Re: Satellite system


charles wrote:
> In article <1134474702.863577.254020@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> spiney <sparkistuf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Wrong predictions - for example, that the wheel would become obsolete,
> > and we'd all travel around on hovercraft (complete bollocks, from power
> > to weight ratios!).
>
> but the hovercraft does work an there is the "Maglev" transportation system
> which does away with wheels.
>
> --
> From KT24 - in "leafy" Surrey
>
> Using a RISC OS5 computer.

Clarke's predicitons .....

Yes, Charles, but that's missing the point!

How many of us "commute to work" via hovercraft or maglev?

Eric Laithwaite - "Prof Maglev" - was another somewhat impractical
person!

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