[ExI] Linguistic Markers of Class

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In GODPLAYERS, one of my rather more ferocious characters has sport 
of a somewhat different kind:

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Damien Broderick



Military scientists have surely been reading  Godplayers.  In that story Dr.
Broderick has insects that carry cameras and microphones.  Damien, do feel
free to post the passages, and note the news story below.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,276182,00.html

Scientist: Military Working on Cyborg Spy Moths
Tuesday, May 29, 2007

By Jonathan Richards

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 AP
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 At some point in the not-too-distant future, a moth may take flight in the
hills of northern Pakistan, and flap towards a suspected terrorist training
camp.

But this will be no ordinary moth.

Inside it will be a computer chip that was implanted when the creature was
still a pupa, in the cocoon, meaning that the moth's entire nervous system
can be controlled remotely.

The moth will thus be capable of landing in the camp without arousing
suspicion, all the while beaming video and other information back to its
masters via what its developers refer to as a "reliable tissue-machine
interface."...