It is unquestionably the future
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It is unquestionably the future
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Re: It is unquestionably the future
#2During a discussion with a friend on future technology, someone remarked that for a few days' wages ($200 for an iPod touch) you can now hold a condensed summary of all human knowledge (Wikipedia) in the palm of your hand, with near-instant access to astronomy, biology, chemistry, physics, geography, engineering, mathematics, history, sociology, economics, psychology, medicine, technology, literature, art, drama, religion, and boundless other subjects.
Yet far more often we use it for trivia and the mundane. The future is wasted on the future.
Re: It is unquestionably the future
#3During a discussion with a friend on future technology, someone remarked that for a few days' wages ($200 for an iPod touch) you can now hold a condensed summary of all human knowledge (Wikipedia) in the palm of your hand, with near-instant access to astronomy, biology, chemistry, physics, geography, engineering, mathematics, history, sociology, economics, psychology, medicine, technology, literature, art, drama, rel…
> Yet far more often we use it for trivia and the mundane
I play quizzo (pub quiz) occasionally. The winning team usually gets comps for their bar tab. I am shocked at how many teams will surreptitiously or sometimes brazenly pull out their mobile to google an answer. Where's the fun in that? It's not very often but I love when I can on a hunch/recall trivial knowledge like 'Iris' was the name of the woman in 'Taxi Driver'
Re: It is unquestionably the future
#4Further evidence that we're in the future:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/3D_Vision_Main.html
With the right monitor, glasses, and video card, you can play Batman: Arkham Asylum in 3D.
Re: It is unquestionably the future
#5During a discussion with a friend on future technology, someone remarked that for a few days' wages ($200 for an iPod touch) you can now hold a condensed summary of all human knowledge (Wikipedia) in the palm of your hand, with near-instant access to astronomy, biology, chemistry, physics, geography, engineering, mathematics, history, sociology, economics, psychology, medicine, technology, literature, art, drama, rel…
"with near-instant access to astrology"
Not that your comment is incorrect, but I'm guessing you meant to say astronomy.
Re: It is unquestionably the future
#6During a discussion with a friend on future technology, someone remarked that for a few days' wages ($200 for an iPod touch) you can now hold a condensed summary of all human knowledge (Wikipedia) in the palm of your hand, with near-instant access to astronomy, biology, chemistry, physics, geography, engineering, mathematics, history, sociology, economics, psychology, medicine, technology, literature, art, drama, rel…
When I was in high school, I got the equivalent of a four-year degree in computer science from the internet because I was bored. It didn't feel like work.
The technology is not wasted.
Re: It is unquestionably the future
#7It's here alright. Until we can communicate telepathically - via our phones I bet - being able to send instant SMS messages around the globe will have to do.
When 3G (or 4G, or the next one) is more accessible to everyone we'll have a whole array of ways to communicate instantly with literally almost everybody on earth (for reasonable values of "almost"). Twitter, traditional IM, IRC, Skype, ...
Re: It is unquestionably the future
#8During a discussion with a friend on future technology, someone remarked that for a few days' wages ($200 for an iPod touch) you can now hold a condensed summary of all human knowledge (Wikipedia) in the palm of your hand, with near-instant access to astronomy, biology, chemistry, physics, geography, engineering, mathematics, history, sociology, economics, psychology, medicine, technology, literature, art, drama, rel…
What's not new is that people who are past puberty generally use technology only to make what they were already doing easier. We'll all have to die off before a majority of people develop habits and behaviors made possible by The Future.
Re: It is unquestionably the future
#9During a discussion with a friend on future technology, someone remarked that for a few days' wages ($200 for an iPod touch) you can now hold a condensed summary of all human knowledge (Wikipedia) in the palm of your hand, with near-instant access to astronomy, biology, chemistry, physics, geography, engineering, mathematics, history, sociology, economics, psychology, medicine, technology, literature, art, drama, rel…
"with near-instant access to astrology" Not that your comment is incorrect, but I'm guessing you meant to say astronomy.
You're right; it's been corrected.
Re: It is unquestionably the future
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
"with near-instant access to astrology" Not that your comment is incorrect, but I'm guessing you meant to say astronomy.
You're right; it's been corrected.
Of course, you can get your astrology too:
http://shine.yahoo.com/astrology