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Re: Age average
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Wed, 17 Nov 1999 17:47:31 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Richard Franks wrote:
> How long before the sleek interfaces of Star-Trek are as laughable as the
> blinking boxes of old sci-fi? Or maybe computers of the future will be blinking
> boxes after all :)
They already are laughable. Those silly Starfleet crewpeople -- they have a
computer they can *talk* to, and they spend all day punching *buttons* on
hideously arcane virtual consoles.
The best pilot interface for the Enterprise look suspiciously like a joystick
and a foot pedal.
Steve
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| (...) I have to agree, I can't leave a used-bookstore empty-handed if they have any old sci-fi in there. There's something refreshing about its optimism and imagination, especially the 50s-60s era. Unfortunately modern sci-fi tends to reflect recent (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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