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Take A Trip into the Future on the Electronic Superhighway (1993)

21 points by iamelgringo 17y ago

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- danw 17y ago
  Better column width and no full screen adverts: http://www.instapaper.com/go/12579157/text http://www.instapaper.com/go/12579157/text
  - vegashacker 17y ago
    Except you have to login.
    - danw 17y ago
      Ah, sorry. Hadn't realize the instapaper text view needed login.
  - peoplerock 17y ago
    And except that even after logging in... i see only a blank page :(
izaidi 17y ago
"The same system will allow anybody with a camcorder to distribute videos to the world -- a development that could open the floodgates to a wave of new filmmaking talent or a deluge of truly awful home movies."
- maudineormsby 17y ago
  So Time magazine predicted youtube... Took me a couple minutes to realize that the article assumes that all of this would essentially happen with and through the Cable companies and that a TV-like interface would be a dominant part of it. Amazing how much the standards have changed. Amazing that YouTube is acceptable for most people, when 15 years ago they were predicting HD style content.
  - anigbrowl 17y ago
    In fairness, HD is gradually enroaching on online video; to some extent, it's been a matter of waiting for the cameras to catch up and become affordable for more than a few. I go to YouTube mainly for music videos now, whereas anything creative tends to appear on Vimeo first.
- RyanMcGreal 17y ago
  > a development that could open the floodgates to a wave of new filmmaking talent and a deluge of truly awful home movies Fixed.
pcof 17y ago
Pretty accurate, as far as predictive articles go (even "very near-future predictive articles"). Funnily conservative sometimes - it never sees the "all of them, for free" option ahead.
RyanMcGreal 17y ago
And hulu.com still doesn't work in Canada. Grrr.
locopati 17y ago
Even more predictions on the future... ATT's You Will http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZb0avfQme8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZb0avfQme8 MCI's No More There http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJhRPBJPoO0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJhRPBJPoO0

21 points by iamelgringo 17y ago

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danw 17y ago
Better column width and no full screen adverts: http://www.instapaper.com/go/12579157/text http://www.instapaper.com/go/12579157/text
- vegashacker 17y ago
  Except you have to login.
  - danw 17y ago
    Ah, sorry. Hadn't realize the instapaper text view needed login.
- peoplerock 17y ago
  And except that even after logging in... i see only a blank page :(

izaidi 17y ago

"The same system will allow anybody with a camcorder to distribute videos to the world -- a development that could open the floodgates to a wave of new filmmaking talent or a deluge of truly awful home movies."

maudineormsby 17y ago
So Time magazine predicted youtube... Took me a couple minutes to realize that the article assumes that all of this would essentially happen with and through the Cable companies and that a TV-like interface would be a dominant part of it. Amazing how much the standards have changed. Amazing that YouTube is acceptable for most people, when 15 years ago they were predicting HD style content.
- anigbrowl 17y ago
  In fairness, HD is gradually enroaching on online video; to some extent, it's been a matter of waiting for the cameras to catch up and become affordable for more than a few. I go to YouTube mainly for music videos now, whereas anything creative tends to appear on Vimeo first.
RyanMcGreal 17y ago
> a development that could open the floodgates to a wave of new filmmaking talent and a deluge of truly awful home movies Fixed.

pcof 17y ago

Pretty accurate, as far as predictive articles go (even "very near-future predictive articles"). Funnily conservative sometimes - it never sees the "all of them, for free" option ahead.

RyanMcGreal 17y ago

And hulu.com still doesn't work in Canada. Grrr.

locopati 17y ago

Even more predictions on the future... ATT's You Will http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZb0avfQme8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZb0avfQme8 MCI's No More There http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJhRPBJPoO0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJhRPBJPoO0