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"But the problem with reincarnation is that it's hard to imagine what the storage medium for past lives would be. Not to mention the input-output device. I hesitate to rule it out completely, but I'd need pretty definite proof."
- Arthur C. Clarke
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| Auto Course-Finding Pilot | ||
| A device that not only pilots the craft, but will also plot out a course for you. |
| ...he herded Chuck into the parked hopper; its landing lights glowed and its turbine buzzed faintly... He reached up to turn on the auto course-finding pilot. |
| Technovelgy from Clans of the Alphane Moon,
by Philip K. Dick. Published by Ace Books in 1964 Additional resources -
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I do not yet have an automatic pilot for my car; but it does have an auto course-finding feature. In fact, I get a choice of routes.
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