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- From: mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson)
- Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk
- Subject: My Predictions for 1993 !!!
- Message-ID: <72264@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 01:47:27 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- Lines: 39
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- LEGAL--California will enact the proposal of the Legal Reform Working Group,
- which will re-write all California state laws in a formal description
- language. Massachusetts will pass a similar act later the next year,
- except the two laws will be incompatible; California will have a
- bottom-up syntax, while Mass. will be top-down.
-
- PRISONS--a single mega-prison will be constructed in the Nevada wasteland
- for cost-effective housing of federal prisoners. It will be a model of
- modern technology, including both passive and photovoltaic solar technology.
-
- CULTURE--a man in Berkeley, CA, will sue the state of California to allow
- him to legally marry his cat. The state will not contest this, on the grounds
- that any effort in that direction would cost the state funds which can be
- better used elsewhere.
-
- ROYALS--Queen Elizabeth will direct the line of succession away from the
- House of Windsor. The designated heir apparent will be a program named
- "Rex 2.0" developed at Manchester University. This program incorporates
- all of the knowledge downloaded from the existing queen during 5 years
- of careful interrogation.
-
- MATERIALS--during 1993, a breakthrough material invented in 1991 will be
- revealed. It is aerogel-filled aircraft honeycomb, a material only 5%
- heavier than standard honeycomb, but more than 2X stronger.
-
- PRESIDENCY--a 13-year-old kid with a scanner for cellular telephone
- frequencies will save the life of President Clinton, by revealing an
- assassination plot. He will receive the Medal of Freedom in 1994.
-
- ENERGY--a steam car will win the Monte Carlo Grand Prix, for the first time
- in nearly 75 years. This car will take advantage of a steam engine's
- rapid spool-up and spool-down capability.
-
- SILICON VALLEY--Apple Computer will build a monorail to connect its
- various buildings in Cupertino. The total construction cost will be
- less than $1 million, thanks to heavy use of AutoCAD software.
- Custom components for the system will be manufactured by the same
- flexible manufacturing facility used for producing Macintoshes, simply
- by downloading the new design to the facility's computer.
-