Stupid Guest Tricks

I remember these commercials from 1993. Pretty amazing how many of these "You will..." predictions are common, everyday technologies now!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZb0avfQme8

BRWombat wrote:I remember these commercials from 1993. Pretty amazing how many of these "You will..." predictions are common, everyday technologies now!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZb0avfQme8

I don't think that they were predictions at the time. Technology is a funny thing, take what is available to the public right now, imagine what could be accomplished in the next 10-20 years, and that is where we REALLY are. So essentially, these kinds of things were already in existence when the ads were made, just not available to the general public.

Lasolimu wrote:I don't think that they were predictions at the time. Technology is a funny thing, take what is available to the public right now, imagine what could be accomplished in the next 10-20 years, and that is where we REALLY are. So essentially, these kinds of things were already in existence when the ads were made, just not available to the general public.

Oh, I realize that the technology existed. I didn't mean to imply that they were Nostradamus or anything. But when the commercials came out the things listed weren't in public use, and were about as amazing as the Jetson's flying cars. (I'm still waiting for mine, BTW!)

It's like the What's Next section in Popular Science (which is my favorite part of the magazine). I remember reading about 8-10 years ago about the miniaturization of proximity sensors, like little radar units, and how a process had been developed making them cheap to manufacture. In the magazine they could only speculate about their uses, but think about how common they are now: in public restrooms with self-flushing toilets and automatic faucets, as sensors on the bumpers of vehicles to tell when you get to close to other objects (or even auto-park the car).

Sorry, I like gadgetry, and it's fun to see how far we've come in such a short time. The only downside is how it makes me sound like a stereotypical old fogey: [INDENT]"Why, back in my day, we didn't have any dadburn cars that parked themselves. We had to park our own cars, uphill and in the snow, and we liked it!" :D: [/INDENT]

BRWombat wrote:The only downside is how it makes me sound like a stereotypical old fogey: [INDENT]"Why, back in my day, we didn't have any dadburn cars that parked themselves. We had to park our own cars, uphill and in the snow, and we liked it!" :D: [/INDENT]

Is it bad that I am starting to feel this way at 22?
[INDENT]"Why, back in my day, we didn't have this new fangled internet thingamajigger. We had to find books for our information and vacations were planned by phone and travel agents." :D: [/INDENT]

Lasolimu wrote:Is it bad that I am starting to feel this way at 22?
[INDENT]"Why, back in my day, we didn't have this new fangled internet thingamajigger. We had to find books for our information and vacations were planned by phone and travel agents." :D: [/INDENT]

:hysteria:

BRWombat wrote: :hysteria:

I figure I need to start practicing early.

Three words: Star Trek Technology. How many things from that show have come true, or at least really close to doing so?

Ok, how come we have not seen: Beam me up? I could see in the future, the SG not being beamed up. The other person on the other side would be too stupid to do so. :D:

I think it would be better if SGs were beamed up and out of the park. Where to beam them to would be at the CMs discretion. Like the final scene in "The Trouble With Tribbles", only instead of the Tribbles being beamed aboard a Klingon ship, they were beamed into outer space, but in this instance, SGs would stand in for the Tribbles.... :twisted:

Hey, there's an idea. Let's play with this notion. If you could beam SGs/troublemaking managers/clueless co-workers /obstructive family members (yeah, they're at me again, long story)/etc., where would you beam them to? Me, I would beam my old Rides Manager straight to the lowest pit of Hell, where he belongs. Only trouble with that is, he was one of those people of whom it could be said that Heaven didn't want him and Hell's afraid he'd take over! Still, I'd like to see him and mom go at it.... :twisted: :D: