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From: datanguay@watdaisy.UUCP (David Tanguay)
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Subject: Re: A Speculation on "Back to the Future"
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Date: Sat, 13-Jul-85 16:43:12 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jul 13 16:43:12 1985
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> Here's a topic me and some friends have been bandying about:
> 
> What things about 1985 would be most suprising to someone from 1955?
> ...
> Any comments?
> 
> Charley Wingate  umcp-cs!mangoe
> 
	I think the current plastics technology would blow the minds of 1955
people. Back then plastics were synonymous with low quality (and rightly
so); today everything is made out of plastic. We didn't (don't?) notice
this revolution because it has happened slowly but steadily. In a related
area, expoxies and composite materials (eg. graphite, kevlar) are also
very impressive, if less pervasive.

David Tanguay