weegegirl 2 #1 December 17, 2004 ... if this prediction had been true. This is a picture from 1954 Popular Mechanics Magazine. I found it quite interesting. Can you imagine accessing the Internet through this beast? Yeah right... they couldn't even imagine the Internet back then! Ha! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vdschoor 0 #3 December 17, 2004 Quote IVAN!!!! Here's come da police, police... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #4 December 17, 2004 Quote This is a picture from 1954 Popular Mechanics Magazine. Nope. Quote an you imagine accessing the Internet through this beast? Nope, because its a unit out of a submarine. Quote Yeah right... they couldn't even imagine the Internet back then! Ha! They did imagine it back then, since the concept was around, the design and implimentation took another decade. That pic is from a PS contest on Fark. Search Fark or Snopes for the real answer.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chaoskitty 0 #5 December 17, 2004 Ohhh yah.. flashback to Intro to MIS in college.. The Internet started as ARPANET in the 70's and I think there was a previous version out of MIT that evolved in to ARPANET. Nerd alert!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #6 December 17, 2004 TAAA DAAAAAA!!!! The POLICE has arrived Read this__________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weegegirl 2 #7 December 17, 2004 Ooops... Oh, shit. I didn't think anyone ever had anything interesting to say! My bad! Disregard my blatent failure to search. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #8 December 17, 2004 The pic mentions that it runs uses Fortran and a teletype. I hate to admit that I wrote Fortran programs on a teletype in college. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weegegirl 2 #9 December 17, 2004 Quote TAAA DAAAAAA!!!! The POLICE has arrived Read this Oh, come on... Give me a break! That is completely burried in another post. You people have WAY too much time on your hands!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #10 December 17, 2004 Quote Quote TAAA DAAAAAA!!!! The POLICE has arrived Read this Oh, come on... Give me a break! That is completely burried in another post. You people have WAY too much time on your hands!!!!!! We still love you!!! __________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davedlg 0 #11 December 17, 2004 Well, how do you explain this then? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weegegirl 2 #12 December 17, 2004 Okay. Attention all geeks... Stop being so geeky before you geekify the rest of the world! Give me a break people. So call me gullible I guess. A friend sent it to me in an email and I thought it was interesting. Where is the rolly-eye smiley??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #13 December 17, 2004 Quote Give me a break! That is completely burried in another post. Its not burried on Fark or Snopes...--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #14 December 17, 2004 Rejoice in the fact you're not a geek. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #15 December 17, 2004 Quote friend sent it to me in an email and I thought it was interesting. Read up on it, on where the pic came from and how the pic has gone around the internet and you'll see that it IS interesting, just not for the reasons you originally thought. Start here, you'll probably get a kick out of the story: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weegegirl 2 #16 December 17, 2004 Quote Rejoice in the fact you're not a geek. Yay! Sunny in a good mood!!!! I love Happy Sunny! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #17 December 17, 2004 Quote Yay! Sunny in a good mood!!!! I love Happy Sunny! All you gotta do is give me good lovin!! That makes me soooo happy!! ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bch7773 0 #18 December 17, 2004 Quote Okay. Attention all geeks... Stop being so geeky before you geekify the rest of the world! its too late. ivan and aggiedave just geekified me. MB 3528, RB 1182 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiver30960 0 #19 December 17, 2004 Don't worry. They got me hook, line, and sinker with the whole Oprah Winfrey 20,000 pound thread... Elvisio "not one of my proudest moments" Rodriguez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
