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Re:PC obsolescence is obsolete by HCIdivision17 on Tuesday August 21, 2012 @12:52PM (#4413520)
Less on topic, but more on the picture: I was wondering about that image. Something struck me as off. And then I realized that the computer had a steering wheel. So for those interested, yes, it _is_ odd for a computer to have a steering wheel that large.

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

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Re:PC obsolescence is obsolete by keithpeter on Tuesday August 21, 2012 @01:35PM (#4413737)
"Many a prognosticator who has tried to envision the future has been tripped up by a failure to correctly anticipate the direction of technological change."

I straight away thought of Kubrik's 2001. The complete failure to imagine mobile phones. Floyd uses a fixed video phone to phone home from the space ship. Personal mobile technology is the thing.

Back nearer the topic: When I can hook my phone up to a monitor and keyboard I'm done.

http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/android

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Re:PC obsolescence is obsolete by russell on Tuesday August 21, 2012 @03:46PM (#4414402)
If you remember "Stranger in a Strange Land" (1960s) set around the year 2000, one of the characters, a reporter I believe, had a mobile phone that was the size of a briefcase. Another character marveled that he must be rather well off because mobile phones were so expensive.
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