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Article #36001Re: Retinal scans (was: Re: One Step... (long!))
From: Bob Hablutzel
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 1989 16:44
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 1989 16:44
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>> >Remember. 60 years ago nuclear weapons were science fiction. >> >mark >> >> So were anti-gravity machines. >What's the point ? >The statement above says that some of the things that used to >be science fiction are now real. (and some of the things that >are now science fiction will be real someday) I think the point is that there are two kinds of science fiction: science fiction based on enhancements to currently available technology, and science fiction based on new technologies. The first kind (cheap, tiny mass storage devices, extremely fast machines, and, 60 years ago, nuclear bombs) are reasonable things to wait for. The second kind (anti-gravity machines, natural language recognition, and mental control devices) require serious breakthroughs before they can become available, and you have to decide if you're going to wait for them or not. Bob Hablutzel BOB@NUACC.ACNS.NWU.EDU
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!gatech!ncar!tank!nucsrl!accuvax.nwu.edu!bob From: bob@accuvax.nwu.edu (Bob Hablutzel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Retinal scans (was: Re: One Step... (long!)) Message-ID: <10330108@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 4 Jan 89 16:44:16 GMT References: <1811@csun.edu> Organization: Northwestern U, Evanston IL, USA Lines: 21