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David E. Powell

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Aug 4, 2008, 10:04:36 PM8/4/08
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http://www.paleofuture.com/

The late 1980s-early 1990s predictions for an internet and information
era are pretty darn cool and a real kick to see.

Also the US Air Force's 1963 take on Space dogfighting (which may yet
happen, BTW.)

David

(They got the explosions in a vacuum right.)

Derek Lyons

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Aug 5, 2008, 2:41:07 AM8/5/08
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"David E. Powell" <David_Po...@msn.com> wrote:

>(They got the explosions in a vacuum right.)

No they didn't.

D.
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PV

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Aug 5, 2008, 11:44:27 AM8/5/08
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"David E. Powell" <David_Po...@msn.com> writes:
>http://www.paleofuture.com/
>
>The late 1980s-early 1990s predictions for an internet and information
>era are pretty darn cool and a real kick to see.

Or a 1900 version of a segway:
http://www.paleofuture.com/2007/03/no-one-will-walk-all-will-have-wheels.html

I read this blog regularly - it's really entertaining. *

P.S. Nice try on the newsgroups list there, sparky.
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David E. Powell

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Aug 5, 2008, 1:28:13 PM8/5/08
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On Aug 5, 2:41 am, fairwa...@gmail.com (Derek Lyons) wrote:

> "David E. Powell" <David_Powell3...@msn.com> wrote:
>
> >(They got the explosions in a vacuum right.)
>
> No they didn't.

How so? Spherical, maybe because the gas didn't keep expanding?

TJG

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Aug 5, 2008, 1:43:00 PM8/5/08
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On Aug 4, 10:04 pm, "David E. Powell" <David_Powell3...@msn.com>
wrote:

The Apple video was pretty funny. Spindler sure looks like a young
Vincent D'Onforio/Dec. Goren

Derek Lyons

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Aug 5, 2008, 4:05:28 PM8/5/08
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"David E. Powell" <David_Po...@msn.com> wrote:

>On Aug 5, 2:41 am, fairwa...@gmail.com (Derek Lyons) wrote:
>> "David E. Powell" <David_Powell3...@msn.com> wrote:
>>
>> >(They got the explosions in a vacuum right.)
>>
>> No they didn't.
>
>How so? Spherical, maybe because the gas didn't keep expanding?

The persistent hot 'core', that the gas didn't keep expanding.

Anim8rFSK

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Aug 5, 2008, 4:55:28 PM8/5/08
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In article <reCdna8-D8jG6AXV...@supernews.com>,
pv+u...@pobox.com (PV) wrote:

> "David E. Powell" <David_Po...@msn.com> writes:
> >http://www.paleofuture.com/
> >
> >The late 1980s-early 1990s predictions for an internet and information
> >era are pretty darn cool and a real kick to see.
>
> Or a 1900 version of a segway:
> http://www.paleofuture.com/2007/03/no-one-will-walk-all-will-have-wheels.html

Cool, thanks.

Note that checking the calendar at
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/9714/zeller.htm
shows it to in fact be a 1901 calendar; the blog guys screwed up the
year.

In 1901, the media knew when the new century started. It was only 100
years later that they'd become so brain petrified that they got it wrong.

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PV

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Aug 5, 2008, 5:06:16 PM8/5/08
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Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net> writes:
>Note that checking the calendar at
>http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/9714/zeller.htm
>shows it to in fact be a 1901 calendar; the blog guys screwed up the
>year.

Read the text - they said the original picture was published on December
28th, 1900.

>In 1901, the media knew when the new century started. It was only 100
>years later that they'd become so brain petrified that they got it wrong.

In point of fact, the turn of the century has been celebrated both ways.
It's not one or the other - the correct answer is BOTH. *

Anim8rFSK

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Aug 5, 2008, 7:01:39 PM8/5/08
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In article <rridnYqXl7ZVXQXV...@supernews.com>,
pv+u...@pobox.com (PV) wrote:

> Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net> writes:
> >Note that checking the calendar at
> >http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/9714/zeller.htm
> >shows it to in fact be a 1901 calendar; the blog guys screwed up the
> >year.
>
> Read the text - they said the original picture was published on December
> 28th, 1900.
>
> >In 1901, the media knew when the new century started. It was only 100
> >years later that they'd become so brain petrified that they got it wrong.
>
> In point of fact, the turn of the century has been celebrated both ways.
> It's not one or the other - the correct answer is BOTH. *

Untrue, but believe what you want.

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