A quick hit.
Apr. 23rd, 2011 02:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Getting ready to run off for family holiday egg-themed extravaganza, but just wanted to share a link I stumbled across on The Onion. A few days back I made a post about how hard it is to actually understand in advance (or even at the time) the import of technological changes. In that spirit, here is an article from 1998:
New $5,000 Multimedia Computer System Downloads Real-Time TV Programs, Displays Them On Monitor.
The whole thing was meant as satire, but a decade later only one part of the headline was wrong...
New $5,000 Multimedia Computer System Downloads Real-Time TV Programs, Displays Them On Monitor.
The whole thing was meant as satire, but a decade later only one part of the headline was wrong...