Re: UKNM: Content dethroned?

[Aidan Cook]

> Of course my PC is in the other room upstairs, and besides its a real

> pain to connect and locate just one titbit of information. I say 'Roll

> on enabled TVs and transactive content'. 


Its funny how the world cup has brought this up; I too have felt the need

to sit in my big chair like Jean-Luc Picard watching France and say

"Computer - project the possible outcomes of the group based on a 3-0

French win". Instead I am forced to negotiate with my friends until we

have constructed a memory-based guess we are all happy with - I'd pay

20pence to know for sure. 


Gutting isn't it - I've been lied to by annuals from the 70's with

features on "How we will live in the year 2000". Aside from the

disappointment of not having a personal gyro-copter on the roof of my

domestic pod and a big shiny suit with an arial on my head, the

voice-recognising software which allows my wristwatch to tap into the

global information network in just the manner you describe has also failed

to materialise. Damn. 


Roll on the future, I can't wait much longer...