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"IMHO, having students do computer games projects is absolutely the best possible way to teach programming, graphics, software engineering, object oriented programming, etc."
- Rudy Rucker
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| Auto Shovel | ||
| Automated mining equipment for use in space. |
This was just a one sentence reference to this idea.
| ...being uncovered by the auto shovels operating in the near weightless void of mid space of the big planet moons... |
| From The Simulacra,
by Philip K. Dick. Published by 1966 in Ace Additional resources -
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Gerry was dubious. She had seen abortive attempts at paralysis rays before.
Let your fingers - uh - your robot do the walking. And hopping.
