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"My father was a master mechanic; I grew up with a screwdriver in one hand and a pair of pliers in the other."
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![]() Nyeeda, the personal secretary to the Matriarch who administered all of Earth, wanted access to Comain, the supercomputer that provided predictions and instructions. Not everyone was provided with unrestricted access to Comain, however.
The palm plate is an early description of what we would today call a biometric identification system.
Compare to the palm lock from Dune (1965) by Frank Herbert. Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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