Black Unicorn wrote: | On Sat, 23 Nov 1996, Bill Frantz wrote: | > For the fans of E.E.(Doc) Smith, go see this movie. | > | > OBCrypto: Data locks the main computer with a fractal cypher. | > | > OBMoney: Picard states the they don't have money in the 24th century. | > Instead they work for the good of mankind. Nanotechnology must have made | > everything material possible, so the only reward left is status (aka | > reputation). | | Why doesn't everyone have a starship? Becuase they've created an insidious welfare state so that no one wants for basic human needs. This has sapped the drive of most people so far that only war generates new technology. Said new technology is too expensive to give to the common man, who should be satisfied watching Patrick Stewart, history's greatest Shakesperian actor. ;) Adam -- "It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once." -Hume