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Re:Why Jeff Bezos's Drone Is More Than a Joke by 001sky on Thursday December 05, 2013 @05:16PM (#6857727)
People tend to underestimate how fast technological progress can happen

Counter-example: Internet Bubble 1.0

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Re:Why Jeff Bezos's Drone Is More Than a Joke by pavel_lishin on Thursday December 05, 2013 @05:24PM (#6857806)
Also: flying cars, fusion power plants, manned interplanetary travel.
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Re:Why Jeff Bezos's Drone Is More Than a Joke by baddox on Thursday December 05, 2013 @05:35PM (#6857885)
That wasn't necessarily an underestimation of how fast technological progress can happen. It was more of an economic misestimation.
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Re:Why Jeff Bezos's Drone Is More Than a Joke by 001sky on Thursday December 05, 2013 @05:52PM (#6857987)
I don't think so, just look at the mobile sector.

As of 1999, 3G was supposed forecast go live in 2001. But iPhone whent live in 2007 with 2.5G ! Also, in the US 3G sucked and you needed 3.5g to really get usable performance (ie, data) in the field.

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