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To: pass pass who wrote (43793)	3/15/2001 1:55:59 PM
From: mitch-c	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

OT - technology march My company is building a new building, and solicited ideas. I proposed a holodeck. They thought I was joking - I explained the convergence of flat-panel HDTV's, high bandwidth, cheap computer power, and increasing travel costs. The net is that in about five years, we'll have flat panels on three walls of a conference room with remote offices (or users) holding the meetings they currently travel to. A month later, the local paper published an article on the brand new holographic 3D engineering design studio built for the UT engineering school. That caused a rapid reassessment of what some folks had dismissed as impossible, blue-sky speculation on my part. It was a broken-clock moment ... <g> - Mitch

To: pass pass who wrote (43793)	3/15/2001 2:12:39 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

OT If we can have video on demand, why not TV channel on demand? I am sick of paying a skyhigh cable bill when I only view several channels. Personally, I would take it one step further and have a pay as you go system that would allow one to purchase one show at a time. A pay as you go system would also do away with the need for nielson ratings, and would most likely cause many channels to close shop. I believe this is in the future; the only question is how far. BK