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  1. 01-06-2011, 09:47 PM #1
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    Because of those predictions I can't sit on the beach in peace without work "can ya just hop on for one moment and take a look at something?"

    I can hear Lewis Black right now... Sure, I'll hop right on the FU bus right now! FU you incompetent little S!
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    Seventeen years ago. That's pretty impressive. Sure, R&D create things and technologies oftentimes years prior to public introduction; I'd sure like to know what technologies would be the norm seventeen years from now and I hope they'd improve and enrich the lives of the majority of humanity.

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    Progress doesn't come in even steps. Some facets develop by leaps and bounds and some like a snail. I remember the N.Y Worlds fair in 1964 and the predictions made by all the commercial exhibitors for what the world would be like 25-30 years down the road. Boy were they wrong.

    When you really think about it the typical persons life in 1900 is not unlike ours. We still get up go to work and toil and get old, sick and die. It's all the window dressing and gee wiz stuff that has changed.
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    holy cow i remember watching those commercials when they came out and though "that would be really cool if they could actually do that" now its not really cool its just part of life

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    Yeah, yeah, how come they couldn't predict Lady Gaga? Or did they just keep it to themselves
    http://lh5.ggpht.com/_rQyZbP-n9YM/Sg...cture%2042.pngbut can be a real meanie as well
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    Quote Originally Posted by gugi View Post
    Yeah, yeah, how come they couldn't predict Lady Gaga? Or did they just keep it to themselves
    You mean how come they couldn't PREVENT her?
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    Quote Originally Posted by LX_Emergency View Post
    You mean how come they couldn't PREVENT her?
    two words: poker face

    http://lh5.ggpht.com/_rQyZbP-n9YM/Sg...cture%2042.pngbut can be a real meanie as well
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    Quote Originally Posted by gugi View Post
    Yeah, yeah, how come they couldn't predict Lady Gaga? Or did they just keep it to themselves
    How do you know they're not the ones ultimately responsible for her?
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    Wow, those were in 1993? I still say "And the company that will bring it to you? AT&T." I didn't realize it was a habit that I've had for that long.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ndw76 View Post
    How do you know they're not the ones ultimately responsible for her?
    Now there's a conspiracy theory in the making! LOL, of all the low down black book projects, foisting Lady Gaga onto society has to be the worst!
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