What did you think the future was going to look like?

[Sonikku]

Light sabers. Though I guess Force FX is the next best thing.

 

[Newell Steamer]

NSFW http://38.media.tumblr.com/2d5acefe5ecb6f27db30207b567a5220/tumblr_mqapmpeVx91qcbwiso1_1280.jpg NSFW

 

[Ruptga]

What makes you think there is anything "to do" with the Higgs Boson? The Higgs Boson is a mediator particle like the gluon. We've known about the gluon for quite some time but haven't done anything with it other than use it to describe how things work.

LOL at the crack at religionuts. That's the cross they have to bear for living in sin. It's a sin to live your life anti-education/knowledge/critical thinking in my religion and mine isn't predicated on bullshit. Gimmie tax breaks and take those tax breaks away from the bullshit peddlers! Who's with me? Let's make THAT a reality for the future. Oh right, this isn't a country for the people by the people anymore, it's for the people with deep pockets by the people with deep pockets aka vatican. Nice. Way to sell out U.S. govt.

Until recently we were pretty sure that the Higgs existed and had some ideas on how it might interact with shit. Now we're certain it exists and are exploring the ways it interacts with shit. Eventually we will be certain of some ways it interacts with shit and we will then be able to develop technologies that leverage said interactions, in much the same way that we eventually developed technologies that leverage the photon's interactions with shit. I can't help but think that you're being purposefully obtuse with those comments.

And your Vatican conspiracy theory is really... special. Things are far too chaotic for any one group to be in control; a more reasonable conclusion is that there are several groups with deep collective pockets that are constantly bickering over control and direction.

 

[Remobz]

If you would have told me in 1994 that I would have a phone in my pocket with a dual core 1.2 Ghz CPU I would have laughed. I just didn't expect the sheer explosion in miniaturization of technology with smart phones and tablets.

Born in 1973.

I had no internet or computer until after 1997.

No personal cell phone until after 2003.

During the 80's (my high school years) I had no concept or idea about what the internet would be like or how an important role it would play in my life. Same goes for computers and cell phones.

 

[Brovane]

Born in 1973.

I had no internet or computer until after 1997.

No personal cell phone until after 2003.

During the 80's (my high school years) I had no concept or idea about what the internet would be like or how an important role it would play in my life. Same goes for computers and cell phones.

Born in 1974. We had a family computer when I was in 3rd grade. It was a Sanyo with dual disk drives. Several years later we upgrade to a IBM XT with a internal hard disk.

I remember back in High School one of my friends that was really into computers was talking about trying to figure out how to get onto the Internet and I was like what is the Internet, I think this was 91-92 time frame? In remember back in 1997 when this same got a Cable Modem and was always on the Internet and I thought that was amazing. Not having to dial into anything.

Do you remember the double barrel modems and 56k and x2 tech fight?

Double Barrel
The promise of widespread ISDN is finally here - although it arrives in the guise of plain old telephone service. Diamond Multimedia Systems' new Shotgun software ties together the datastreams of two analog phone lines, so these bonded 56K modems are free to realize download speeds similar to ISDN's 115 Kbps.

A bonded 56K modem won't come cheap: Diamond Multimedia's offering, the SupraSonic II, which is actually a single board holding two modems, costs around US$200, and ISPs will certainly charge for the second phone connection. But the cost-benefit ratio of a bonded modem does compare favorably with ISDN. Plus, Shotgun allows you to release the second phone line, so you can choose to receive calls while the data connection is live.

The bigger question: When will the 56K standards schism be resolved? Diamond Multimedia supports Rockwell's K56 flex technology, and 3Com is developing a similar product for U.S. Robotics's x2 format. Both sides have vowed to reconcile their differences this year, but it'll be difficult to convince consumers to plunk down big dollars while the smoke is still clearing. Then again, if the closest alternative is ISDN, people frustrated with spotty service will likely line up to get aboard the bonded-modem bandwagon.

 

[disappoint]

Until recently we were pretty sure that the Higgs existed and had some ideas on how it might interact with shit. Now we're certain it exists and are exploring the ways it interacts with shit. Eventually we will be certain of some ways it interacts with shit and we will then be able to develop technologies that leverage said interactions, in much the same way that we eventually developed technologies that leverage the photon's interactions with shit. I can't help but think that you're being purposefully obtuse with those comments.

And your Vatican conspiracy theory is really... special. Things are far too chaotic for any one group to be in control; a more reasonable conclusion is that there are several groups with deep collective pockets that are constantly bickering over control and direction.

Bolded sounds like you're writing checks your brain can't cash. You seem sure we will be able to someday do stuff we can't yet do nor have any evidence that we will. We might, but you didn't say might, you said will.

Perhaps you meant to say "might" when you actually said "will" but I'm going by what you said and not what I think you might have meant to say. Just like you did when you caught my mistake when I said "aka" the Vatican rather than the "for example" the Vatican which is what I meant to say. "Also known as" implying singular and "for example" implying plural. I did mean plural, nice catch. I changed the post to reflect that.

 

[John Connor]

NSFW http://38.media.tumblr.com/2d5acefe5ecb6f27db30207b567a5220/tumblr_mqapmpeVx91qcbwiso1_1280.jpg NSFW

That clip reminds me of some kind of Grand Theft Auto Porn city.

 

[IronWing]

The problem with flying cars... we already have terrible drivers but if they get into an accident on our roads, they typically bump a few things and just skid to a stop. Flying cars hitting things and falling out of the sky... instant death and destruction.

Yep. So when can we have them?

 

[Ruptga]

Bolded sounds like you're writing checks your brain can't cash. You seem sure we will be able to someday do stuff we can't yet do nor have any evidence that we will. We might, but you didn't say might, you said will.

Yes, that's how predictions work. Of course I might be wrong, but I don't think I will be.

 

[Newell Steamer]

That clip reminds me of some kind of Grand Theft Auto Porn city.

It is from Transmetropolitan; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmetropolitan, quite the good read - and, it brings up a few questions about the future no one has thought about (i.e. what do we do with people who are brought out of cryogenic sleep?)

$60 should get you all the TPBs.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

I would have thought people would be less fat.

 

[natto fire]

Hah...I was all about saving money so I stayed on the 25Mhz system clock. My first pentium was a P75Mhz.... Still had the instruction set and was far better at processing graphics...I remember playing the first Need For Speed by EA from dos and being blown away by the graphics.

I was a console gamer for a long time, and thought my friend's 3DO was amazing compared to the 386/25 I had at the time. I learned my lesson pretty quickly, but I still think that is a great game on all systems. I found this video to be especially mesmerizing.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I expected the machines to take over and to be dead or living in a hole and fighting against 30 foot tall robots of doom.

 

[MiniDoom]