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Name things that will vanish in our lifetimes

kranky

kranky

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There's a much-forwarded dramatic email that alleges certain things will disappear in our lifetime. That list included the Post Office, newspapers, books, checks, landline phones, music and television - but none of those are going to disappear that soon. Even telegrams still exist in certain countries (but not in the US).

I suggest these:
- Brick and mortar video rental stores
- Cassette tapes and players
- Photographic film sold in stores (there will still be specialty film made)
- Ability to do multiplication and division problems manually
- Battery-powered cars or hybrids. Some yet-to-be developed technology will make them obsolete
 
kranky said:
There's a much-forwarded dramatic email that alleges certain things will disappear in our lifetime. That list included the Post Office, newspapers, books, checks, landline phones, music and television - but none of those are going to disappear that soon. Even telegrams still exist in certain countries (but not in the US).

I suggest these:
- Brick and mortar video rental stores
- Cassette tapes and players
- Photographic film sold in stores (there will still be specialty film made)
- Ability to do multiplication and division problems manually
- Battery-powered cars or hybrids. Some yet-to-be developed technology will make them obsolete
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So you think those that know it now will forget it? I think it'll still be in elementary school curriculum.
 
paper snail mail spam.
Snail Mail (delivery services will still exist but not be govt managed)
Movie theaters
CD's (that is the idea that you own a piece of something that will play music recorded upon it.)
DVD's (that is the idea that you own a piece of something that will play movies recorded upon it.)
landline telephones
(hopefully) human driven automobiles.
 
CRT monitors

affordable helium

Io - After it gets hit by that asteroid in 2035 and falls into Jupiter
 
kranky said:
Name things that will vanish in our lifetimes
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Face to face communications - people seem that they would rather text then talk.

Video game stores - with programs like steam, who needs a physical store. If you want an old game, there is always ebay.

Men - with the sissyifcation of the world going on, I look for real men to go extinct in the near future. Also, the gruff look of William Tecumseh Sherman will be a thing of the past.

Low gas mileage cars and trucks - with concerns about the environment rising, I look for hybrid or hydrogen technology to take the forefront in the near future.

Trucks as a fashion statement - unless you need a truck, I look for fewer and fewer people to be buying trucks
 
Texashiker said:
Video game stores - with programs like steam, who needs a physical store. If you want an old game, there is always ebay.
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I'd say physical copies of all software will disappear. It's already happening with PC games, but in our lifetimes, I think all software will eventually disappear. Everything will be downloaded; games (PC and console, assuming there is even any distinction in a few decades), productivity, etc.
 
AstroManLuca said:
I'd say physical copies of all software will disappear. It's already happening with PC games, but in our lifetimes, I think all software will eventually disappear.
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Things have changed a lot in the past 10 years. When half-life 2, doom 3, quake II, half-life, diablo II,,,,, were released, I made a trip to the store that day and bought the game.

Today, its usually wait for the early reviews, then buy from steam or direct2drive and download.

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Another thing that I would like to add to my list of things that will disappear are epic games. And not Epic the game developer, I mean games of an epic proportion such as Half-Life, Doom, Quake series,,,,,.

Expect for a few publishers such as Valve and Bethesda, I look for game developers to produce smaller games for the same premium price, then sell the expansions.
 
floppy disks, zip drives, HDDVD, VHS, cassette tapes, and vinyl.

Oh, you mean things that haven't already disappeared in our lifetime?

SD cards: I think memory density will increase to the point that cameras, etc will just simply not need to have removable media. In fact, with the advent of wireless communication, it wouldn't surprise me if these devices eventually just uploaded their data to some server somewhere.

Thumb drives: My bet is that in the future, you'll just keep the device on your person and transfer the data wirelessly. Plugging in will be a thing of the past. Heck, the device you have on your person might act as a key of sorts rather than a storage device (unlocking the ability to open a remote storage location.)

Land lines: I hate this one, but I'm betting that telephony over a land line will go away. At very least, VOIP will probably kill it off.

Analog media in any form: I'm a bit iffy on this one, but I really do hope for it. There is no reason for our AM and FM radio stations to be sucking up as much bandwidth as it does now.
 
Libraries. Those huge taxpayer funded buildings that house a lot of data than can be accessed electronically... its a way off though and maybe never.

I thought movie theaters would go the way of the dodo.. with LCDs, now bluray, surround sound... but even with annoying movie goers and expensive popcorn, it is still fun to go to the movies.
 
The desktop PC
<-- prefers desktops but the writing is on the wall. The price point has tipped in favor of laptops and "mobile hardware".

The RS232 serial port

ATMs

portable CD players
 
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