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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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| Handbag Computer | ||
| Device capable of carrying on your conversation for you. |
| Dinner with Aileen again, at the "Bronx." A sweet girl, always has something to say, not like those women in the scuttle who let their handbag computers carry all the conversation. Today at the Lost and Found I saw three of the things quietly chatting in a corner, until they got into an argument. |
| Technovelgy from The Futurological Congress,
by Stanislaw Lem. Published by Seabury Press in 1974 Additional resources -
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Compare to the pocket computer from The Feeling of Power (1958) by Isaac Asimov
Thanks to Yossi for the reference and the quote.
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