XPost: rec.arts.movies.current-films   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2026-02-10 21:07:13 +0000, moviePig said:   
   > On 2/10/2026 1:01 AM, Your Name wrote:   
   >> On 2026-02-10 03:56:30 +0000, danny burstein said:   
   >>> In <10me749$3aq47$1@dont-email.me> Lynn McGuire   
   >>>  writes:   
   >>>   
   >>> [snip]   
   >>>   
   >>>> I assume that you are a fan of Arthur C. Clarke as I am ???   
   >>>   
   >>> I was until I just saw an advert using some footage of his (I hope it   
   >>> was real and not an AI update..) promoting the Starlink system.   
   >>   
   >> His words come from a UK documentary "Horizon" episode he was in back   
   >> in 1964. He was talking about then new satelitte communication and the   
   >> "prediction" of internet in general, but Elon Muskrat has hijacked it   
   >> to promote is awful, over-priced Starlink garbage.   
   >>   
   >>     1964: Arthur C Clarke Predicts The Future | Horizon   
   >>     12mins   
   >>        
   >   
   > Iirc, Clarke envisioned a geo-stationary satellite hard-tethered to   
   > Earth -- i,e, a space elevator.  Let Musk hijack that...   
      
   His exact quote seems to be:   
      
       "The Space Elevator Will Be Built About 50 Years   
        After Everyone Stops Laughing."   
          
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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