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It's 1975 and this man is about to show you the Future
- sjs 16y agoAm I missing something?
- jorgem 16y agoI don't get it either. And I was alive then.
- AndrewO 16y agoI would love to hear the narration that goes along with this.
- thwarted 16y agoSomething about these slides, the font usage, the repetition of the words and phrasing, reminds me of the Video Toaster "Revolution" Demo. I can almost hear the same voice behind these slides. It was about 15 years after these slides, but it seems almost just as old, from another age. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nymVNhy4dw8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nymVNhy4dw8
- zephjc 16y agoI think "online" in this case means on a computer, not necessarily networked
- nitrogen 16y agoARPANET had already existed for several years. The concept of networking predates 1975 by quite a bit. Though the definition of the word "online" may have evolved over time, it is entirely plausible that its use in this context is consistent with today's meaning.
- pvg 16y agoIt isn't and it isn't.
- meric 16y agoThen what does "bolder" mean?
- pvg 16y agoIt means immediately available, as opposed to batch processed - you ask the system for a report and there it is instead of waiting for your request to be processed and delivered at some later time. It is not directly related to networking but it's much more specific than 'on a computer'.
- maeon3 16y agoWhy do I feel like I just got rick rolled by some trolls back from 1975?
- ck2 16y agoThis is still my favorite mainframe commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJeu3LCo-6A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJeu3LCo-6A Be sure to watch them all if you've never seen them before (2 minute mark).
- gojomo 16y agoIt's about as coherent as IBM's TV commercials today.
- dhughes 16y agoThose "You will" AT&T commercials with Tom Selleck always amaze me or the Quest one where the motel in the desert has every movie ever made, Tek War is pretty good too.
- proee 16y agoData Base
- fractallyte 16y agoFirst thought: this is tedious, banal. So I started scrolling through more quickly. Then it struck me: they're frames from a BLIPVERT! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blipvert http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blipvert) Perhaps it was never intended to be seen as a series of static images. Imagine all these slides compressed into a few seconds of high-impact, subliminal advertising - to a select group of hapless executives...