# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2920
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58387 "2018-04-11T17:48:01Z")
Science fiction gadgets from the past that exist today 1. Heat Ray (from War of the Worlds) = The Active Denial System 2. Telecom relay satellite, Arthur C. Clarke [cite not handy] 3. Basically, the modern internet. Murray Leinster, “A Logic Named Joe”. [https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.the...gic\_named\_joe/](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.the...gic_named_joe/) 4. Talking to the computer (Star Trek) = Alexa 5. Communicators from TOS = flip phones ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58388 "2018-04-11T17:53:07Z")
Science fiction gadgets from the past that exist today 1. Heat Ray (from War of the Worlds) = The Active Denial System 2. Telecom relay satellite, Arthur C. Clarke [cite not handy] 3. Basically, the modern internet. Murray Leinster, “A Logic Named Joe”. [https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.the...gic\_named\_joe/](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.the...gic_named_joe/) 4. Talking to the computer (Star Trek) = Alexa 5. Communicators from TOS = flip phones 6. Telepresence. Used for work and socializing by the scientifically advanced Mongols occupying America in “Armageddon 2419”, the inspiration for Buck Rogers. [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armageddon\_2419\_A.D](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armageddon_2419_A.D). ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58389 "2018-04-11T20:01:19Z")
Science fiction gadgets from the past that exist today 1. Heat Ray (from War of the Worlds) = The Active Denial System 2. Telecom relay satellite, Arthur C. Clarke [cite not handy] 3. Basically, the modern internet. Murray Leinster, “A Logic Named Joe”. [https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.the...gic\_named\_joe/](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.the...gic_named_joe/) 4. Talking to the computer (Star Trek) = Alexa 5. Communicators from TOS = flip phones 6. Telepresence. Used for work and socializing by the scientifically advanced Mongols occupying America in “Armageddon 2419”, the inspiration for Buck Rogers. 7. Television “Parlor Walls” (Fahrenheit 451) = large flat screen web tv ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58390 "2018-04-11T20:46:54Z")
Science fiction gadgets from the past that exist today 1. Heat Ray (from War of the Worlds) = The Active Denial System 2. Telecom relay satellite, Arthur C. Clarke [cite not handy] 3. Basically, the modern internet. Murray Leinster, “A Logic Named Joe”. [https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.the...gic\_named\_joe/](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.the...gic_named_joe/) 4. Talking to the computer (Star Trek) = Alexa 5. Communicators from TOS = flip phones 6. Telepresence. Used for work and socializing by the scientifically advanced Mongols occupying America in “Armageddon 2419”, the inspiration for Buck Rogers. 7. Television “Parlor Walls” (Fahrenheit 451) = large flat screen web tv 8. Small flying drones to spy on people (Danny Dunn, Invisible Boy) Danny isn’t invisible, but he effectively can’t be detected as he spies on others with a small drone. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58391 "2018-04-11T21:03:27Z")
Science fiction gadgets from the past that exist today 1. Heat Ray (from War of the Worlds) = The Active Denial System 2. Telecom relay satellite, Arthur C. Clarke [cite not handy] 3. Basically, the modern internet. Murray Leinster, “A Logic Named Joe”. [https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.the...gic\_named\_joe/](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.the...gic_named_joe/) 4. Talking to the computer (Star Trek) = Alexa 5. Communicators from TOS = flip phones 6. Telepresence. Used for work and socializing by the scientifically advanced Mongols occupying America in “Armageddon 2419”, the inspiration for Buck Rogers. 7. Television “Parlor Walls” (Fahrenheit 451) = large flat screen web tv 8. Small flying drones to spy on people (Danny Dunn, Invisible Boy) 9. Artificial hearts ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58392 "2018-04-11T21:59:52Z")
