From:	Paul J. Adam Paul@********.demon.co.uk
Subject:	Human barcodes
Date:	Thu, 23 Sep 1999 16:51:06 +0100

In article <4.2.0.58.19990920220015.00967300@****.cec.wustl.edu>,
Walter Scheper <ratlaw@*******.com> writes
>By the way, do you think that UCAS taking over the Arc is a sign that
>national governments might begin to vie with the corps in the "official"
>time line as well?

I'd think so, personally. It's a smack in the nose for corporations who got
too complacent about "we don't need the nations" - when you have a bug
outbreak in Chicago, or a rogue AI in your arcology, you need troops and
lots of'em.


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Paul J. Adam