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Thread #49551   Message #748332
Posted By: Jack the Sailor
15-Jul-02 - 11:35 AM
Thread Name: BS: Science Fiction : Science Fact
Subject: RE: BS: Science Fiction : Science Fact
Yeah BK, the Star Trek computer was kinda hokey by today's standards.

I remember that Arthur C. Clarke got credit for inventing the Geosyncronus communications satelite.

There was a lot of speculation about nuclear power in the 30's, some was pretty far out but a lot has come true.