tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25425497.post7234867645084136562..comments2009-07-26T10:05:09.562-07:00Anne Corwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940566603711834053noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25425497.post-28164645295307123672009-07-26T10:05:09.562-07:002009-07-26T10:05:09.562-07:00Tera, there really are lawn-mowing robots. They&#39;re getting pretty affordable too.<br /><br />But if anybody starts selling teleportation devices, I think I&#39;ll let someone else try it first...abfhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01228622726560993968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25425497.post-67663564117189300502009-07-20T01:35:52.651-07:002009-07-20T01:35:52.651-07:00Great stuff.<br /><br />Looking back a few more decades, <br />Donald Fagen&#39;s 1980 &quot;I.G.Y&quot; <br />is so tongue-in-cheek utopian. <br />I believe it represents a 1957 <br />vision of the techno-utopia that 1976 would be. A few of the lyrics below, I really like the last lines.<br /><br /><br />On that train all graphite and glitter <br />Undersea by rail <br />Ninety minutes from New York to Paris <br />Well, by seventy-six we&#39;ll be A.O.K...<br /><br />Here at home we&#39;ll play in the city <br />Powered by the sun <br />Perfect weather for a streamlined world <br />There&#39;ll be spandex jackets, one for everyone...<br /><br />A just machine to make big decisions <br />Programmed by fellows with compassion and vision <br />We&#39;ll be clean when their work is done <br />We&#39;ll be eternally free, yes, and eternally young <br /><br /><br />L. M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25425497.post-69233596622787204272009-07-17T16:22:01.236-07:002009-07-17T16:22:01.236-07:00<i>I want my flying car!</i><br /><br />Oooh! I want a teleportation device! (What? <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fly_(1958_film)" rel="nofollow">Andre Delambre?</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fly_(1986_film)" rel="nofollow">Seth Brundle?</a> La la la, I can&#39;t hear you).<br /><br />Oh, and lawn-mowing robots.Terahttp://sweetperdition.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25425497.post-35503113815266228052009-07-15T07:43:24.303-07:002009-07-15T07:43:24.303-07:00More ridicule of the paleo-future:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZEEDa9Mej8" rel="nofollow">The Future Soon</a><br /><br /><br />Also an <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDiDK_yBCw0" rel="nofollow">animated version</a>.Mark Plushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03859046131830902921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25425497.post-21677121663790596772009-07-15T03:20:21.250-07:002009-07-15T03:20:21.250-07:00check this out Annie<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGoi1MSGu64<br /><br />&quot;The Distant Future, The Year 2000&quot;<br /><br />xxlisadomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17090964959615102849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25425497.post-70345795178873350792009-07-14T21:03:12.973-07:002009-07-14T21:03:12.973-07:00<b>Mark Plus</b> wrote:<br /><br /><br /><i>Yeah, I can hardly wait until that far-future year 2000 arrives!</i><br /><br />Seriously! Silver jumpsuits, round aperture doors, and walking TVs, here we come! Er, there we went?<br /><br />And I ordered a cheap copy too last night. Am looking forward to it, especially to seeing what they predicted as having &quot;one hundred percent probability&quot; of &quot;arriving&quot; by 2000.AnneChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940566603711834053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25425497.post-23338219734766086432009-07-14T08:12:23.997-07:002009-07-14T08:12:23.997-07:00Yeah, I can hardly wait until that far-future year 2000 arrives!<br /><br />Considering that Amazon vendors have used copies on sale for a penny plus $3.99 S&amp;H, I went ahead and ordered one.Mark Plushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03859046131830902921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25425497.post-7573858437012742932009-07-14T02:41:28.023-07:002009-07-14T02:41:28.023-07:00The future they keep promising us still hasn&#39;t arrived. I want my flying car!Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10871965016611544038noreply@blogger.com