Computers in 2004

**Holy Roller** · 23rd December 2004, 20:20

Got sent this from a friend but a little google found the truth.

Extract from Popular Mechanics 1954
What does the future really hold

Scientists from RAND Corporation have created this model to illustrate how a "home computer" could look in the year 2004. However the needed technology will not be economically feasible for the average home. Also the scientists readily admit that the computer will require not yet invented technology to actually work, but 50 years from now scientific progress is expected to solve these problems. With teletype interface and the Fortran language, the computer will be easy to use and only

**SPman** · 23rd December 2004, 20:25

...and only.........What?

**SPman** · 23rd December 2004, 20:28

and only....able to destroy the sanity of the average person in 45 secs from boot up, due to its poxy, virus plagued, hardware conflicting, crashing and burning micro-fucking-soft XP operating system?

Yeah - thats it!

**Slipstream** · 23rd December 2004, 20:34

Originally Posted by Holy Roller

Looks like the technology from the Bat Cave

**Antallica** · 23rd December 2004, 20:42

That was faked apparently. So I heard anyway.

**Skunk** · 23rd December 2004, 20:50

Looks just like my PC...

**Warren** · 23rd December 2004, 20:53

It is a photoshopped image (or possibly GIMP'ed) created this year

**riffer** · 23rd December 2004, 20:58

Originally Posted by Warren

It is a photoshopped image (or possibly GIMP'ed) created this year

Yeah, sorry guys - as usual, snopes has the skinny on this particular fake.

Read more here:

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp

**pete376403** · 23rd December 2004, 21:09

The TV up on the wall gave it away.
This is a real computer from the (I think) early 70s, an IBM 360. Probably had as much computing power as your average Casio watch. Note the console at the back with thousands of lights. I think this is what the picture creators were trying to emulate.

**Slingshot** · 23rd December 2004, 21:37

Originally Posted by pete376403

The TV up on the wall gave it away.
This is a real computer from the (I think) early 70s, an IBM 360. Probably had as much computing power as your average Casio watch. Note the console at the back with thousands of lights. I think this is what the picture creators were trying to emulate.

Look at the skill of that operator...he doesn't even need to look when he pushes the buttons...wow.

**James Deuce** · 23rd December 2004, 22:11

Originally Posted by SPman

and only....able to destroy the sanity of the average person in 45 secs from boot up, due to its poxy, virus plagued, hardware conflicting, crashing and burning micro-fucking-soft XP operating system?

Yeah - thats it!

You're old and bitter, aren't you?

Merry Xmas.