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28 Jul 2024 12:34:49 EDT (-0400)
  Re: A Curmudgeon's Response  
From: nemesis
Date: 19 Feb 2014 16:35:01
Message: <web.53052350a4f64c71ebb90cbd0@news.povray.org>
James Holsenback <nom### [at] nonecom> wrote:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26258971
>
> OK cool tech at work here ... lot's of engineering reasons why this is a
> great idea, but for some reason I don't like it one bit!
>
> It seems that some of the early sci-fi writers got it right ... we're
> headed of world that actually seeing something first hand is going the
> way of the dodo. Instead we'll get some sensors view. Sure there are
> /plenty/ of other examples, but this one just caught my eye.

in this case makes perfect sense:  you can display beautifully symetric sunset
scenery while the airplane is spiraling down out of control :)


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