Subj : Re: My, God; It's Becoming Real! To : alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise From : Kweeg Date : Tue Oct 11 2005 22:46:04 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise "Al Smith" wrote in message news:qfW2f.107486$Ph4.3273457@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca... > > I just saw on the news this morning that some of the > > cops here in Oregon are using ultra-sophisticated > > PDAs to give tickets and store information. It has > > occured to me that we're not even a generation from > > Star Trek's PADDs; some are already here. Even my > > doctor has a PDA with all of the drugs from the > > Physicians Desk Reference stored in it. Maybe it's > > just me, but I have a hard time calling them PDAs > > anymore; at least not the little small ones. I just > > have to wonder how long before everybody starts calling > > them PADDs? Maybe in a generation I'll be able to buy > > that tricorder I always wanted as a kid. :-) > > > > Ron > > Have you seen those Sears and Black & Decker lasers for hanging > pictures straight? They've got built in stud finders, range > finders to tell you how wide a room is, and sensors that can tell > where wires are in the wall. All they need are a few more > features, such as something that beeps when an alien monster is > getting closer, and you're there. They do, but I've never heard it go off........ -- Qa'pla Kweeg Ten of Canadian Clubs in the Eeeevil Trek Cabal http://members.shaw.ca/iksbloodoath "Half a gallon a'scotch!" Scotty (Spectre of the Gun) .