Science fiction gadgets from the past that exist today 1. Heat Ray (from War of the Worlds) = The Active Denial System 2. Telecom relay satellite, Arthur C. Clarke [cite not handy] 3. Basically, the modern internet. Murray Leinster, “A Logic Named Joe”. [https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.the...gic\_named\_joe/](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.the...gic_named_joe/) 4. Talking to the computer (Star Trek) = Alexa 5. Communicators from TOS = flip phones 6. Telepresence. Used for work and socializing by the scientifically advanced Mongols occupying America in “Armageddon 2419”, the inspiration for Buck Rogers. 7. Television “Parlor Walls” (Fahrenheit 451) = large flat screen web tv 8. Small flying drones to spy on people (Danny Dunn, Invisible Boy) 9. Artificial hearts 10. Replicator from Star Trek = 3D printer. (Well, it’s a start.) ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58393 "2018-04-11T22:53:23Z")
Science fiction gadgets from the past that exist today 1. Heat Ray (from War of the Worlds) = The Active Denial System 2. Telecom relay satellite, Arthur C. Clarke [cite not handy] 3. Basically, the modern internet. Murray Leinster, “A Logic Named Joe”. [https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.the...gic\_named\_joe/](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.the...gic_named_joe/) 4. Talking to the computer (Star Trek) = Alexa 5. Communicators from TOS = flip phones 6. Telepresence. Used for work and socializing by the scientifically advanced Mongols occupying America in “Armageddon 2419”, the inspiration for Buck Rogers. 7. Television “Parlor Walls” (Fahrenheit 451) = large flat screen web tv 8. Small flying drones to spy on people (Danny Dunn, Invisible Boy) 9. Artificial hearts 10. Replicator from Star Trek = 3D printer. (Well, it’s a start.) 11. Mandarax – a hand-held computer database that’s a prototype for the iPad and Kindle. Kurt Vonnegut, _Galapagos_. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58394 "2018-04-11T22:57:02Z")
Science fiction gadgets from the past that exist today 1. Heat Ray (from War of the Worlds) = The Active Denial System 2. Telecom relay satellite, Arthur C. Clarke [cite not handy] 3. Basically, the modern internet. Murray Leinster, “A Logic Named Joe”. [https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.the...gic\_named\_joe/](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.the...gic_named_joe/) 4. Talking to the computer (Star Trek) = Alexa 5. Communicators from TOS = flip phones 6. Telepresence. Used for work and socializing by the scientifically advanced Mongols occupying America in “Armageddon 2419”, the inspiration for Buck Rogers. 7. Television “Parlor Walls” (Fahrenheit 451) = large flat screen web tv 8. Small flying drones to spy on people (Danny Dunn, Invisible Boy) 9. Artificial hearts 10. Replicator from Star Trek = 3D printer. (Well, it’s a start.) 11. Earbuds to listen to music (they were “the little seashells” in Fahrenheit 451) ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58395 "2018-04-12T03:55:13Z")
Science fiction gadgets from the past that exist today 1. Heat Ray (from War of the Worlds) = The Active Denial System 2. Telecom relay satellite, Arthur C. Clarke [cite not handy] 3. Basically, the modern internet. Murray Leinster, “A Logic Named Joe”. [https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.the...gic\_named\_joe/](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.the...gic_named_joe/) 4. Talking to the computer (Star Trek) = Alexa 5. Communicators from TOS = flip phones 6. Telepresence. Used for work and socializing by the scientifically advanced Mongols occupying America in “Armageddon 2419”, the inspiration for Buck Rogers. 7. Television “Parlor Walls” (Fahrenheit 451) = large flat screen web tv 8. Small flying drones to spy on people (Danny Dunn, Invisible Boy) 9. Artificial hearts 10. Replicator from Star Trek = 3D printer. (Well, it’s a start.) 11. Earbuds to listen to music (they were “the little seashells” in Fahrenheit 451) 12. Mandarax – a hand-held computer database that’s a prototype for the iPad and Kindle. Kurt Vonnegut,\* Galapagos\*. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58396 "2018-04-12T13:13:01Z")
