tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105609655817239699.post8455920342284157734..comments2023-10-20T07:51:45.504-04:00Comments on Prof. Wombat: second opinion: Space ChildrenProfWombathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11251229209601018545noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105609655817239699.post-9103474244427911052010-11-13T08:18:51.137-05:002010-11-13T08:18:51.137-05:00Probably not, for better or worse. But my laptop-...Probably not, for better or worse. But my laptop--bought reconditioned for $200, maybe half what a mediocre stereo cost in 1965 in 1965 dollars--beats the hell out of the old 7094 mainframe even before you hook it to the net. My pocket holds a device that lets me listen to maybe 800 records, or watch maybe 10 movies. We don't chop off breasts for cancer, dump PVCs in the Hudson River or wipe a half inch of soot and grime monthly off city windows, much anymore. Politics and economics are bad now, been bad before, will get better. Beats me where we're going, but our perceptions, I think, lean more toward doom and gloom than they should. And that's a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy.ProfWombathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11251229209601018545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105609655817239699.post-61468857550174025532010-11-12T09:49:22.330-05:002010-11-12T09:49:22.330-05:00At least we're not in Soylent Green/Omega Man ...At least we're not in Soylent Green/Omega Man territory yet.<br /><br />Unfortunately, it also appears we will not have a new life on the off-world colonies by 2019[/BladeRunner].Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com