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If only someone would make real-life versions of those flip-open communicators from Star Trek TOS. Maybe someone at Motorola could do that. Or, on the subject
by jholman 13y ago
If only someone would make real-life versions of those flip-open communicators from Star Trek TOS. Maybe someone at Motorola could do that.
Or, on the subject of Snow Crash, if only someone would make that thing in Snow Crash called Earth. (Though if they did make it and then Motorola bought it, I expect they'd name it Motorola Earth, which sounds dumb. Unless someone bought Motorola first.)
- jacques_chester 13y agoAnd I first read about iPads in Futuretrack Five.
- pavel_lishin 13y agoOn this topic, check out REAMDE - one of the characters makes a reference to ripping off Google Earth, but not feeling bad about it because Google Earth itself was directly inspired by something someone had read in a science fiction novel.