"At the present rate of progress, it is almost impossible to
imagine any technical feat that cannot be achieved - if it can be
achieved at all - within the next few hundred years." -- Arthur C.
Clarke
(thanks to
blueeowyn)
[I don't know when Clarke said that; at the moment, I'm thinking of it in terms of a couple of July milestones that happened two dozen years apart (one more positive than the other).]
[And happy birthday to
xpioti!]