Why can't we ever get any of the cool stuff that gets predicted, like flying cars, trains to the moon, and ship/computers?

[Edited on December 10, 2008 at 2:53 AM. Reason : yes, this was a hoax, still a funny pic IMO]

12/10/2008 2:52:04 AM

Steam punk?

12/10/2008 2:52:55 AM

I'd like to know why this guy thought any computer would need a huge fucking wheel...

12/10/2008 2:54:06 AM

Because it's fucking AWESOME?

12/10/2008 2:55:08 AM

The text is freaking HILARIOUS

12/10/2008 2:55:44 AM

It would be awesome, but this is a known fake photo.

12/10/2008 2:56:06 AM

thanks for ruining this for me

12/10/2008 2:57:18 AM

[Edited on December 10, 2008 at 2:59 AM. Reason : doublepost]

12/10/2008 2:57:29 AM

Well, yeah.

But this guy clearly wasn't going for the awesome-factor. I mean, look at him, he's older than Orville Redenbacher.

Also, LOL at the mention of Fortran.

[Edited on December 10, 2008 at 2:58 AM. Reason : Fuck you, T-dub.]

12/10/2008 2:58:29 AM

From waaay back in the day (2004-09-11)... via Fark
http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=1115586

12/10/2008 3:37:59 AM

well they got the Fortran right. That's what they teach us in mae.

12/10/2008 4:27:10 AM

yarr, me mateys! a steering wheel would totally complete my piracy experience.

12/10/2008 4:48:06 AM

It's for racing games, yo. :p

12/10/2008 6:31:42 AM

Quote :

"well they got the Fortran right. That's what they teach us in mae."

except there's no way fortran would make the computer "easy to use". that's the biggest clue that it's a hoax lol

12/10/2008 7:22:10 AM

Already been said, but:

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp

This has got a few interesting ads:
http://www.dvq.com/oldcomp/oldads.htm

$800 calculators from 1975 that are comparable to the modern transforming calculator wristwatch in a gumball machine.

[Edited on December 10, 2008 at 7:33 AM. Reason : -]

12/10/2008 7:29:30 AM

if its on a computer it is not a ships wheel.... unless the computer is a ship.

its a computer wheel.

12/10/2008 7:37:43 AM

So, if I wore a pirate hat, it would only be a hat, unless I were an actual pirate?

Bullshittery and Shenanigans, good sir.

12/10/2008 7:40:02 AM

except when you wear a pirates hat... you can't help but to imagine at least a lil that you are a pirate...

so it still passes

12/10/2008 8:04:55 AM

Well when I'm turning a massive wheel on my computer, at least some part of me is going to imagine it's a ship.

12/10/2008 12:55:50 PM

avast! bittorrent, four degrees port, full speed ahead!

12/10/2008 12:57:32 PM

Quote :

"avast! bittorrent, four degrees port, full speed ahead!"

I chukkled

12/10/2008 12:58:18 PM

It wouldn't look fake if they hadn't slapped that 1960 style TV up in the corner like that.

12/10/2008 1:01:41 PM

i think that was the first and last time that the words "Fortran" and "easy" were used in a sentence together

12/10/2008 1:08:37 PM

But fortan is easy unless you want it to do any of the things modern computers are used for.

12/10/2008 1:12:35 PM

dang, i lived in a better world when i thought that picture was real

12/10/2008 1:13:16 PM

[Edited on December 10, 2008 at 1:51 PM. Reason : bigger pic]

12/10/2008 1:22:38 PM