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"No one has ever produced a statement of fact that was technically true. The most accurate statements of science we have today are accurate to only 15 decimal places."
- Bart Kosko
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| Sights | ||
| Sunglasses-mounted crosshairs (you'll need one with your skull gun). |
The Terminator already had a heads-up display; that's why he didn't need to steal a pair of these when he came back in the second movie.
| Besides, he had a nice collection of Sights--not very tasteful sunglasses with crosshairs added into the lens on your dominant eye. They did wonders for marksmanship, and they were real obvious too, so that everyone knew you didn't [mess] with a man wearing Sights. |
| Technovelgy from The Diamond Age,
by Neal Stephenson. Published by Bantam Books in 1995 Additional resources -
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