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Less on topic, but more on the picture: I was wondering about that image. Something struck me as off. And then I realized that the computer had a steering whe
by HCIdivision17 14y ago
Less on topic, but more on the picture: I was wondering about that image. Something struck me as off. And then I realized that the computer had a steering wheel. So for those interested, yes, it _is_ odd for a computer to have a steering wheel that large.
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp
- keithpeter 14y ago"Many a prognosticator who has tried to envision the future has been tripped up by a failure to correctly anticipate the direction of technological change." I straight away thought of Kubrik's 2001. The complete failure to imagine mobile phones. Floyd uses a fixed video phone to phone home from the space ship. Personal mobile technology is the thing. Back nearer the topic: When I can hook my phone up to a monitor and keyboard I'm done. http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/android http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/android
- russell 14y agoIf you remember "Stranger in a Strange Land" (1960s) set around the year 2000, one of the characters, a reporter I believe, had a mobile phone that was the size of a briefcase. Another character marveled that he must be rather well off because mobile phones were so expensive.