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   Gene Wirchenko to McDaniel   
   Re: Science fiction   
   17 Aug 13 23:47:57   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.books   
   From: genew@telus.net   
      
   On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 18:13:50 +0000 (UTC), tmcd@panix.com (Tim   
   McDaniel) wrote:   
      
   >In article ,   
   >David DeLaney   wrote:   
   >>Dave, and I don't know if anyone's mentioned the   
   >> digitalness/push-buttonness of radio tuning now, vs the old   
   >> turn-the-knob-and-it-creeps-analogically. and who knows what he'd   
   >> make of the SEEK button   
   >   
   >(Since radio isn't usually important, I didn't want to consider it as   
   >an actual impediment.)   
      
         Another difference.  I have seen road signs saying to tune to a   
   certain AM frequency for traffic conditions.   
      
   [snip]   
      
   Sincerely,   
      
   Gene Wirchenko   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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