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From: markb@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Mark Biggar)
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Subject: Re: Heinlein and predictions in general
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Date: Tue, 9-Aug-83 14:04:37 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug  9 14:04:37 1983
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In the same story, "Waldo", Heinlein also first describes the water-bed,
which is way nobody hold a patent for it.  (It was tried but a SF fan
in the patent office caught it and it was rejected as being already in the
public domain)

					Mark Biggar