Time Warp
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Time Warp

In the words of a 19th-century British nursey rhyme: If wishes were Horses, Beggars would ride; If turnips were watches, I would wear one by my side. There is, it seems, a fairly influential group of rather strange persons out there who are wearing turnips and telling time; what’s unfortunate is that these persons, many...

The Reel World & the Real One
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The Reel World & the Real One

Robots: Facts Behind the Fiction by Michael Chester; Macmillan; New York. An associate, a PR representative for a leading manufacturer of industrial robots, did what fathers are want to do when their children come home from school with projects, in this case for a science fair: he gave his daughter some assistance. Given his vocational...