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| 1954
| RAND Corp.
Posted on 11/30/2004 5:10:58 PM PST by Fiddlstix
I received this in an Email today. I just thought I'd like to share it with you J Fifty Years ago (1954) This is what the "Great" RAND Corporation (Think Tank) thought a "Home Computer" would look like in the year 2004..............
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: humor
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My! How Times Change! ROFL!
(I was just entering my 'teen years back then...........)
I remember this kind of Stuff very well.....
Enjoy J
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:10:58 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
To: Fiddlstix
Add an LCD monitor to it, and it's just like mine. Amazing foresight.
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:12:30 PM PST
by
G32
To: Fiddlstix
To: Fiddlstix
Having worked with Microsft and Logitech mice for years, that big old Pontiac style steering wheel is looking pretty good to me...
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:13:06 PM PST
by
jscd3
To: Fiddlstix
Wow, that's the same computer I'm using right now!
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:13:35 PM PST
by
MisterRepublican
("I must go. I must be elusive.")
To: Fiddlstix
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:14:12 PM PST
by
SE Mom
(God Bless our troops.)
To: Fiddlstix
ROFLMAO!!!!
What's the wheel for I wonder.....
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:14:37 PM PST
by
KoRn
To: G32
BWAHAHAHAHA!
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:14:46 PM PST
by
Dallas59
("A weak peace is worse than war" - Tacitcus)
To: Fiddlstix; Jim Robinson; blam; SunkenCiv; mhking; MeekOneGOP; Brad's Gramma; All
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:14:55 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
(This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
To: Fiddlstix
I get the TV glued to the wall, and the "teletype interface". I can even imagine all the gauges, but WHAT'S WITH THE STEERING WHEEL ???
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:15:19 PM PST
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: Fiddlstix
A frickin' steering wheel? Steering right into the 21st century (or into the "blue screen of death").
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:15:24 PM PST
by
jdm
(Stockhausen, Kagel, Xenakis -- world capitals or avant-garde composers?)
To: Fiddlstix
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:15:38 PM PST
by
pookie18
(Clinton Happens!)
To: Fiddlstix
If that screen is actually blue in a color photo, they would have been 1 step closer...
To: pookie18
I thought it might be a hoax.. :( But you had to ruin the fun.. :((
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:16:12 PM PST
by
G32
To: Fiddlstix
Is that a steering wheel attached to the side there? For driving on the information highway, I presume...
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:16:32 PM PST
by
WestVirginiaRebel
("Nature abhors a moron."-H.L. Mencken)
To: Dallas59
Beyond their wildest dreams.
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:16:37 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
(Who is General Chat?)
To: KoRn
"What's the (steering) wheel for I wonder....."
It runs the anti-virus software.
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:17:01 PM PST
by
jdm
(Stockhausen, Kagel, Xenakis -- world capitals or avant-garde composers?)
To: pookie18
Hoax!! - Don't care I still want one!
To: pookie18
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:17:42 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
(Who is General Chat?)
To: Free_at_last_-2001
Hey! My computer doesn't have a steering wheel! Where can I get an MS XP compatible steering wheel??
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:17:52 PM PST
by
lafroste
(gravity is not a force, dangit)
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