On this day in 1917, Science Fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke was born. He is credited with coming up with the idea of using geosynchronous satellites for communications in a science fiction novel. And with the idea of a space elevator.
From his fiction also comes the HAL9000 computer, from the movie 2001 A Space Odyssey.
Hal Quote (from the movie): "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that. "
Clarke Quote: "Any sufficiently advanced technology will be indistinguishable from magic..."
(c) 2006, Jorge Monasterio
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