Sujet : Re: Things presented in-story as Good Ideas that seem like really Bad Ideas
De : wollman (at) *nospam* hergotha.csail.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.writtenDate : 09. Sep 2024, 20:44:33
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Organisation : MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab
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In article <
vbnj00$895$1@reader1.panix.com>,
James Nicoll <
jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
I read a review of NBC's Search (1972 to 1973) in which the reviewer
was greatly distracted by the agents' scanners. These were communication
and information gathering devices compact enough to fit into a tie-
clip or a ring jewel. They seemed to have infinite range and nothing
appeared to block the signal. The reviewer speculated that perhaps
they used phased neutrinos.
>
Huh. Only 23 episodes. It felt like it ran longer than a year.
Had it been British, that would be four years' worth.
-GAWollman
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