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I rewatched 2001 : Space Odyssey last summer and was surprised how prescient he was about certain things. He got video calling right, but I also chuckled when p
by porpoisely 8y ago
I rewatched 2001 : Space Odyssey last summer and was surprised how prescient he was about certain things. He got video calling right, but I also chuckled when people were still dialing on a physical number pad. He got the big idea right but was off on little details.
- jhbadger 8y agoEven Blade Runner made over a decade later (1982), had number pads on its video phones despite touch screen technology being available in real life (PLATO terminals, for example). Yes, maybe failure of vision, but remember until the smartphone era a decade ago (where screen space became all important) even mobile phones generally still had a physical number pad under the screen.