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| From | "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | rec.arts.sf.written |
| Subject | Re: Wireless cyberpunk |
| Date | 2016-07-09 11:11 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <nlr46t$64e$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <nlpgmp$9lb$1@reader1.panix.com> <20160708b@crcomp.net> <nlqttm$gbr$2@dont-email.me> |
On 7/9/16 9:24 AM, Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) wrote:
> On 7/9/16 12:18 AM, Don Kuenz wrote:
>> Joseph Nebus <nebusj-@-rpi-.edu> wrote:
>>> My love mentioned how you could really tell some near-future
>>> cybershenanigans story was written in the 80s or 90s because they all
>>> figured we'd have to jack in to stuff. Plug in your phone, your
>>> keyboard, your brain. Wires everywhere. My love asked how everybody
>>> missed wireless.
>>>
>>> So I would like to explore my ignorance here. Who *did* have
>>> the insight that while cyberspace might be great, cyberspace over Wi-Fi
>>> was better? Who used the idea well? Who used it in superficially
>>> plausible but in retrospect hilariously bad ways?
>>>
>>> (I will accept a broad concept of Wi-Fi. Yes, I have read
>>> 'The Machine Stops'.)
>
>
> Brian Daley's Floyt/Fitzhugh trilogy featured a pervasive wireless
> network interfaced with wrist or pocket-carried "proteuses" that
> basically were smartphones on steroids, many including self-aware AIs to
> assist their users (SIRI but actually functional).
>
>
Oh, forgot to note, first book in 1985.
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Wireless cyberpunk nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) - 2016-07-09 00:32 +0000
Re: Wireless cyberpunk Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2016-07-09 04:18 +0000
Re: Wireless cyberpunk "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> - 2016-07-09 09:24 -0400
Re: Wireless cyberpunk "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> - 2016-07-09 11:11 -0400
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Re: Wireless cyberpunk "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-07-09 02:49 -0400
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