Comments on: Military kids to be issued virtual stand-ins while parents on deployment http://futurismic.com/2009/01/10/military-kids-to-be-issued-virtual-stand-ins-while-parents-on-deployment/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Sat, 19 May 2012 23:03:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dagonweb http://futurismic.com/2009/01/10/military-kids-to-be-issued-virtual-stand-ins-while-parents-on-deployment/comment-page-1/#comment-17612 Dagonweb Sun, 11 Jan 2009 11:26:37 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=5468#comment-17612 Most funacious jokes I heard this week - return of the living dad - concolation necromancy - tamagotchi parents Most funacious jokes I heard this week – return of the living dad – concolation necromancy – tamagotchi parents

]]> By: Tom Marcinko http://futurismic.com/2009/01/10/military-kids-to-be-issued-virtual-stand-ins-while-parents-on-deployment/comment-page-1/#comment-17601 Tom Marcinko Sun, 11 Jan 2009 01:37:40 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=5468#comment-17601 Does remind me a bit of a circa-1965 Silverberg story. Can't remember the name offhand. It was about a refugee on a spaceship getting a guilt-trip from the simulations of the people he left behind. Also the episode of The Simpsons where Marge builds a model of Homer while he's touring the world with his barbershop quartet, and the kids scream when the head falls off. Does remind me a bit of a circa-1965 Silverberg story. Can’t remember the name offhand. It was about a refugee on a spaceship getting a guilt-trip from the simulations of the people he left behind.

Also the episode of The Simpsons where Marge builds a model of Homer while he’s touring the world with his barbershop quartet, and the kids scream when the head falls off.

]]> By: Robert Koslover http://futurismic.com/2009/01/10/military-kids-to-be-issued-virtual-stand-ins-while-parents-on-deployment/comment-page-1/#comment-17595 Robert Koslover Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:11:37 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=5468#comment-17595 Both DARPA and DoD have for many, many years used science fiction as inspiration for their technology R&D programs. The scientists and engineers who work for DARPA and the DoD are very much like other scientists and engineers, many of whom have a strong appreciation for science fiction. And, except for ill-advised requests for proposal for a time machine, human teleporter, or warp-drive (yes, those do show up now and then), I think the influence of SF on DoD and DARPA has been generally quite positive. Both DARPA and DoD have for many, many years used science fiction as inspiration for their technology R&D programs. The scientists and engineers who work for DARPA and the DoD are very much like other scientists and engineers, many of whom have a strong appreciation for science fiction. And, except for ill-advised requests for proposal for a time machine, human teleporter, or warp-drive (yes, those do show up now and then), I think the influence of SF on DoD and DARPA has been generally quite positive.

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