Fifty years from now, problems with the computer may be solved... (games, app) - PCs, laptops, hardware, software - City-Data Forum

henry1 · 12-29-2010, 01:05 AM

i do wish i could go back in time and take some of the things we have now and be able to show them that we are on the right track in some area..

Jesse69 · 12-29-2010, 04:47 AM

Thanks for posting. 2010 computers and games are a dream compared to what was available back in my college days of 1987 to 1992.

mensaguy · 12-29-2010, 06:51 AM

Although it is fun to look at, the picture is a fake. Ask any old Submarine Service vet if that stuff looks familiar.

Tek_Freek · 12-29-2010, 07:07 AM

Of course it's fake. It says in the article it's a model.

Tek_Freek · 12-29-2010, 07:10 AM

When I saw the title I thought the entire line was going to read, "Fifty years from now, problems with the computer may be all in your head."

Think about it....

mensaguy · 12-29-2010, 07:20 AM

When it was published, it was reputed to be from a 1954 article in Popular Science. Here's what Snopes says about the origin of the picture: snopes.com: Rand Corp 1954 Home Computer

Tek_Freek · 12-29-2010, 07:25 AM

LMAO! A fake fake computer. Wasn't that a Chinese model that never took off in the '80s?

NJGOAT · 12-29-2010, 11:40 AM

It seems that the initial reports that one of our submarines was missing were not completely accurate. The submarine in question... is commanded by Captain Marko Ramius. Apparently he's suffered a kind of mental or nervous break down. Just before he sailed, he posted a letter to Admiral Yuri Padorin, in which he announced his intention to, to assist the RAND Corporation in building a home computer.