Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:59:33 -0700 Organization: A place where nothing fits quite right Lines: 21 Message-ID: <20260326085933.000043f2@gmail.com> References: <3uGdnZtryc8c6yf0nZ2dnZfqnPqdnZ2d@giganews.com> <20260325223255@news.eternal-september.org> <10q29ff$2gva7$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:59:37 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="2b052af66ab330d975ab0d2287569ee2"; logging-data="3077271"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18GFusXkoy+GSmyLwpHRMq2YgUVcYll4d8=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:njCFt8KCw1zZQb2mGE1r9zXWZHg= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:84113 rec.arts.sf.written:655345 On Thu, 26 Mar 2026 03:55:50 GMT Charlie Gibbs wrote: > > It may look odd to see people staring out into space while using > > their body-internal devices. Maybe there would also be an autopilot > > mode to keep their bodies from bumping into other people/things, > > falling down manholes etc while they=E2=80=99re preoccupied with someth= ing > > else. =20 >=20 > And, of course, there will be surveillance links to whoever is running > the show, complete with a means to kill or at least incapacitate > anyone who oversteps the bounds. Several movies and SF stories have > touched on this, although I can't remember titles right now. Amazing how the card-carrying Futurists never seem to see this as a point of concern. Frankly, it's not even slightly difficult to imagine certain IRL Silicon Valley figures flipping someone's kill-switch for the lulz, or because their sycophants on Ex-Twitter told them it'd be "based..."