,290   
   Doc O'Leary to Robert Bannister   
   Re: cases where SF has predicted scienti   
   19 Jan 14 12:05:51   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: droleary@8usenet2013.subsume.com   
      
   In article ,   
    Robert Bannister  wrote:   
      
   > On 18/01/2014 1:54 pm, Your Name wrote:   
   > >   
   > > Windows?? Why would you want windows? You're safely tucked in your   
   > > little house, telecommunting, purchases delivered by drones or 3D   
   > > printed ... the outside world doesn't need to exist.    ;-)   
   > >   
   >   
   > You are succeeding in turning me off the future.   
      
   Hell, the present is already more unattractive.  People mixing with the   
   outside world while having their heads buried in their smart phones is   
   in many ways worse than the thought of them doing the same thing at home.   
      
   --   
   iPhone apps that matter:    http://appstore.subsume.com/   
   My personal UDP list: 127.0.0.1, localhost, googlegroups.com, theremailer.net,   
       and probably your server, too.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca