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A vision for the future

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Name: Aaron Ratzan

From: New Jersey

Bio: Internet user for longer than most other people

Area of Expertise: Pioneer/Originator

Topic: Community/Culture

Headline: Disaster Movies Come True

Nutshell: There will be so many signals sent so many places that something will malfunction and cause everything to shut down.

Vision:

Wireless internet will be available everywhere. Computers, cars, cell phones, almost every piece of electronic equipment will be hooked up to the Internet. Somewhere, something will malfunction – it will cause a massive electromagnetic burst that will shut down peoples communications devices and electronic equipment.

It will reset world-wide communication back to where it was in the early 1800’s.

Date Submitted: November 12, 2004

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