Broken Promises of the Future - Page 3

wendybeth · 08-08-2005, 11:46 PM

Lol, MBC! I was just about to post that the one thing I really want is a phaser, just like on Star Trek. I'd also like to do the teleport thing, but I suppose I'll have to settle for Disapparating.

Oh, and flying cars? Easy- that went T.U. with the dissolution of the Air Traffic Controllers Union back in the Eighties. ****, they can't handle the traffic they have now.....

dsnylndmom · 08-09-2005, 12:13 AM

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I thought that we would have many of the gadgets from the original Star Trek series by now. I thought we would have the magic food machines where you just told it what you wanted and it could make anything appear almost instantly.
I hope we have at least a couple of guys working on that one somewhere. I'm obviously not the only one who wonders what the hell happened to the flying cars.

Ditto and ditto!!! THe "replicator" that was what I was so hopeful for when I was a kid, for the future! I loved the idea of the replicator. That and flying cars, sigh I feel so let down now!!

SacTown Chronic · 08-09-2005, 07:39 AM

According to my mom, many of us should have been standing naked before the Lord by now, talking about how cool the Rapture was. 25 years later and I'm still waiting....

(Maybe it was all a ruse by mom to get me to behave...sucker!)

sleepyjeff · 08-08-2005, 11:53 PM

http://www.moller.com/

Of course this car has been on at least a dozen covers of Popular Science or Pop Mechanics over that last score of years')

wendybeth · 08-08-2005, 11:58 PM

Ooooh, pretty! Wonder if they actually work?

sleepyjeff · 08-09-2005, 12:07 AM

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Ooooh, pretty! Wonder if they actually work?

I saw one in a test flight a few years ago on the Discovery Channel.....25 Year veteran Pilot had a hard time keeping it under control

€uroMeinke · 08-09-2005, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

http://www.moller.com/

Of course this car has been on at least a dozen covers of Popular Science or Pop Mechanics over that last score of years')

Ok - how about an affordable flying car?

sleepyjeff · 08-09-2005, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Ok - how about an affordable flying car?

This kind of technology will only come down in price...kinda like DVD Players. Maybe in 5 years you could pick one up at Target for $39.00

Cadaverous Pallor · 08-09-2005, 10:25 AM

I saw half of Back to the Future II the other night, and we realized that 2015 is, well, only 10 years away.

So don't worry, we'll have self-fitting/self-drying clothes, hover boards, instant food hydration, dust-repellant paper (forgot that one, didn't you?) AND flying cars really soon.

Oh, and fax machines all over the house.

Ghoulish Delight · 08-09-2005, 10:31 AM

Robot maids, and an entire population wearing shiny jumpsuits. That's the future, damnit!

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wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	Lol, MBC! I was just about to post that the one thing I really want is a phaser, just like on Star Trek. I'd also like to do the teleport thing, but I suppose I'll have to settle for Disapparating. Oh, and flying cars? Easy- that went T.U. with the dissolution of the Air Traffic Controllers Union back in the Eighties. ****, they can't handle the traffic they have now..... __________________
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SacTown Chronic the myth of the dream Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,217	According to my mom, many of us should have been standing naked before the Lord by now, talking about how cool the Rapture was. 25 years later and I'm still waiting.... (Maybe it was all a ruse by mom to get me to behave...sucker!) __________________ Is it the fingers, or the brain that you're teaching a lesson?
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wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	Ooooh, pretty! Wonder if they actually work? __________________
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Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	I saw half of Back to the Future II the other night, and we realized that 2015 is, well, only 10 years away. So don't worry, we'll have self-fitting/self-drying clothes, hover boards, instant food hydration, dust-repellant paper (forgot that one, didn't you?) AND flying cars really soon. Oh, and fax machines all over the house. __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Robot maids, and an entire population wearing shiny jumpsuits. That's the future, damnit! __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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