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"What we have designed would allow them to control a computer with their thoughts"Presumably the reverse is just as feasible. The military-industrial complex has no doubt thought of many other applications for this technology.
He who learns must suffer, and, even in our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.
Who gives a shit bout what CA bans next - pretty soon ain't nobody gonna be shopping there and guess what - none of US care about CA - they have...
Cough. Cough. More BS than truth here in their loosie goosie terms.
Nothing smart about these machines, since they can't stop people.
How about no state chooses to include Illinois in the future - and why not add CA and NY to the list of orphan states - landlocked by other states...
''This bill is an absolute nightmare.'' Lawyers are paid good money to come up with crap like that. Being paid to circumvent the law or making...
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A Century of Science Fiction
Time Magazine
By Bruce Sterling Monday, Mar. 29, 1999
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"Science fiction is a fun-house mirror for a society warped by raging technological advance. Science fiction doesn't want or need to make much sense. It seeks astonishment, terror, wonder, ecstasy and dread. It is spectacular and mythic, an oxygen tent for society's daydreams.
"SF's saga of the techno-sublime is about power, speed and transcendence of human limits. Ray guns, starships, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, nanotechnology--all beloved of SF, and every last one of them a big Technicolor disruption of the mundane."