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Has Sci-Fi Run Out of Steam?
Barence writes "Science fiction has long inspired real-world technology, but are the authors of sci-fi stories finally running out of steam? PC Pro has traced the history of sci-fi's influence on real-world technology, from Jules Verne to Snow Crash, but suggests that writers have run out of ideas when it comes to inspiring tomorrow's products. 'Since Snow Crash, no novel has had quite the same impact on the computing world, and you might argue that sci-fi and hi-tech are drifting further apart,' PC Pro claims. Author Charles Stross tells the magazine that he began writing a sci-fi novel in 2005 and 'made some predictions, thinking that in ten years they'd either be laughable or they'd have come true. The weird bit? Most of them came true already, by 2009.'"
your a fucking idiot
comm64,
The AC does have you pegged. His grammar may be faulty, but you can't argue with his conclusion.
You are welcome on my lawn.
Yeah okay. I admit it. I earned three college degrees by bribing the Dean. You caught me. Happy?
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Using Overrated is being a prick in an approved way, and it's the reason why a lot of people I used to correspond with here left.
Not to say M2 is anything but a joke which I opted out of years ago, but still...
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