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From: wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman)
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Subject: Re: Things presented in-story as Good Ideas that seem like really Bad Ideas
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2024 19:44:33 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <vbnj00$895$1@reader1.panix.com>,
James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

>I read a review of NBC's Search (1972 to 1973) in which the reviewer 
>was greatly distracted by the agents' scanners. These were communication
>and information gathering devices compact enough to fit into a tie-
>clip or a ring jewel. They seemed to have infinite range and nothing
>appeared to block the signal. The reviewer speculated that perhaps
>they used phased neutrinos. 
>
>Huh. Only 23 episodes. It felt like it ran longer than a year. 

Had it been British, that would be four years' worth.

-GAWollman

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