From:	Robert Watkins <bob@**.NTU.EDU.AU>
Subject:	Re: Scissors
Date:	Sat, 18 Feb 1995 12:57:51 +0930

>
> >the hand is designed to use tools. Building them in just limits their use
>
> I have a Decker who has two cyberarms-one contains a cyberdeck and a couple
> of datajacks, while the other has a memory unit and a smartgun system. Both
> hands have tools in the fingertips (microtronics toolkit in one, cutters and
> flashlight in other). It DOES NOT limit his usefulness...when the tools are
> not in use, they retract. And, he always has his tools with him. Nothing to
> drop. Nothing to forget. And how do you take away all of his stuff...Rip
> off his armored limbs? That's what the holdout in the extra space is for.
>

Pardon me? A TOOLKIT? That's like a great bloody box, not something that
can fit in his bloody finger! (Pardon my french). Furthermore, having any
sort of cutters in his fingers would limit their flexibility, which in turn
would handicap you a lot.

OTH, if you want to have tools in the hand, check out Robert Heinlein's
"The Moon is a Harsh Misstress".

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Robert Watkins bob@**.ntu.edu.au
Real Programmers never work 9 to 5. If any real programmers
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