Technological Advances in the past 20 years - astounding

[GymTanAndLaundry]

Look how far technology has come in the last 20 years....

Computer technology (a lot of things available now might not be widely available, but the extremes never are):

- Mono speaker to dolby digital surround sound with HD audio

- Vinyl/records to bluray discs

- Bulky screens with small displays to flat screens with displays up to 3 or 4 times bigger

- First computers using mouse and keyboard input to today's touch screen capability (touch screen always has me thinking of star trek)

- Wired to wireless

- Internet speeds from 14.4k - 28.8k to 1gbit (yes the internet is fairly modern so i guess taking it from it's birth isn't fair, the fact the internet is at all possible is just amazing)

- Corded phone to cordless phone to mobile/cell phone

- Logistical minitaurization of personal computers means they take up A LOT LESS space now (the invention of laptops!)

- Invention of USB sticks/pen drives

- HDD capacity from less than 1GB to now 4TB

- IDE to eSata

- HDD to SSD

How is this picture going to look in the next 20 years?!?! It makes you wonder... are we really developing our own technology that quickly, or are we reverse engineering alien crap? (conspiracy theory I know) but the rate of our development doubled with rabid social tension in an increasingly overpopulated and inequal world doesn't make much logical sense to me.

[anon]

Some people don't use it responsibly, though. It's not uncommon to see people paying more attention to the feature-filled mobile phone of their choice than the person they're with, e.g. in coffee shops.

But what do I know, I was called a misanthropist by one of my teachers because I post on forums.

[Snitlev]

3D Televison

regards

[GymTanAndLaundry]

Some people don't use it responsibly, though. It's not uncommon to see people paying more attention to the feature-filled mobile phone of their choice than the person they're with, e.g. in coffee shops.

But what do I know, I was called a misanthropist by one of my teachers because I post on forums.

Just proves your teacher is prone to hasty generalization :)

Also 3D has been out since the late 80's, it just got resurrected recently by Avatar -__-

[Owyn]

Technological singularity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
^_^

[anon]

Just proves your teacher is prone to hasty generalization :)

She was at odds with me most of the time. I think I'll never forget this enlightening exchange of philosophical concepts:

Me (discussing Borges' "The Aleph"): Yeah, I thought it was a bit esoteric
Teacher: Let's see, anon, what does "esoteric" mean?
Me: Something which is beyond the understanding of the human mind.
Teacher: Wrong! It's something the human mind cannot comprehend?
Me: areyoufuckingkiddingme.jpeg

And once she made a pretty silly agreement mistake when describing a book, without realizing it. It's pretty tough to translate, but in case you know Spanish, she said "el libro está bien", as if the book was a person.

But that's fine. Everyone makes mistakes.

[SealLion]

how about GPS??

Well what about it??
Got something to say about it??... or do you just want one of us to answer it for you??
You don't have an opinion on it or your just spamming the board like you are with the rest of your posts throughout??

Ever thought about "an engaging discussion"?? as opposed to just asking "how about GPS??"

As for GPS is was put into service in the 60's. Not in the last 20 years.

And stop using 2 question marks at the end of your question. That's my trademark. Get your own.