Message-ID: <6819eli$9712291117@qz.little-neck.ny.us> X-Archived-At: From: Tom Subject: The Holodeck Newsgroups: alt.sex.stories.moderated,alt.sex.stories Followup-To: alt.sex.stories.d Reply-To: tje@mail.nls.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Path: qz!not-for-mail Organization: The Committee To Thwart Spam Approved: X-Moderator-Contact: Eli the Bearded X-Story-Submission: X-Original-Message-Id: <18173198406522@nls.net> Excerpted from "Holography, history" Encyclopaedia Britannica One hundred and seventy ninth edition Chicago, 2649 The great advances in particle physics in the twenty fifth and twenty sixth centuries, which enabled nanoengineers to manipulate constructively atoms and substomic particles, resulted in the development of effective replicator technology (q.v.), the further evolution of which led to holographic technology. After fifty years of effort scientists and engineers at Star Fleet University (q.v.) succeeded in creating programed holographic pseudo environments at the end of the twenty sixth century. Star Fleet (q.v.) incorporated this innovation into its new "Cosmos" class space craft beginning in 2603. Great controversies arose about this new technology, when manufacturers announced their intentions to make it available to the general public at an affordable price. Federation executive bodies petitioned parliament for legislation prohibiting the public use of "holodecks", as the new holographic systems were popularly known, arguing that they posed a threat to children and the mentally unstable, who, it was argued, would certainly abuse them to escape reality. Religious groups, womens organizations and the advocates of children joined the government's effort to restrict the private use of holodecks, arguing that they would be employed to create pseudo environments in which individuals would engage in acts that were otherwise illegal and grossly immoral. The opponents' cause was furthered by the arrest of a man for the possession of an unlicensed holodeck. Among the holographic programs confiscated was one which created a harem of naked boys and girls, images modeled on children in the man's neighborhood. Another program contained the image of the man himself, lying naked on a luxurious bed. Some people stated that the man was having sex with himself on the holodeck. Manufacturers and civil libertarians countered the opposition. The resulting legislation was a compromise which satsified neither party. Holographic programs were limited to a two hour duration and they had to be approved by local authorities, which would set the standards for their content. This effort to restrict the free use of holodecks was thwarted by the development of easily learned techniques that permitted individuals to create their own programs. The private ownership of holodecks became as common as television sets and personal computers in the second half of the twentieth century, or automobiles earlier in that century. It created a revolution in human culture: public entertainment withered, the marriage rate declined drastically, and certain sex crimes almost disappeared, especially those committed against children, and male rape of females. A new form of crime became widespread, however: the abduction of young men by small gangs of women, who held the victim until each gang member became impregnated. Governments tolerated this new crime wave, because of official concern about the falling birth rate. In time this form of crimminal behavior became ritualized. Teen age boys would display themselves provocatively in codpieces, and feign resistance to the cheerful women and girls who gently led them away. Older men and women seemed happier and they lived longer, apparently as a consequence of the holographic revolution. -- +--------------' Story submission `-+-' Moderator contact `------------+ | story-submit@qz.little-neck.ny.us | story-admin@qz.little-neck.ny.us | | Archive site +--------------------+------------------+ Newsgroup FAQ |