On 9/21/2012 4:11 PM, David C. Partridge wrote:
Yes indeed, but the OP (and Arthur Clarke) got one of them wrong:
> "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from
magic." (Clarke's Third Law)
Should read:
"Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology."
I can't remember the exact context, but it relates to short story about
an Amerindian tribe (ISTR it was the Navajo) who start cornering the
market in gadgets (Clarke?, Asimov?)
Hello, Dave and the group--
I'm not sure that we're recalling the same story, but some years
ago I read a short story written in technical-report format about
a couple of walkie-talkies delivered to the U.S. Army for evaluation
and designed by a team of Native Americans. The radios turned out
to be noise-free, long-ranged, undetectable and thus unjammable.
When the Army engineers opened the radios' cases, they found
herbs, pieces of dried animal and some inscriptions. No electronics.
The radios were rejected, natch.
Does anyone recognize the story? It may have appeared in "Analog" magazine.
73--
Brad AA1IP
