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PC of the future (as predicted in 1954)
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Posted on 12/07/2004 3:23:34 AM PST by Colosis
TOPICS: Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: personalcomputer; timetravel
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You just don't get those pressure gauges in PCs any more!
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posted on
12/07/2004 3:23:34 AM PST
by
Colosis
To: Irish_Thatcherite; Happygal
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posted on
12/07/2004 3:25:45 AM PST
by
Colosis
(Der Elite Møøsenspåånkængruppen ØberKømmååndø (EMØØK))
To: Colosis
I'm impressed how close they were. Even though the technology wasn't available, they predicted home PCs with big ugly monitors 40 years before they arrived. Not bad.
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posted on
12/07/2004 3:26:55 AM PST
by
Huck
(The day will come when liberals will complain that chess is too violent .)
To: Colosis
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posted on
12/07/2004 3:27:11 AM PST
by
NavVet
(“Benedict Arnold was wounded in battle fighting for America, but no one remembers him for that.”)
To: Colosis
this is a HOAX -- the printer/console looks like a DECwriter from the 1970's, the dials & annunciators & controls look like the console to a powerplant...
i really like the wheel though: would be great w/ GTA
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posted on
12/07/2004 3:27:19 AM PST
by
chilepepper
(The map is not the territory -- Alfred Korzybski)
To: Colosis
Not to be picky, but the '2004' doesn't seem to match the rest of the font.
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posted on
12/07/2004 3:28:37 AM PST
by
Byron_the_Aussie
(http://www.theinterviewwithgod.com/popup2.html)
To: Colosis
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posted on
12/07/2004 3:29:42 AM PST
by
eabinga
To: Colosis
I gotta have one.... what with that Philco TV (monitor) mounted on the wall and that Buick steering wheel.
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posted on
12/07/2004 3:32:14 AM PST
by
dennisw
(G_D: Against Amelek for all generations)
To: Colosis
LOL! I wonder what the big wheel does?
To: Colosis
PC of the future (as predicted in 1954)What's so funny? This is exactly how my PC looks.
The modem takes up a city block and uses 120,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity.
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posted on
12/07/2004 3:33:57 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
To: Colosis; chilepepper
This fun bit o' photo(shop?) jiggery was debunked elsewhere on FR (sorry, no link, working from memory) a while back. The original photo was of a mockup of a submarine control panel (hence the wheel) and did not include the man or the printer, which conveniently covers a museum-type description.
Wish I could find the FR thread because it included links to other fun stuff done with the same photo...
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posted on
12/07/2004 3:34:28 AM PST
by
ExGeeEye
(If you let a smile be your umbrella, you'll be Grinning in the Rain...)
To: Constantine XIII
LOL! I wonder what the big wheel does?Well, you spin it, and you have two chances to get as close to a dollar as you can. The person with the highest score without going over a dollar goes on to the Showcase Showdown. If you get a dollar on your first spin, you get $1000 added to your prize total!!!
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posted on
12/07/2004 3:35:40 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
To: chilepepper
This is a HOAX -- the printer/console looks like a DECwriter from the 1970's, the dials & annunciators & controls look like the console to a powerplant.Not to be picky, but the 2004 doesn't match the rest of the font.
LOL. The 'pajammadeen' exposes yet another forgery.
BUMP
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posted on
12/07/2004 3:36:25 AM PST
by
tm22721
(In fac they)
To: chilepepper
i really like the wheel though: would be great w/ GTA
GTA?
The wheel is great. I don't know what I'd use it for but I want one.
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posted on
12/07/2004 3:37:19 AM PST
by
elli1
To: chilepepper
this is a HOAX -- the printer/console looks like a DECwriter from the 1970's, So THAT'S the guy who wrote Dan Rather's memo!
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posted on
12/07/2004 3:39:55 AM PST
by
ovrtaxt
(Political correctness is the handmaiden of terrorism.)
To: chilepepper
-this is a HOAX-
agree. Does look like a power plant control station.
In the 50's there would be some analog functions, but dials, not gages. No good reason for wheel. The keyboard does not fit the time nor does the TV.
A better hoax would have been a large, dresser size box with a large vacuum tube on top.
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posted on
12/07/2004 3:40:28 AM PST
by
KeyWest
To: elli1
The wheel is great. I don't know what I'd use it for but I want one.The wheel is a pressure valve for your disk drive. Without it, all the bits would fly off the platters!!!
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posted on
12/07/2004 3:40:53 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
To: Colosis
Actually that does look alot like some computer rooms I remember working with in the late 1970s. The printer looks familiar. The only thing missing are the big Kennedy tape drives.
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posted on
12/07/2004 3:41:27 AM PST
by
walford
(http://utopia-unmasked.us)
To: eabinga
I heard on the internet that Snopes.com doesn't exist.
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posted on
12/07/2004 3:41:56 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
To: Colosis
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posted on
12/07/2004 3:42:45 AM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(All we are say-y-y-y-ing is give Beast a chance!)
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