----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Grimaldi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <brin-l@mccmedia.com> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 7:02 PM Subject: Programmable Matter
> > The Good Dr. has highlighted in his blog a relatively new sci-fi > worthy tech idea (with a downloadable book no less) > > http://www.wilmccarthy.com/hm.htm > Pretty old idea actually. I ran across it in Tom Paine Maru (1984) by L.Neil Smith. Smith, love him or hate him, was a bit to a good bit ahead of the crowd with the skiffy predictions. He even matched Brin with intelligent Apes and Dolphins publishing The Probability Broach the same year as Sundiver. Too bad he had to go get all political. (Probably the funniest line I ever wrote.) xponent Tom Paine Maru Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
