At 10:26 AM 1/29/96 -0500, you wrote:

The cypherpunks relevance of all this is that it should soon be possible to create completely mediated environments for ourselves and our children. Through the use of implants and real-time VR processing, it will be possible to edit our "interface" with the Real World such that unpleasant aspects are edited out. We will be able to change the attire, hair, facial expressions, voice, and even smell of those around us to conform to our own esthetic desires. Likewise with our physical surroundings. Safety may discourage making a complete transformation in one's surroundings, but one can certainly soften the edges.

Meanwhile, rose-colored glasses are available, or scratched-up hard contact lenses if that's the reality you'd prefer .... Bill, who spends an hour or two wearing headphones on the train several days a week.... #-- # Thanks; Bill # Bill Stewart, stewarts@ix.netcom.com, Pager/Voicemail 1-408-787-1281 # http://www.idiom.com/~wcs