[12374] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: more convergence
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Arthur Abraham)
Tue May 17 00:31:10 1994
From: a2@ah.com (Arthur Abraham)
To: chip@phantom.com (Chip Bayers)
Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 19:46:22 -40962758 (PDT)
Cc: smart@mel.dit.csiro.au, com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9405161122.B8808-0100000@mindvox> from "Chip Bayers" at May 16, 94 11:34:25 am
>
> On Mon, 16 May 1994, Bob Smart wrote:
>
> > I've just read an article on the rise of antibiotic-resistant
> > bacteria. Now imagine what the emergence of a serious and resistant
> > disease bacteria would do to: teleconferencing vs business travel;
> > telecommuting vs going to work; network delivery of education vs
> > attending large educational institutions; computer shopping vs going
> > to the supermarket. Not to mention closed communities with guards on
> > the gates and electronic surveillance of the perimeter.
> >
> > Well it's not a pretty thought, but we might survive such epidemics
> > better in this way than our ancestors coped during episodes of the
> > plague.
>
> Sounds like the script of a bad TV mini-series based on a bad novel
> written by a prolific horror writer.
>
teledildonics anyone?
-a2
