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50 years ago..
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 5:12 pm
by Grendel
..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
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 5:13 pm
by Genghis
snopes it!
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 5:24 pm
by DCrazy
That image was created by a guy on Fark for a Photoshop contest.
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 6:14 pm
by Nitrofox125
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
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 9:17 pm
by Lobber
Way too many dials, and the steering wheel was a dead giveaway. Of course no ancient computers had steerings wheels. Duh.
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 9:57 pm
by Iceman
It is still funny as he||
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 4:15 am
by Sirius
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.
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 6:51 am
by Avder
Funny!