| Re: autonomous car charging, was: Adobe oddity? [message #404204] |
Thu, 14 January 2021 13:36  |
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Originally posted by: JimP
On Thu, 14 Jan 2021 09:47:44 -0600, Dave Garland
<dave.garland@wizinfo.com> wrote:
> On 1/12/2021 9:36 AM, JimP wrote:
>> On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 22:42:34 +0000, Ahem A Rivet's Shot
>> <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>>> On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 21:57:03 GMT
>>> usenet@only.tnx (Questor) wrote:
>>>
>>>> People should be talking about the issues I've been raising. The
>>>> advocates have contrary interests that preclude them from being
>>>> forthright about the problems. There should be more discussion about
>>>> possible negative consequences before they occur.
>>>
>>> When did the human race ever do anything that way ? While one bunch
>>> are busy discussing the consequences and making plans the rest of the world
>>> is getting on with it and dealing with the problems as they come up
>>> discovering as they do that half the anticipated problems never come up but
>>> unfortunately half the expected benefits never materialise and a whole load
>>> of things good, bad and indifferent happen that nobody saw coming.
>>>
>>> Self driving cars will be no different.
>>
>> Have any of you seen early, 1930s and 1940s, films on what people
>> living back then thought the 1960s or later would be like ?
>>
>> Some are on youtube. And they pretty much get it wrong. In the 1939
>> World's Fair, there was a large diorama, with small moving cars, that
>> showed what the near future would look like. They got the many lane
>> highways, but not the rest.
>>
> Well, IIRC that was the General Motors exhibit, so that was to be
> expected.
Yeah, that rings a bell. There are some other videos I have seen, and
I remember an article in Analog, that showed futuristic clothing
styles for women. The styles looked like 1920s outfits updated.
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Jim
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| Re: autonomous car charging, was: Adobe oddity? [message #404211 is a reply to message #404204] |
Thu, 14 January 2021 14:53  |
scott
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JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> writes:
> On Thu, 14 Jan 2021 09:47:44 -0600, Dave Garland
>>>
>>> Some are on youtube. And they pretty much get it wrong. In the 1939
>>> World's Fair, there was a large diorama, with small moving cars, that
>>> showed what the near future would look like. They got the many lane
>>> highways, but not the rest.
>>>
>> Well, IIRC that was the General Motors exhibit, so that was to be
>> expected.
>
> Yeah, that rings a bell. There are some other videos I have seen, and
> I remember an article in Analog, that showed futuristic clothing
> styles for women. The styles looked like 1920s outfits updated.
One of my favorite Disney World attractions back in the 1970's
was the GE Carousel of Progress. Interesting look the progression of
home automation. It had been moved from Disneyland to Disneyworld in
1974.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney%27s_Carousel_of_Pr ogress
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| Re: autonomous car charging, was: Adobe oddity? [message #404257 is a reply to message #404211] |
Fri, 15 January 2021 14:10 |
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Originally posted by: JimP
On Thu, 14 Jan 2021 19:53:54 GMT, scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
wrote:
> JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> writes:
>> On Thu, 14 Jan 2021 09:47:44 -0600, Dave Garland
>
>>>>
>>>> Some are on youtube. And they pretty much get it wrong. In the 1939
>>>> World's Fair, there was a large diorama, with small moving cars, that
>>>> showed what the near future would look like. They got the many lane
>>>> highways, but not the rest.
>>>>
>>> Well, IIRC that was the General Motors exhibit, so that was to be
>>> expected.
>>
>> Yeah, that rings a bell. There are some other videos I have seen, and
>> I remember an article in Analog, that showed futuristic clothing
>> styles for women. The styles looked like 1920s outfits updated.
>
> One of my favorite Disney World attractions back in the 1970's
> was the GE Carousel of Progress. Interesting look the progression of
> home automation. It had been moved from Disneyland to Disneyworld in
> 1974.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney%27s_Carousel_of_Pr ogress
You might be interested in this one to. 1950s to present. Gone
attractions.
https://www.yesterland.com/
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Jim
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