http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/06/the-internet-in-1969/ Ever get the feeling you're living in the wrong time? Thu, 10 Nov 2025 06:54:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/06/the-internet-in-1969/#comment-86190 Brian Gonigal Wed, 02 Nov 2025 18:29:53 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=16426#comment-86190 This is actually quite surprising. Of all the "past predictions of the future" that I've seen here & in other places, this one alone pretty much got it right. The only real significant things about the home computer that they missed are that you wouldn't need a separate monitor for every function and it for some reason didn't seem to occur to them to just use a typewriter keyboard so you wouldn't have to write your email out longhand. This is actually quite surprising. Of all the “past predictions of the future” that I’ve seen here & in other places, this one alone pretty much got it right. The only real significant things about the home computer that they missed are that you wouldn’t need a separate monitor for every function and it for some reason didn’t seem to occur to them to just use a typewriter keyboard so you wouldn’t have to write your email out longhand.

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/06/the-internet-in-1969/#comment-56619 Joe Max Fri, 29 Jul 2025 05:42:30 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=16426#comment-56619 Does anyone know the source of this video? What is it an excerpt from? Does anyone know the source of this video? What is it an excerpt from?

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/06/the-internet-in-1969/#comment-51039 Serge Thu, 30 Jun 2025 19:50:11 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=16426#comment-51039 It's nice that for every task there is a separate screen ... Thanks to Bill Gates? for windows It’s nice that for every task there is a separate screen … Thanks to Bill Gates? for windows

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/06/the-internet-in-1969/#comment-47494 Jim Thu, 09 Jun 2025 11:34:08 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=16426#comment-47494 They may have gotten the details wrong, but this prediction wasn't far off. They may have gotten the details wrong, but this prediction wasn’t far off.

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/06/the-internet-in-1969/#comment-47256 Kevin Mon, 06 Jun 2025 15:20:58 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=16426#comment-47256 If only they knew that the internet will mostly be used for twittering whatever you're eating for breakfast, they might have just cancelled the whole thing If only they knew that the internet will mostly be used for twittering whatever you’re eating for breakfast, they might have just cancelled the whole thing

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/06/the-internet-in-1969/#comment-47076 Jared Sat, 04 Jun 2025 10:23:25 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=16426#comment-47076 I love it, especially the comment at 0:40 - "What the wife selects on her console will be paid for by the husband at his counterpart console" Lol :) I love it, especially the comment at 0:40 – “What the wife selects on her console will be paid for by the husband at his counterpart console” Lol

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