Re: speaking of science fiction

From: Scott Chase (ecphoric@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Feb 15 2002 - 23:16:19 GMT

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From: "Scott Chase" <ecphoric@hotmail.com>
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    >From: John Wilkins <wilkins@wehi.edu.au>
    >Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    >To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    >Subject: Re: speaking of science fiction
    >Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 16:28:00 +1100
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    >
    >On Friday, February 15, 2002, at 04:14 PM, Wade T.Smith wrote:
    >
    >>Using most of his name, but somehow failing to mention Isaac as a
    >>source,
    >>is, well, looks like something damn close to something somebody should
    >>sue about...
    >>
    >>http://world.honda.com/ASIMO/whats/
    >>
    >>.... as the Good Doctor is well-known to be the Father of Robotics, at
    >>least in spirit.
    >>
    >>I've been over the site pretty fully, and have not found a single
    >>mention
    >>of Asimov at all.
    >>
    >>And yet, they have the audacity to tell us that ASIMO is, uh, some sort
    >>of abbreviation of Advance Step in Innovative MObility....
    >>
    >>Gack.
    >>
    >>Is there a lawyer in the house?
    >>
    >>
    >Wait until they release the Mark V: ASIMO V
    >--
    >
    OK. After all the recent babbling about Asimov, Hari Seldon, psychohistory
    and the Foundation series, I went and bought _Prelude to Foundation_ and
    _Foundation_. I hope you're all happy. Now I've gotta find more bookshelf
    space somewhere.

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