Cold Fusion, for me, was the first time I felt I was living in the future. I had first heard about CF in the Usenet science newsgroups. Then a guy was attendin

Cold Fusion, for me, was the first time I felt I was living in the future. I had first heard about CF in the Usenet science newsgroups. Then a guy was attending the press conference, and posting what was announced. (The 1989 version of live blogging.) And then I was able to download the Pons & Fleischmann paper (as opposed to waiting months for it to be published), and print it out. Though I didn't have the correct set of troff macros... That was pretty frickin' cool. That showed what living in the Information Age was all about. As for CF itself, I was a bit skeptical, and followed the news closely for a while on others trying to reproduce the results.