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re: What is your favorite sci-fi invention?

Delbert — 6/8/2005 8:46:26 PM (archived)

Actually Raoul, I was thinking more of inventions that are pure sci-fi that are actually "never" going to be real practical inventions. Seems like Robots, and Rockets, though at one time I guess, were pure fantasy, are today common devices. Sci-fi has a habit of predicting the future, or causing things to come true by just suggesting them.

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What is your favorite sci-fi invention? - Delbert - 6/7/2005 3:12:01 PM
- HOVERBOARDS!!!!!!! - carl - 6/15/2005 1:28:23 PM
- HOVERBOARDS!!!!!!! - carl - 6/15/2005 1:28:20 PM
- No one mentioned the Orgasmatron? (n/t) - Lee - 6/10/2005 7:13:39 AM
  - It was recalled. It makes you blind. (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/10/2005 11:50:11 PM
  - It was coming right up (n/t) - Sam F. - 6/10/2005 12:58:11 PM
    - ARRRGH! STOP it!!!! (n/t) - R.L. - 6/10/2005 7:49:50 PM
      - So shoot me. (n/t) - Sam F. - 6/11/2005 1:24:30 PM
- Reading a book now... - alcaray - 6/9/2005 6:13:11 PM
  - The Web is pretty damn close... - Tom Brosz - 6/9/2005 10:22:43 PM
- The Jump Gate - Peter Bruener - 6/9/2005 6:44:18 AM
- The ethanol powered bending unit. - et - 6/9/2005 5:33:27 AM
- Star Trek Replicator - SDG - 6/8/2005 5:50:04 AM
- Hal 9000 - SteveS - 6/8/2005 2:13:17 AM
- re: What is your favorite sci-fi invention? - Johannes - 6/8/2005 12:01:16 AM
- I want my own Tardis. - Tom Brosz - 6/7/2005 10:21:23 PM
  - re: I want my own Tardis. - Tony - 6/8/2005 3:38:19 PM
    - To be more specific... - Tom Brosz - 6/8/2005 6:32:13 PM
      - Ah, the XLE-7895 version - Tony - 6/8/2005 7:39:50 PM
        
        Actually, now you can get a Type 40 manual online... - Tom Brosz - 6/9/2005 6:11:06 AM
        
        And check this out... - Tom Brosz - 6/9/2005 6:23:13 AM
  - You don't want the time travel? - Mary Anne - 6/8/2005 2:10:26 PM
    - Geez, would YOU want that kind of responsibility? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/8/2005 6:30:34 PM
    - "meet". Is that what you kids are calling it, these days? (n/t) - alcaray - 6/8/2005 4:57:09 PM
- Man's best friend - alcaray - 6/7/2005 9:47:06 PM
  - Or Van Vogt's Silkie (n/t) - alcaray - 6/7/2005 10:18:00 PM
- Eric Maine's World Without Men - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/7/2005 9:11:15 PM
- LeGuin's "ansible" - Fox - 6/7/2005 6:45:19 PM
  - My dad likes that one also. He think's O.S. Card invented it though..... (n/t) - et - 6/9/2005 5:32:19 AM
    - It was LeGuin, in 1966 - Fox - 6/9/2005 2:23:18 PM
      - re: It was LeGuin, in 1966 - SDG - 6/9/2005 7:33:45 PM
        
        I've read most of LeGuin's seminal works.... - et - 6/9/2005 11:45:24 PM
        
        Always Coming Home - Fox - 6/10/2005 12:27:46 AM
        
        Now I'll have to add her to my list - SDG - 6/10/2005 2:21:20 AM
        
        I'd reccomend starting with "The Dispossessed". - et - 6/11/2005 5:10:09 AM
- re: What is your favorite sci-fi invention? - Raoul - 6/7/2005 6:26:05 PM
  - re: What is your favorite sci-fi invention? - Delbert - 6/8/2005 8:46:26 PM
- I've always been partial to the Star Trek transporter, myself - McFly - 6/7/2005 5:44:27 PM
  - You and every mom in America. - Mary Anne - 6/7/2005 9:12:01 PM
- Larry Niven's stasis field - Gary - 6/7/2005 4:21:03 PM
  - Bobbles - FrankC - 6/8/2005 7:26:20 PM
  - It has flaws... - Tom Brosz - 6/7/2005 10:19:24 PM

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