tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post4061182377037669008..comments2023-07-14T07:42:45.273-05:00Comments on Beam Me Up - Science & Science Fiction news: Nanotech ain't living up to the hype!Beam Me Uphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16507215843874160767noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-55775974297017102392008-12-27T16:46:00.000-05:002008-12-27T16:46:00.000-05:00Well said gentlemen, very well said indeed. I kne...Well said gentlemen, very well said indeed. I knew I smelled something odd with the comment and thought I was on the right track. You guys really focused the argument well.Beam Me Uphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507215843874160767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-69876956826199194202008-12-27T15:20:00.000-05:002008-12-27T15:20:00.000-05:00"[n]ever before has a technology that's done so li..."[n]ever before has a technology that's done so little gone so far in literature" <BR/><BR/>to add to Dave's list...time travel (but it's still fun to read about it, again and again)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-13893700420335386732008-12-27T12:39:00.000-05:002008-12-27T12:39:00.000-05:00I'm going to have to strongly agree with you both ...I'm going to have to strongly agree with you both here. And "[n]ever before has a technology that's done so little gone so far in literature" is completely untrue. It doesn't take much research to find hundreds of all powerful computers in classic SF, at a time when the most powerful computers in the world had less capacity than a typical cell phone today.Dave Tacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09939802573223717177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-65481311405700328242008-12-27T02:51:00.000-05:002008-12-27T02:51:00.000-05:00I wouldn't take much stock in this person's words....I wouldn't take much stock in this person's words. This is just what happens when relatively unintelligent people try to say things that sound like they know what they're talking about.<BR/>You're correct. Just because nanotech hasn't done anything useful thus far doesn't mean it won't. Saying that is like saying that because no good successes were made in the early space program for the firstAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.com