hi i am writing a philosophy paper wanted to reference a short story by Ray Bradbury in it. i saw a movie version of this story years ago but the name of it is escaping me. what i remember of it is that man has relied so much on technology that they don't remember how to do simple math and eventually figure it out.

if someone could tell me the name of that short story that would be great!

My Bradbury rating of your story: 45% Bradbury, 55% not Bradbury.

If your story can't be identified here on the Bradbury forum, the best place for identifying unknown titles and authors online is: http://forums.abebooks.com/abesleuthcom
Be sure to post a distinctive subject header, not just "looking for a story."

The next place to go is to the Isaac Asimov forum on Google Groups, or IF YOU MUST, Usenet: http://groups.google.com/group/alt.books.isaac-asimov?lnk=sg

While there, be sure to crosspost to rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.books, and rec.arts.books.childrens so as many as possible helpful readers see it. If a few trolls see it as well, that's the risk you run on Usenet.

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This sounds like the old Asimov short story "Someday", though I didn't think it was made into a movie...

By the way, I like your eman resu.

[This message has been edited by Braling II (edited 03-29-2006).]

It could be "That Feeling Of Power" by Isaac Asimov.
Here's a comprehensive summary - http://homepage.mac.com/jhjenkins/Asimov/Stories/Story076.html

*burp*

Now, who ever heard of a belching mechanical man? Rediculous!!! What will they think of next?

Hey! Robbie The Robot even drank a pint of hooch in "Forbidden Planet".
It'sh wunnerful what sciensh can do!
(*hic*)

thanks so much for helping me out! i actually figured out it is a short story by Isaac asimov called "The Feeling of Power". yay grasstains you won! haha and thanks for the compliment II ginlarb (:-P ginlarb sounds better)

Great movie!

Glad to be of help. Here's a list of all the places it's appeared in over the years- http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?41408

Braling, might want to ease up on the D.Wine.
Naaaaaah!

"Braling, Braling, over the bounding main..."
Wheeelee!