XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: proto@panix.com   
      
   In article <130120141307202555%YourName@YourISP.com>,   
    Your Name  wrote:   
      
   > Of course, if sci-fi really predicts the future, then cars of any sort   
   > will be useless because we'll simply use Star Trek transporters to beam   
   > everywhere. Live in New York, but work in Sydney? No problem, get there   
   > in a fraction of a second.   :-)   
      
   OBsf: Before proposing that read "Think Like a Dinosaur".   
      
   Plus some argue that transporters kill the transported and create a   
   new person at the other end. Of course, we are continually recreating   
   ourselves anyway so the point may be moot.   
      
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