Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watdaisy.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!water!watdaisy!datanguay From: datanguay@watdaisy.UUCP (David Tanguay) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: A Speculation on "Back to the Future" Message-ID: <7347@watdaisy.UUCP> Date: Sat, 13-Jul-85 16:43:12 EDT Article-I.D.: watdaisy.7347 Posted: Sat Jul 13 16:43:12 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Jul-85 08:33:00 EDT References: <831@umcp-cs.UUCP> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 16 > Here's a topic me and some friends have been bandying about: > > What things about 1985 would be most suprising to someone from 1955? > ... > Any comments? > > Charley Wingate umcp-cs!mangoe > I think the current plastics technology would blow the minds of 1955 people. Back then plastics were synonymous with low quality (and rightly so); today everything is made out of plastic. We didn't (don't?) notice this revolution because it has happened slowly but steadily. In a related area, expoxies and composite materials (eg. graphite, kevlar) are also very impressive, if less pervasive. David Tanguay