Amazingly Accurate Tech Predictions
Not really RV related but I just had to post this somewhere.. :@ I just watched an old TV show called "Beachcombers". Since was a Canadian show many may not have heard of it? This particular epis...
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Francesca Knowles wrote:v10superduty wrote:
How could a writer back in 1988 so accurately predict this stuff? If he is still alive today he must be chuckling.. :B
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How old ARE you, anyway??? You talk as if 1988 was back in the Stone Ages.
By 1988, practically this whole country had not only electricity, but cable TV, microwave ovens, and cordless phones. As for computer/internet technology: Ever see the movie "War Games"? link. Made in 1983, and based on then-existing technology.
I first got into mainframe computers as an computer operator in 1961 when memory consisted of a bunch of metallic donuts about the size of a dime. I was in various parts of computer/programming technology until I retired about 10 years ago. It seems that about every two years technology expanded (Moore's Law). After a while to understand computers you had to specialize in one area. Now I'm just and "old fart" and need my grand kids to some times help me use the iPad or iPhone...:B
