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   Message 2,986 of 3,290   
   Walter Bushell to Doc O'Leary   
   Re: cases where SF has predicted scienti   
   28 Feb 14 12:46:32   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: proto@panix.com   
      
   In article   
   ,   
    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.   
      
   But drones may be unavoidable.   
      
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