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    • Nov 2003
    • 32189

    #1

    Funky predictions from 50 years ago

    http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/...=thumbs&Qis=XL

    Kinda overshot it, dontcha think?
  • spunkmaster
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    • Jan 2004
    • 2052

    #2
    It's 98% right on though !

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    • BucksMania
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      • Oct 2005
      • 3758

      #3
      too long to read it now

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      • Brujah
        Beer Money Baron
        • Jan 2001
        • 22157

        #4
        Not bad. I think this part is important.

        The only obstacles to accurate prophecy are the vested interests, which may retard progress for economic reasons, tradition, conservatism, labor-union policies and legislation. If we confine ourselves to processes and inventions that are now being hatched in the laboratory, we shall not wander too far from reality.

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        • JP513
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          • Feb 2007
          • 1914

          #5
          Originally posted by spunkmaster
          It's 98% right on though !
          I don't think it's anywhere near that high, as I noticed a bunch of things that aren't really true or are partially true. Still, some of it was right on. The easy ones to guess that is. Still, it's an interesting read.
          I don't always drink beer, but when I do, I wish I was drinking wine instead.

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          • carol.prime
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            • Jul 2006
            • 6960

            #6
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            • tony299
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              • Aug 2002
              • 57021

              #7
              thats too funny , I wonder if there werent such big companies to hold inovation down.Where we would truly be.

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              • jonesonyou
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                • Sep 2003
                • 3853

                #8
                ANyone see the family guy sunday when the future was changed (timetravel) rather funny.

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                • Screaming
                  I can change this!!!!!
                  • Feb 2004
                  • 18972

                  #9
                  that was neat, thanks

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                  • joshll
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                    • Jul 2006
                    • 1534

                    #10
                    http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/...bs&Qis=XL#qdig
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                    • Pleasurepays
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                      • Aug 2002
                      • 11913

                      #11
                      I remember watching Space 1999 when i was really little. then, i was pretty sure that i would be living on another planet by now.
                      http://www.space1999.org/

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                      • After Shock Media
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                        • Mar 2001
                        • 35299

                        #12
                        Shit lots are spot on if you think about them.

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                        • notabook
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                          • Apr 2006
                          • 9748

                          #13
                          Most of those are dead on, even if worded a bit weird. Amazing how much insight that article had.

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                            • Nov 2003
                            • 32189

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Pleasurepays
                            I remember watching Space 1999 when i was really little. then, i was pretty sure that i would be living on another planet by now.
                            http://www.space1999.org/
                            Exactly! It's 8 years part 1999 and government hasn't exactly been 'keeping down' space exploration/space colony technology so... where's the moon base at?

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                            • candyflip
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                              • Jul 2002
                              • 43073

                              #15
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                              • pornguy
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                                • Mar 2003
                                • 62910

                                #16
                                To long to read now,, but interesting for sure
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                                • notabook
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                                  • Apr 2006
                                  • 9748

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by $5 submissions
                                  Exactly! It's 8 years part 1999 and government hasn't exactly been 'keeping down' space exploration/space colony technology so... where's the moon base at?
                                  Really the government has been "keeping down" space exploration. The budget for NASA is only around $16 billion. Each manned space shuttle launch costs between 450-550 million. Cost to the moon? About a billion.

                                  Want to go to Mars? You are talking about tens of billions.

                                  Want to setup a permanent human-sustainable colony on any surface other than Earth? You are talking in the high tens of billions.

                                  This isn't counting the unmanned space probes/payloads that get sent up. Those are much cheaper at around $11,000 per pound, still adds up fast.

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                                  • shermo

                                    #18
                                    I'm wondering why we don't all have our personal helicopters yet.

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                                    • EBORG9
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                                      • Oct 2006
                                      • 1823

                                      #19
                                      "The future ain't what it used to be" - Yoggi Bera

                                      The shopping by video phone really hit it home.
                                      I remember hearing that when I was a kid.

                                      Funny, the actual video phone is a bust, but who needs it.
                                      I video conference all the time, crystal clear.

                                      Can't believe they still work on that one in this day and age. every Christmas somebody has a "Video Phone" on the market, and I'm just screaming at them, "Just give it up, it's over, it's outdated!"
                                      Last edited by EBORG9; 05-22-2007, 02:47 PM.

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                                      • EBORG9
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                                        • Oct 2006
                                        • 1823

                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by shermsshack
                                        I'm wondering why we don't all have our personal helicopters yet.
                                        Dude, we can't stop people from drinking and driving cars..you want them flying over your house?

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                                        • JP513
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Feb 2007
                                          • 1914

                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by shermsshack
                                          I'm wondering why we don't all have our personal helicopters yet.
                                          me too.

                                          And why the housewives don't use hoses to clean the sofas!
                                          I don't always drink beer, but when I do, I wish I was drinking wine instead.

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                                          • Scott McD
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                                            • Nov 2002
                                            • 67792

                                            #22
                                            Originally posted by EBORG9
                                            Dude, we can't stop people from drinking and driving cars..you want them flying over your house?
                                            Women still can't drive cars properly even without a drink...


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                                            • $5 submissions
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                                              • Nov 2003
                                              • 32189

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by Scott McD
                                              Women still can't drive cars properly even without a drink...

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                                              • Pornwolf
                                                Drunk and Unruly
                                                • Jan 2002
                                                • 22712

                                                #24
                                                I'm still waiting for my fucking hoverboard!

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