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CmdrTaco
on from the it-burns-mommy dept.
squidgy writes "The BBC are reporting on a system that can superimpose images over your vision using small lasers beaming the images directly onto the retina. This is already being used in the car manufacturing industry. You too could soon have T101 vision."
Not entirely true. I realized that in order to be a well-rounded geek, I needed to read some Asimov (how I managed to go 26 years without doing so is a mystery - perhaps I wasn't ready). I started with Prelude and have now begun the 5th book (in the original ordering), Foundation and Earth.
I think the problem is that you are dismayed by the general masses. If you remember Asimov's books, he doesn't seem to put much stock in the intelligence of people as their size increases. x being population (mob size): lim[as x->Inf] Avg.Int(x) -> 3 (that's for all you D&D freaks!)
I bet you that there are a lot of nerds and children of nerds who are still picking up the "classics." Don't kid yourself, SF has never been dominant in the mainstream.
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Sounds like an excellent advertising opportunity.
Read Iain M. Banks, you'll be glad you did.
Why have V.R. when you could have 28 extra glands to produce any drug combination you could want?
Not entirely true. I realized that in order to be a well-rounded geek, I needed to read some Asimov (how I managed to go 26 years without doing so is a mystery - perhaps I wasn't ready). I started with Prelude and have now begun the 5th book (in the original ordering), Foundation and Earth.
I think the problem is that you are dismayed by the general masses. If you remember Asimov's books, he doesn't seem to put much stock in the intelligence of people as their size increases. x being population (mob size): lim[as x->Inf] Avg.Int(x) -> 3 (that's for all you D&D freaks!)
I bet you that there are a lot of nerds and children of nerds who are still picking up the "classics." Don't kid yourself, SF has never been dominant in the mainstream.
Let's go Hurricanes!!! 2006 Stanley Cup Champions!!!