Re: New Eyes for Big Brother

Damaged Justice (frogfarm@yakko.cs.wmich.edu)
Wed, 14 Aug 1996 02:47:45 -0400 (EDT)


> > BIG BROTHER SOON TO HAVE X-RAY VISION
>
> The big question I have is: where can I get one?
>
> Is anyone aware of the technical details of such a device?

Almost as interesting is that Neal Stephenson has once again proven himself
frighteningly, accurately prophetic.

(if!read(SnowCrash)do)

"Millimeter-wave radar" is just the beginning. Myself, I can think of an
awful lof of folks that need to listen to Reason...

[Alta Vista, my favorite search engine, turns up a good number of hits on
both Usenet and the Web for the above phrase.]

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