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"The answer to the problem of information overload on the Net is reputations… engineer a system called a reputation server."
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![]() Pethel was intrigued by a picture in his magazine; he touches the word tab attached to the picture to find out more.
This is one of the ideas that really display the fluidity of Dick's imagination. Have you ever spent a lot of time online, where you can just click on a word to get more in-depth information, and then switched to reading a newspaper? Have you ever had the urge to try to "click" on something in a newspaper or magazine, only to be disappointed with dead tree media?
Look for this feature as e-paper readers like the new Readius cell phone with a five-inch foldable display start to turn into full-sized e-paper newspapers like the one from the 2002 movie Minority Report (itself made from a PKD story).
Oh, and by the way, the Golden Door Moments of Bliss satellite is an orbital brothel, owned by Thisbe Olt. Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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