Science fiction gadgets from the past that exist today 1. Heat Ray (from War of the Worlds) = The Active Denial System 2. Telecom relay satellite, Arthur C. Clarke [cite not handy] 3. Basically, the modern internet. Murray Leinster, “A Logic Named Joe”. [https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.the...gic\_named\_joe/](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.the...gic_named_joe/) 4. Talking to the computer (Star Trek) = Alexa 5. Communicators from TOS = flip phones 6. Telepresence. Used for work and socializing by the scientifically advanced Mongols occupying America in “Armageddon 2419”, the inspiration for Buck Rogers. 7. Television “Parlor Walls” (Fahrenheit 451) = large flat screen web tv 8. Small flying drones to spy on people (Danny Dunn, Invisible Boy) 9. Artificial hearts 10. Replicator from Star Trek = 3D printer. (Well, it’s a start.) 11. Earbuds to listen to music (they were “the little seashells” in Fahrenheit 451) 12. Mandarax – a hand-held computer database that’s a prototype for the iPad and Kindle. Kurt Vonnegut, Galapagos. 13. 1984’s telescreens = today’s Skype. Next up: Books that didn’t make it into the Bible. 1. Paul’s Wit and Wisdom. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58397 "2018-04-12T13:15:57Z")
Next up: Books that didn’t make it into the Bible. 1. Paul’s Wit and Wisdom. 2. Zen and the Art of Carpentry ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58398 "2018-04-12T13:25:32Z")
Books that didn’t make it into the Bible. 1. Paul’s Wit and Wisdom. 2. Zen and the Art of Carpentry 3. Pontius Pilate, Boy Detective ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58399 "2018-04-12T13:26:57Z")
Books that didn’t make it into the Bible. 1. Paul’s Wit and Wisdom. 2. Zen and the Art of Carpentry 3. Pontius Pilate, Boy Detective 4. The Shepherd of Hermas ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58400 "2018-04-12T13:41:47Z")
Books that didn’t make it into the Bible. 1. Paul’s Wit and Wisdom. 2. Zen and the Art of Carpentry 3. Pontius Pilate, Boy Detective 4. The Shepherd of Hermas 5. The 12 Disciples’s Guide to Sodom and Gamorra ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58401 "2018-04-12T14:56:27Z")
Books that didn’t make it into the Bible. 1. Paul’s Wit and Wisdom. 2. Zen and the Art of Carpentry 3. Pontius Pilate, Boy Detective 4. The Shepherd of Hermas 5. The 12 Disciples’s Guide to Sodom and Gamorra 6. The Song of Shecky ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58402 "2018-04-12T15:10:35Z")
Books that didn’t make it into the Bible. 1. Paul’s Wit and Wisdom. 2. Zen and the Art of Carpentry 3. Pontius Pilate, Boy Detective 4. The Shepherd of Hermas 5. The 12 Disciples’s Guide to Sodom and Gamorra 6. The Song of Shecky 7. The Book of Armaments ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58403 "2018-04-12T18:39:02Z")
Books that didn’t make it into the Bible. 1. Paul’s Wit and Wisdom. 2. Zen and the Art of Carpentry 3. Pontius Pilate, Boy Detective 4. The Shepherd of Hermas 5. The 12 Disciples’s Guide to Sodom and Gamorra 6. The Song of Shecky 7. The Book of Armaments 8. 50 Shades of Desert Brown ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58404 "2018-04-12T18:46:16Z")
Books that didn’t make it into the Bible. 1. Paul’s Wit and Wisdom. 2. Zen and the Art of Carpentry 3. Pontius Pilate, Boy Detective 4. The Shepherd of Hermas 5. The 12 Disciples’s Guide to Sodom and Gamorra 6. The Song of Shecky 7. The Book of Armaments 8. 50 Shades of Desert Brown 9. Noah’s pontoon ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58405 "2018-04-12T20:49:55Z")
Books that didn’t make it into the Bible. 1. Paul’s Wit and Wisdom. 2. Zen and the Art of Carpentry 3. Pontius Pilate, Boy Detective 4. The Shepherd of Hermas 5. The 12 Disciples’s Guide to Sodom and Gamorra 6. The Song of Shecky 7. The Book of Armaments 8. 50 Shades of Desert Brown 9. Noah’s pontoon 10. Job’s suicide ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58406 "2018-04-12T23:12:35Z")
Books that didn’t make it into the Bible. 1. Paul’s Wit and Wisdom. 2. Zen and the Art of Carpentry 3. Pontius Pilate, Boy Detective 4. The Shepherd of Hermas 5. The 12 Disciples’s Guide to Sodom and Gamorra 6. The Song of Shecky 7. The Book of Armaments 8. 50 Shades of Desert Brown 9. Noah’s pontoon 10. Job’s suicide 11. Beowulf [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2919) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2921)