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10 Years After 2001

HumanoidoHumanoido Posts: 5,770
edited 2011-11-09 14:56 in General Discussion
The Space Odyssey, trip to Jupiter, monolith, HAL 9000, space station with gravity, bases on the Moon, suspended animation, ...

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  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2011-11-06 01:03
    .....Pan Am?
  • Martin HodgeMartin Hodge Posts: 1,246
    edited 2011-11-06 07:08
    It's all Reagan's fault!
  • prof_brainoprof_braino Posts: 4,313
    edited 2011-11-06 07:37
    The Vision:
    Humanoido wrote: »
    The Space Odyssey, trip to Jupiter, monolith, HAL 9000, space station with gravity, bases on the Moon, suspended animation, ...

    The Reality:

    2010 the Sequel, robot probes to Jupiter, Tea Party, BFG9000, Sky Lab falling to the sea and replaced by International Space Station, Chinese plans for bases on the moon, Japanese anime
  • Duane DegnDuane Degn Posts: 10,588
    edited 2011-11-06 08:55
    Hey, we don't have to use a phone booth any more.
  • AleAle Posts: 2,363
    edited 2011-11-06 09:00
    Duane Degn wrote: »
    Hey, we don't have to use a phone booth any more.

    Can we pee in real toillettes then ? :lol:
  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2011-11-06 09:22
    And 4 million 10 years after The Dawn of Man, we are still beating on each other with clubs and such:

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  • AleAle Posts: 2,363
    edited 2011-11-06 10:28
    For each wrong use of technology there are countless other good uses, we have to learn to live with each other, otherwise who will speak for Earth (when there is nobody left) ?
  • lanternfishlanternfish Posts: 366
    edited 2011-11-06 14:03
    Ale wrote: »
    For each wrong use of technology there are countless other good uses, we have to learn to live with each other, otherwise who will speak for Earth (when there is nobody left) ?

    All the other species that thrive on this planet despite our ability and willingness to trash it! After all evolution is alive and well!
  • bill190bill190 Posts: 769
    edited 2011-11-06 15:18
    This is 2001'ish...

    "Now Your Phone Talks Back and Humors You"...
    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/fashion/when-your-phone-humors-you-noticed.html
  • John A. ZoidbergJohn A. Zoidberg Posts: 514
    edited 2011-11-09 04:47
    On Space Odyssey 2001, people ride in spaceships and went touring other planets.

    But on 2001, people are still sitting on the table on Earth reading the newspapers and "whoa" over Pentium 4s and Athlons.

    Now, on 2011, people are still sitting on the table on Earth, reading newspapers from iPads or tablets, and "whoa" over more upcoming powerful quad-core smartphones.

    We aren't still becoming the next Jetsons yet!:lol:
  • JimInCAJimInCA Posts: 80
    edited 2011-11-09 10:33
    It's all Reagan's fault!

    How? He wasn't even in the movie.
    Jim...
  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2011-11-09 11:43
    It's all Reagan's fault!

    JimInCA wrote: »
    How? He wasn't even in the movie....

    But was he The Entity that taught the monkeys how to take over the world?

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  • wmosscropwmosscrop Posts: 409
    edited 2011-11-09 13:44
    Humanoido wrote: »
    The Space Odyssey, trip to Jupiter, monolith, HAL 9000, space station with gravity, bases on the Moon, suspended animation, ...

    2001: tablets.

    2011: technology companies suing each other over technological patents that should have never been issued.

    http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/23/samsung-cites-2001-a-space-odyssey-in-apple-case

    Walter
  • JimInCAJimInCA Posts: 80
    edited 2011-11-09 14:32
    But was he The Entity that taught the monkeys how to take over the world?

    Good point...
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,261
    edited 2011-11-09 14:56
    Go even further back in time. For the last 40 years, ads in the back of Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, and Science & Mechanics offered plans to build the Moller & Moshier flying cars & backpacks.

    I guarantee these Skycar & SoloTrek scams will still be going strong 40 years from now. There's one born every minute!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moller_Skycar

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoloTrek_XFV
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