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To: Father Terrence who wrote (32257)	8/25/2000 8:02:33 PM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

It's not the future 'till I get my flying car. Where's my danged George Jetson car? Actually, I am kind of like George in one way. I spend all day pushing buttons.

To: Father Terrence who wrote (32257)	8/25/2000 8:12:39 PM
From: Alexandermf	Respond to of 769667

F/T That is my Dream...........

To: Father Terrence who wrote (32257)	8/25/2000 8:20:38 PM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Mag/Lev was a hot topic in the 80s. Whatever happened to that idea?

To: Father Terrence who wrote (32257)	8/26/2000 4:57:53 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 769667

It sounds very interesting, indeed..... I remember going to a computer show in Washington in the early 70s. At the time, pcs were not on anyone's radar, and the projections were all for adaptations of the conventional mainframe, with conventional modems to log on for computer time, and a sort of streamlined Fortran as the lingua franca of computer world. Of course, there was no Graphical User Interface or mouse. Well, in ten years, the world was already moving in a new direction........