"OM" om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_researc h_facility.org wrote
in message ...

Do Frank Poole and David Bowman qualify?

...I've really been handwringing about this one, and right now I have
to say no. Simply because I'm trying to keep this in "reality"
perspective. "2001" was far beyond what really happened, and in
retrospect far above what we really could have achieved had we gone
that route, at least within that time frame.


But a guy who finds a Genie is ok? :-)