Charles Sheffield wrote "The Web Between The Worlds" at the same time as Clarke wrote his book. Sheffield had his Elevator built in space and then with an asteroid counterweight attached flown in and dropped through the atmosphere to its base. They had seconds to anchor it before it passed back up. I would love them to have the space infrastrutcher to do that but don't think I want to live on a planet where anyone is crazy enough to try it
Would agree. in the UK we have had Freeview boxes for a couple of years. Started out at £50 and can now be got for about £16. No matter which brand or price you get they do not seem to last for longer than a year. So, a 5 year warranty with a reputable company for about twice the cost of a normally bought unit could work out well in the long run.
Guess who will not be buying a Freeview enabled TV set till all the issues are worked out.
.. Even where there is a reasonable assumptions on concrete preparatory acts for such serious offenses.
Have a terrible feeling that should say no reasonable assumptions or concrete preparatory acts
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Bought a Alcatel in Woolworths (UK) for £10. No camera, no mp3 player, no download capability. Just a mobile phone that does the one thing I need
Charles Sheffield wrote "The Web Between The Worlds" at the same time as Clarke wrote his book. Sheffield had his Elevator built in space and then with an asteroid counterweight attached flown in and dropped through the atmosphere to its base. They had seconds to anchor it before it passed back up. I would love them to have the space infrastrutcher to do that but don't think I want to live on a planet where anyone is crazy enough to try it
Who was it said "Information wants to be free" ? Don't think they had this in mind though
Would agree. in the UK we have had Freeview boxes for a couple of years. Started out at £50 and can now be got for about £16. No matter which brand or price you get they do not seem to last for longer than a year. So, a 5 year warranty with a reputable company for about twice the cost of a normally bought unit could work out well in the long run. Guess who will not be buying a Freeview enabled TV set till all the issues are worked out.
.. Even where there is a reasonable assumptions on concrete preparatory acts for such serious offenses. Have a terrible feeling that should say no reasonable assumptions or concrete preparatory acts
If he gets away with it I want to get in first with copywriting "Fire" and "Wheel"