6 Nov
2007
6 Nov
'07
1:46 p.m.
der Mouse wrote:
If you want an interesting vision of future technology, read "The Last
Question" by Isaac Asimov. Also, prepare to be blown away by the ending.
Peace... Sridhar
What is
surprising is the prevalence of CRT-based displays in these
old movies that purport to project "the future". A technological
blind spot the size of Texas.
No worse than any future-projection fiction's blind spot, in that they
can't imagine technology that isn't, well, imagined yet.