----- Original Message ----- From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 10:50 PM Subject: Re: The limits of vision
> Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > > http://architecture.mit.edu/house_n/web/resources/articles/lifeinthefuture/MIRACLES%20OF%20THE%20NEXT%20FIFTY%20YEARS.htm > > > > The year 200 as viewed from 1950 > > 1) I like the idea of just being able to hose down everything in the > house. (Doesn't cover older things such as, say, the upright piano, > though....) Or the electronics. > > 2) It's been my experience that with frozen dinners, it just *tastes* > better if you do it in the conventional oven rather than in the > microwave. For the most part, I'm not particular, I'm just feeding the machine. > 3) "Forecast of home of tomorrow?" picture & caption caught my eye -- I > see buildings for businesses going up all the time where the sides are > made of concrete poured into forms and then propped up & put together. Thats called "Tilt-Wall construction", for obvious reasons. > > 4) Easy cure of TB -- I wish! Probably the broadest miss in the article! > > 5) Ditto on "nervous diseases" such as MS & Parkinson's. As with TB, things have gotten better and then much worse. We now have resistant bacteria and greater spread with prion related illnesses. > > Cool article. Thanks, Rob! I'm glad yall enjoyed it! xponent Just Take A Look At The Menu We Give You Rock A La Carte Breakfast At Tiffanies See You In Germany We're Only Here To Entertain You Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
