> Point well taken. There are always scoffers, and I guess I officially fall into that category. I figure, the more skeptical I am, the more blown away I'll be when someone shatters the expected. Logic, it seems, cannot stop progress. Unfortunately, your projected date of one century will render me and everyone else on the forum... well, dead. In the meantime, speculate like crazy, and watch Star Trek. :-)
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> -useless"Science fiction should satisfy us, for now"ness

Let me point out that our life span is gradually increasing. The same people who may someday give us transporter beams, might figure out a way to extend your livetime well into the 22nd century. Personally, I'm amazed to have made it to the 21st. I read somewhere when I was about ten, that if you can dream it, you can do it. I've been a dreamer ever since.
Howard