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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 2708953" data-attributes="member: 14159">Welcome to the 21st century, where cruise ships carry sonic cannons to repel pirate attacks.  Where we have unmanned assault drone aircraft and combat robots on the battlefield alongside regular fighters and soldiers.  We have cybernetic limbs so advanced that soldiers who lose their limbs in battle can get artificial replacements and return to duty (<a href="http://www.airforcemedicine.afms.mil/sg_newswire/jul_04/AFamputeePilotLeadStory.htm)" target="_blank">http://www.airforcemedicine.afms.mil/sg_newswire/jul_04/AFamputeePilotLeadStory.htm)</a>.  In a typical day you can get up, get in your gas-electric hybrid car and drive down the street while listening to a satellite transmission about our space program preparing for a trip to Mars, drive by a cop using a taser to stun a criminal, pull out a portable phone the size of a bar of soap and call somebody across the country and tell them about it, not to mention show them thanks to the little integral camera.  You might also listen to some music on an MP3 player that can store more music in a little box that fits in the palm of your hand than most people used to own in their entire collection.  When you are done, you can drive down to the grocery and buy exotic foods from around the world, and drive home with directions from a satellite navigation system that knows where you are down to almost the exact meter and knows every road in the country.Welcome to the Future: It snuck up on us when we weren't looking.</blockquote>

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