50 years ago..

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 5:12 pm

..from a 1954 Popular Mechanic:

*linkified*

Edit: That's what you get for posting w/o research what ppl send you -- it's hoax. Funny picture tho

Genghis · Post by **Genghis** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 5:13 pm

snopes it!

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 5:24 pm

That image was created by a guy on Fark for a Photoshop contest.

Nitrofox125 · Post by **Nitrofox125** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 6:14 pm

Well w/o the invention of the transistor, they might very well look like that. Funny picture though!

I remember my dad telling me at some meeting somebody telling them that a computer may one day fit in a briefcase. They were all amazed. Just imagine in 100..... computer's wont exist! They'll be..... around us

Lobber · Post by **Lobber** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 9:17 pm

Way too many dials, and the steering wheel was a dead giveaway. Of course no ancient computers had steerings wheels. Duh.

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 9:57 pm

It is still funny as he||

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 4:15 am

Yeah, that occurred to me too Lobber. The hoax connection did not... the first time I saw this I went away thinking O.o...

Funny caption though.

Avder · Post by **Avder** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 6:51 am

Funny!