And if we have a massive solar injection that wipes out our satellites,
power grids, etc., where are we? Civilization (and the younger
generation especially) has become so dependent on computers, cell
phones, and other modern technology, that it would cause all kinds of
electronic and food delivery networks to be suspended for an unknown
length of time. No nation on earth is really prepared for this. We had
one in 1850 that would have done that today.
Lee
It's already happened. You can't buy a 32 oz biggie coke or whatever
in NYC, per his majesty Mayor Bloomberg. Fingerprint scans are already
used on the medication dispensers at work. Retinal scans are coming.
You can already change the lighting, etc. in your house by computer
from the moon if you want to. When was the last time you used cash to
buy gasoline? We thought it was way out there 40 years ago, and
now......I drove across half the US in '78 without a cell phone. All
we had was a CB radio. When was the last time any of us even went out
the door without the cell phone recently? The computer used to power
the Gemini spacecraft was as powerful as the Mattel Speak and Spell.
We essentially went to the moon on a slide rule. My neighbor just had
surgery performed-by a robotic arm. The MD wasn't even in the room for
part of it. A motorcycle had a carburetor, distributor and engine.
Mine has fuel injection, variable electronic timing, and a really big
ass computer to make it all work.
As for fingerprinting,......a Vet just had a double arm transplant,
with someone else's fingers and therefore fingerprints....Could make
life very interesting.
It seems to be a brave new world out there. With all this
technology, you'd think we could solve WNS. (Couldn't resist the shot).
We lose sight of just how fast things have changed. Some for the
better, some just because. Funny how when you want your computer
fixed, you ask your neighbor's kid for help.
As we get older the past looks better and better in some ways.
I'm opting more and more for the Inuit Village.....
Carl.......
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