Author Topic: We live in a science fiction world  (Read 3972 times)

Ocicat

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on: February 12, 2014, 10:05:24 PM
I went skiing this morning and heard an exchange that would have fit right in to a 50's SF story. From a little girl to her ski instructor:

 "Mr. Clark, would you ask your helmet what time it is?"

 "I just did, it's around 11."



Moritz

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Reply #1 on: February 14, 2014, 11:15:22 AM
I once walked past a bus stop and it had a working video screen as part of the advert poster. And that was 6 years ago



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Reply #2 on: February 14, 2014, 02:29:17 PM
Have you seen this list of Ten Inventions Inspired by Science Fiction (http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ten-inventions-inspired-by-science-fiction-128080674/)? Its pretty interesting. The surprises for me were H.G. Wells as inspiration for atomic energy (circa 1914) and Heinlein as the inspiration for remote controlled appendages.



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Reply #3 on: March 02, 2014, 05:15:30 AM
We live in Snow Crash.



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Reply #4 on: March 07, 2014, 07:03:06 PM
We live in Snow Crash.
We are definitely coming pretty close - though their VR is much further ahead of ours!  I still use the term loglo...



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Reply #5 on: March 09, 2014, 07:22:12 PM
I'd really rather be living in Star Trek.



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Reply #6 on: July 05, 2014, 04:13:31 PM
I wish we would move away from the IT expansion (faster, better, more info all the time, more reachable) and concentrate on expanding our physical parameters, maybe a space elevator, mining asteroids, Mars, and undersea colonies.

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