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VANITY: Modern Computer Technology (1954/2004)
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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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To: jdm
LOL I also didn't think of racing games.
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:18:07 PM PST
by
KoRn
To: Fiddlstix
Back in those days of early computing, you had to wear a coat and tie to even get near a computer.
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:18:31 PM PST
by
SamAdams76
(Red Sox Win The World Series...And Bush Wins Re-election Too!)
To: jdm
Snopes takes all the fun out of pranks:)
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:18:42 PM PST
by
SE Mom
(God Bless our troops.)
To: G32
I thought it might be a hoax.. :( But you had to ruin the fun.. :(( Well, I got the e-mail last week & sent it out to several people...got 2 hoax e-mails in return....so just spreading the wealth ;-)
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:18:53 PM PST
by
pookie18
(Clinton Happens!)
To: Rebelbase
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:18:57 PM PST
by
Dallas59
("A weak peace is worse than war" - Tacitcus)
To: Fiddlstix
This is a
hoax, guys, and an old one (by internet standards) at that. See here for more information:
Does Not COmpute
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:19:22 PM PST
by
edg2103
(It's funny, but it's a hoax, guys)
To: Fiddlstix
Forget it. There's no joystick.
-PJ
To: WestVirginiaRebel
To: Fiddlstix; Alamo-Girl; onyx; ALOHA RONNIE; SpookBrat; Republican Wildcat; Howlin; dixiechick2000; ..
Oh, this is great. Thank you, Fiddlstix! VANITY: Modern Computer Technology (1954/2004)
Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my General Interest or Texas ping list!. . .don't be shy.
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:21:01 PM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP! ©)
To: pookie18
pookie18 Lighten Up!
It's meant to be HUMOR!
(Take a look)
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:21:20 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
(This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
To: Fiddlstix
My money is on this being a modern photo-shop picture. For one thing, the steering wheel is obviously pasted in. And why on earth would they put it there? and a console TV stuck to the wall? Nah.
But the kicker: the teletype/printer/keyboard thingy is obviously at least a decade younger than 1954.
This is a joke, hoax, or whatever you want to call it.
Nik
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:23:12 PM PST
by
Nik Naym
To: Fiddlstix
I hate to break it to you, but that photo is a HOAX - check snopes.com
The big printer was added to the photo (look closely). The truth is that photo is of a prototype operators panel for our nuclear sub fleet.
Hat to "burst yer bubble", but that's the story.
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:25:16 PM PST
by
xcamel
(W2: Four more years of Tax Cuts and Dead Terrorists)
To: Fiddlstix
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:25:56 PM PST
by
pookie18
(Clinton Happens!)
To: Fiddlstix
I used to have a book "Giant Machines that Think" by Edmund Berkeley written in 1949. I sold it on eBay a few years back. There was one paragraph I saved as it was so prophetic:
"We can even imagine what new machinery for handling information may some day become: a small pocket instrument that we carry around with us, talking to it whenever we need to, and either storing information in it or receiving information from it."
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:29:17 PM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(All we are say-y-y-y-ing is give Beast a chance!)
To: All
TO ALL MY CRITICS!
Please Take A Look Again! As Posted:
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Click to Add Topic
KEYWORDS: HUMOR; Click to Add Keyword
It WAS Posted as HUMOR!
(Get It?)
J
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:29:52 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
(This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
To: Fiddlstix
Use the keyboard .
How quaint who said that?
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:31:03 PM PST
by
al baby
(she stuned my little beeber)
To: pookie18
The same subject thread the other day was a lot more fun because you were at Grammies house eating turkey... :^(
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:31:30 PM PST
by
tubebender
(If I had know I would live this long I would have taken better care of myself...)
To: SamAdams76
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:32:53 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Nil illegitemus carborundum est)
To: Fiddlstix
My family and I got a big laugh out of this thread. Thanks.:)
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:37:06 PM PST
by
xJones
To: tubebender
The same subject thread the other day was a lot more fun because you were at Grammies house eating turkey... :^( Oh, so this was a duplicate post ;-) Actually, I was at my son's house in VA. I know that when I post a piece from Scrapple Face, Broken Newz, etc., I get "yelled at" if I don't put "humor" or "parody" on the subject line...even when the stories are outrageous...
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posted on
11/30/2004 5:37:33 PM PST
by
pookie18
(Clinton Happens!)
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