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   Re: cases where SF has predicted scienti   
   02 Mar 14 11:51:19   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   In article , Walter Bushell   
    wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   That's exactly why you don't want them flying around ... you'll keep   
   crashing into them.  ;-)   
      
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