Weird-assed natural disasters, monolithic multinational megacorporations, total environmental meltdown, cashcows in high-level government positions....
Heh. Look around. Cyberpunk is now.
I participated in US FIRST back in '95 as a member of the only middle school to compete without co-teaming with an area high school--Austin Academy for Excellence of Garland, Texas. The event took place at Disney's Epcot Center, and lasted roughly four days. Though we didn't win, our team took home the All-Star Rookie Award, and we had a chance to shake hands with Kamen himself. Not bad, considering we took nearly a week off from school to attend the event at one of the nation's best theme parks.
Damnit, I wish I was fourteen again.
I'm ignorant of current policies concerning in-flight cockpit procedures and airport screenings (I haven't flown in ten years), so I'm going to go for broke on this suggestion. Might someone onboard a flight aim a cheap pen or keychain laser pointer into the open cockpit, thus striking the glass and alarming the pilots?
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And I wonder what Easter will be like.
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Weird-assed natural disasters, monolithic multinational megacorporations, total environmental meltdown, cashcows in high-level government positions.... Heh. Look around. Cyberpunk is now.
Tomorrow, Motoko Kusanagi :-D
I participated in US FIRST back in '95 as a member of the only middle school to compete without co-teaming with an area high school--Austin Academy for Excellence of Garland, Texas. The event took place at Disney's Epcot Center, and lasted roughly four days. Though we didn't win, our team took home the All-Star Rookie Award, and we had a chance to shake hands with Kamen himself. Not bad, considering we took nearly a week off from school to attend the event at one of the nation's best theme parks. Damnit, I wish I was fourteen again.
...via the Steel Battalion game controller?
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I'm ignorant of current policies concerning in-flight cockpit procedures and airport screenings (I haven't flown in ten years), so I'm going to go for broke on this suggestion. Might someone onboard a flight aim a cheap pen or keychain laser pointer into the open cockpit, thus striking the glass and alarming the pilots?
Aggressive driving? Sword-fighting? Pizza delivery? Sounds like a Hiro Protagonist/Snowcrash kind of thing. Props to the Neil Stephenson fan!