Comments on: Home Computer Prediction from 1954 http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/index.php/2007/home-computer-prediction-from-1954/ Science, astronomy, politics, movies, and various minutiae. Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Aylia http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/index.php/2007/home-computer-prediction-from-1954/comment-page-1/#comment-7158 Aylia Thu, 12 Apr 2007 01:37:16 +0000 http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/index.php/2007/home-computer-prediction-from-1954/#comment-7158 I want one too... I want one too…

]]> By: Bruce Moomaw http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/index.php/2007/home-computer-prediction-from-1954/comment-page-1/#comment-965 Bruce Moomaw Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:33:12 +0000 http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/index.php/2007/home-computer-prediction-from-1954/#comment-965 Alas, that photo has been around before, and turned out to be a hoax. (The steering wheel should have been a giveaway...) Personally, I always liked the way Capt. Kirk could make computers explode violently by giving them problems they couldn't solve. In real life, it usually turns out to be the other way around... Alas, that photo has been around before, and turned out to be a hoax. (The steering wheel should have been a giveaway…)

Personally, I always liked the way Capt. Kirk could make computers explode violently by giving them problems they couldn’t solve. In real life, it usually turns out to be the other way around…

]]> By: gengar http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/index.php/2007/home-computer-prediction-from-1954/comment-page-1/#comment-895 gengar Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:18:27 +0000 http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/index.php/2007/home-computer-prediction-from-1954/#comment-895 Strange how they got it so wrong in the exact opposite way to everything else - we're still waiting for our flying cars and moonbases. Obviously the steering wheel is so you can drive it home in the evenings - true portabilty! Strange how they got it so wrong in the exact opposite way to everything else – we’re still waiting for our flying cars and moonbases.

Obviously the steering wheel is so you can drive it home in the evenings – true portabilty!

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