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Sunday, 6 February 2011
TftD: the Future is here
Click to expand - it is, I understand, a picture from a 1954 issue of Popular Mechanics. It's hilarious ... and a salutary lesson.
It is really funny... well I laughed anyway. Apparently it was done in 2004 as an entry in a photo-manipulation contest (though that too could be an urban legend!) and the main console comes from a museum mockup of a nuclear submarine control room.
The snopes.com site alecm mentioned explains it. Also more at: http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_rand_home_computer.htm and http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/r/randpix.htm
Truthorfiction.com has a great range of urban legends, unlikely true stories, things that are 'true but satirical' and suchlike. I'm sure it could provide the basis for some good stories...
Sorry J - it's a hoax of sorts:
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...but it's still really cool. :-)
It is really funny... well I laughed anyway. Apparently it was done in 2004 as an entry in a photo-manipulation contest (though that too could be an urban legend!) and the main console comes from a museum mockup of a nuclear submarine control room.
ReplyDeleteThe snopes.com site alecm mentioned explains it. Also more at: http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_rand_home_computer.htm and http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/r/randpix.htm
Truthorfiction.com has a great range of urban legends, unlikely true stories, things that are 'true but satirical' and suchlike. I'm sure it could provide the basis for some good stories...
Damn it! Too good to be true, eh?
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