Funny I always thought the inspiration for cell phones was from StarTrek
communicators. Just look at the flip phones for example.

Just my 2 cents cdn.

Gary Nolan

----- Original Message -----
From: "J Dunlop" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Science Fiction. Was : Don't Know Much About
Geography


> Wirt, you wrote :
> > I feel like I'm strangling people's pet rabbits here. Either that or
being
> > the first to tell you all that the Easter Bunny isn't real
>
> [snip]
>
> Well I don't have pet rabbits but what do you mean the Easter Bunny
> isn't real?
> Where's your scientific proof for this assertion?  :O)
>
> Seriously, Wirt, I can understand what you are implying now based on
> your last post and I appreciate that you enjoy reading SF also.
> Still, I'm not sure that SF gets all its ideas from Science and I feel
> that concepts such as anti-gravity, wormholes, matter transportation
> etc while not being scientifically proven facts (as far as I know),
> are enthusiastically treated by many SF writers to the extent that
> some of their ideas might well trigger channels of investigation by
> scientists. 'nuff said.
>
> Cheers,
>
> John Dunlop
>
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