I was just lolling (as in lounging) on the sofa watching a TV prog on 'anytime' i.e. on 'demand'. The programme finished and I touched the button on a remote that was on the coffee table to turn off the TV. The programme itself was about the recent Las Vegas Technology fair thingy, where 3D TV seems to be the big thing right now.
Earlier this evening I watched the second half of a movie I downloaded off the internet.
My dogs have chips in between their shoulder blades in case they get lost or stolen so they can be scanned and identified.
I have a device which I take with me in my car which tells me where I am and where I need to go.
All of the work I have done for the last two years, which is in written form (which most of it is) is backed up for instant access on a small object which is part of my key chain.
Am I living in the future?
The stuff we take for granted..am I living in the future?
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Do you have a jet pack?
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I don't remember seeing any of this stuff on Tomorrow's World...
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Sadly no. Which means I am still living in the past after all.Bella Fortuna wrote:Do you have a jet pack?
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That's right. The jet pack is always the measure of futuritudinousness.Rum wrote:Sadly no. Which means I am still living in the past after all.Bella Fortuna wrote:Do you have a jet pack?
As is the Monsanto House of the Future, an long-gone Disneyland attraction:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVMAeSNZ ... re=related[/youtube]
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A-a-awh!Rum wrote:Sadly no. Which means I am still living in the past after all.Bella Fortuna wrote:Do you have a jet pack?
Jetpacks are dangerous and could malfunction easily, not to mention that they could possibly burn the human skin without proper protection. Of course they aren't used.
But flying cars... They already invented those. They just can't mass produce them yet.
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Re: The stuff we take for granted..am I living in the future?
I adored that ride!Bella Fortuna wrote:That's right. The jet pack is always the measure of futuritudinousness.Rum wrote:Sadly no. Which means I am still living in the past after all.Bella Fortuna wrote:Do you have a jet pack?
As is the Monsanto House of the Future, an long-gone Disneyland attraction:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVMAeSNZ ... re=related[/youtube]
Too bad it's gone.
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Re: The stuff we take for granted..am I living in the future?
My phone gives me the same feeling sometimes. Not only is it a phone that I can carry around in my pocket but it is also a camera, radio, music player, alarm clock, it connects to the internet and holds 8 gigabytes of data on a card smaller than my little fingernail. This is a cheap phone. Moores law makes me happy.
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Occasionally I get real feeling of seething jealousy of people I will never know in the future when I think of how much more awesome technology could get. I would easily live for 200 years, I think that would be great. I've already had 22 and if that's only a quarter it's not fucking enough!
Personally, I'm looking forward to when I can throw every fucking cable I own into a fire, because I love my tech, but they are so ready to go.
Personally, I'm looking forward to when I can throw every fucking cable I own into a fire, because I love my tech, but they are so ready to go.
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Re: The stuff we take for granted..am I living in the future?
I'm living in the past.
Better music, and as no-one else can time travel it's actually rather quiet.
Better music, and as no-one else can time travel it's actually rather quiet.
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As is the Monsanto House of the Future, an long-gone Disneyland attraction:
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Hey, they got the push-button phone right.
As is the Monsanto House of the Future, an long-gone Disneyland attraction:
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Hey, they got the push-button phone right.
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