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My theory: I dunno, really. I've heard all kinds of different rumors from different people and different new things, so we probably wont know what it is until 2002.
Anyone think it's a hoax?
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You know, I seem to recall reading about some sort of hover vehicle a while back. It's about seven feet tall, and a ~three foot square at the base. You stand in it, and lock yourself in like a roller coaster. Supposedly, the thing could fly around for half an hour on a tank of plain old gasoline.
Fits the bill, I think.
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"One editor who saw the proposal went as far as to speculate -- jokingly (perhaps) -- that IT was a type of personal hovering craft."
Well, apparently, someone had a similar thought.
Another thing occurs to me. You don't suppose someone finally invented a transporter...?
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I personally thought it might be the development of nuclear fusion, but I dunno now. Everyone seems stuck on it being some sort of vehicle...
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I'd be willing to bet it's like a personal scooter, or something. Like one of those granny carts, but 'hipped' up.
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I'm sort of skeptical about it being a personal transport type-thingy like the article suggests. For one thing, if it were ...
Would it fly? This would be one hell of a headache, especially for pilots of low-flying private planes, and pilots of big jets coming in for a landing at an airport. You'd be looking at some sort of traffic pattern for the sky, similar to "Back to the Future II"
Second, if it's a personal scooter for driving on the road, would anyone buy it? Sure it might get great gas mileage, but if that Geo Metro (or something much much bigger) hits you, you're dead. No second guesses, no helmet going to save you, you're gone gone gone.
I doubt the transporter theory. Honestly, if it IS the transporter, I'm sure the military would have it under lock and key and out of the news.
------------------ Star Trek Gamma Quadrant Average Rated 6.83 out of 10 Smileys by Fabrux *** "If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier ... just as long as I'm the dictator." - George "Dubya" Bush, Dec 18, 2000
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Well I'm of course intrigued. But if this in fact IS a hoax, those guys are going to lose dangerously much credibility... I mean, Steve Jobs? There must be some sense to all this.
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