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Old 06-03-2011, 05:56 PM   #1
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Default in 1966 they saw the future

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC5sbdvnvQM

Sort of like a pre-internet. The guy described email, ebay, paypal, webcams, flatscreen monitors, desktop computers.
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Old 06-03-2011, 06:14 PM   #2
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Love how he's shaking his head when the bill comes up
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Old 06-03-2011, 07:41 PM   #3
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All bills will be paid for by the husband.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fd8_gojNXc

I didn't see them say that all of this can be done on a handheld device.

You would need a tractor trailer to bring home your new computer system.

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Old 06-03-2011, 10:49 PM   #4
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Pretty amazing that all that science fiction is normal life today.

I'm going to start calling e-mail my "home post office."
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Is that real or made today to look retro?
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Old 06-04-2011, 11:38 PM   #6
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made today to look retro?
that's what I'm thinking
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Old 06-06-2011, 05:38 PM   #7
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Pretty amazing that all that science fiction is normal life today.
Except they said we'd be travelling the stars by now.

IMO the only really 'surprising' advances happened in fields that are consumer-driven, like electronics. It's all about the dollar.
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Hell, the original Star Trek had both iPads and Bluetooth headsets
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Hell, the original Star Trek had both iPads and Bluetooth headsets
and motorola razors

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Old 06-06-2011, 09:57 AM   #10
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and motorola razors

True, though in Star Trek they could actually get signal most of the time.
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