Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching Date: 26 Mar 2026 07:01:29 GMT Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <3uGdnZtryc8c6yf0nZ2dnZfqnPqdnZ2d@giganews.com> <20260325223255@news.eternal-september.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net wD7TyWiaYOX3OcznfNsLwwzesZeydxzwrrHxbQzIGmI7a57o7Q Cancel-Lock: sha1:Qmg1sZPPmgPQjfZpHcHs0hxKhSg= sha256:k5BMB9m4e+rLpczcaPgKP1ptUtxYfnw4sgIwOoXT9rE= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:84071 On Thu, 26 Mar 2026 02:36:09 -0000 (UTC), Roger Blake wrote: > On 2026-03-21, c186282 wrote: >> On 3/20/26 09:11, s|b wrote: >>> On Thu, 19 Mar 2026 23:46:39 -0400, c186282 wrote: >>> I'm guessing a simple smartphone wouldn't do a bad job either. >> >> The 1949 movie context ... they'd have never believed such things >> could ever exist. > > Arthur Clarke's novella "The Lion of Comarre", written in 1946 and > published in 1949, described a character using pocket-size wireless > device which was essentially a modern smartphone. One could use it to > call anyone else on the planet, bring up maps for navigation, etc. > (Of course in 1949 the idea was completely outlandish. The story is set > in the 32nd century.) https://dicktracy.fandom.com/wiki/2-Way_Wrist_Radio Not as fancy but more people read the comic strip than Clarke. Then there is the Pip-Boy that looks like a tracking ankle bracelet for people that screwed up very badly. It pairs with a smart phone but my $100 Amazfit Active 2 takes phone calls, plays music, shows maps, and so forth. It took me a while to get all that crap turned off.